Introduction to Visual Arts | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

IFA 1101

Course Credit Units:

Semester:

Semester 1

Year of Study:

Year 1

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

College:

College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology

School:

Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts

Department:

Industrial Art and Design

Course Discipline:

Art

Course Description & Objectives:

The visual arts traverse all academic practical disciplines taught at the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts plus all other art schools elsewhere in the world. A parallel but dual purpose style teaching approach will be employed when giving lectures to students to allow them compare similarities and differences between Visual Elements from Visual Art to another.Course objectives

To introduce learners to the visual study of visual arts
To introduce and train learners towards visual literacy
To develop visual intelligence
To develop the skill of observation of the visual elements and how they interrelate in various visual arts during practical sessions

Learning Outcomes:

The students will have acquired the skills of observation, analysis, visual intelligence and visual literacy.
Students will be able to inter-relate all visual elements and how they differ or apply in every visual art.
Students will appropriately be able to apply all visual elements in their respective disciplines.

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