University General Course Catalog 2025-2026 
    
    Dec 06, 2025  
University General Course Catalog 2025-2026

ART 103C - Visual Foundations: Surface to Screen

(3 units) CO7, CO9
This is an introductory course with a focus on contemporary analog and digital artmaking at the intersections of visual art, science, technology, and society. This is an online, asynchronous course in which students explore scientific and artistic processes. 

Maximum units a student may earn: 3

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. apply hands-on artistic skills and develop creative agency in a range of interdisciplinary analog and digital artistic media and public-oriented activities.
2. describe how scientific and technological developments affect art, mediate societal concerns, and engage the environment.
3. integrate contemporary art with digital media and technology in a societal framework. 


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