Academic Decathlon: Fine Arts Exploration in its Scientific & Historical Contex

Course Title: 
AD86
Course Description: 

This course surveys a fine arts curriculum at an introductory college level. It introduces the fundamentals of art composition, art history, and the various techniques adapted to painting, sketching, photography, sculpture, mixed media and architecture. The curriculum also includes the basics of music theory and fundamentals. This in-depth humanities education provides students with the necessary vocabulary for a fine arts historical analysis and encourages the students to understand the significance of a work of art within their original historical, economic, and scientific contexts. This course also prepares students for Academic Decathlon competition.

School Information: 
District: 
Mesa Public Schools
State: 
AZ
City: 
Mesa
Address: 
63 East Main Street
Zip code: 
85201
Yes

Requested competency code:

Approved: 
Approved: 
Yes
Date: 
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Approved competency code:

Additional High Schools within district that have approval: 

Mountain View HS, Red Mountain HS, Skyline HS, Mesa HS, Dobson HS, Westwood HS

Denied: 
Deferred: