Woodbridge offers a wide variety of pathways and course offerings. These courses range from traditional fine art, ceramics or 3D Art, graphic design and video production. These courses meet the UC/CSU A-G requirement for fine arts. The graphic and video courses are part of the Career Technical Education program.
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Fine Arts
3D Arts
Design
Video
Studio Art
(all student grade levels)
This introductory course explores basic art elements and principles of design. We will use a variety of art materials and develop creative and expressive works of art.
Beginning Ceramics
(10th-12th or with Teacher Recommendation)
This introductory course explores basics of Clay and construction methods. Students will create an assortment of works that express 3D fundamentals.
Digital Media Arts
(all student grade levels)
This introductory course explores basic art elements and principles of design. We will use Adobe Software to develop creative and expressive designs and stories.
Art of TV and Video Production
(all student grade levels)
This introductory course explores the fundamentals of filming, editing and storytelling. We will use Adobe Premiere Pro and build real projects you can add to your portfolio.
Painting and Drawing
(Pre-Req: Studio Art or with Teacher Recommendation)
Painting and Drawing is an intermediate course develops composition and media skills. Students will develop more professional practices and build their portfolio.
Intermediate Ceramics
(Pre-Req: Beginning Ceramics or with Teacher Recommendation)
Intermediate Ceramics continues to develop strong hand building and wheel throwing skills. Works will have an emphasis on both sculptural and functional applications.
Computer Graphics
(Pre-Req: DMA or with Teacher Recommendation)
Computer Graphics explores arts as a creative tool. We will use Adobe CS and primarily focus on collaboratng with the Adv. Computer Science course making actual Video Game Art and App Designs.
Advanced Video Production
(Pre-Req: Art of TV and Video Production
and Teacher Recommendation)
Produce professional-level video and content, bi-weekly broadcasts, sports highlights, art edits, interviews and school segments. Students will contribute to the video yearbook and campus media.
Advanced Painting
(Pre-Req: Painting & Drawing or with Teacher Recommendation)
Advanced Painting focuses on higher level, independent and more conceptual works (both wet and dry media) that will be used for your portfolio.
Advanced Ceramics
(Pre-Req: Intermediate Ceramics or with Teacher Recommendation)
Advanced Ceramics emphasizes creative expression through clay sculpture and design. Works are larger in scale and students will investigate more complex structures.
Computer Graphics
(Pre-Req: Computer Graphics or with Teacher Recommendation)
M&P is a working design and apparel company that explores all the facets of a small business through the lens of design. Students will participate in hands on activities such as marketing, production, branding, finance, packaging and advertising t-shirts, sweatshirts and other items for our school sports teams. .
AP Drawing
(Pre-Req: Completion of 2 Fine Arts courses AND Teacher Recommendation)
AP Drawing is a rigorous course that develops a college level portfolio of high level artistic skills and conceptual depth.
AP 3D Art & Design
(Pre-Req: Completion of 3D courses AND Teacher Recommendation)
AP3D Art and Design is not all ceramics! Students will explore a variety.
AP 2D Art & Design
(Pre-Req: Completion of 2 Fine Arts courses AND Teacher Recommendation)
AP 2D is a rigorous course that develops a college level portfolio of high level artistic skills and conceptual depth.
In addition to our pathway courses above, we offer two unique courses that meet the fine arts elective requirement.
AP Art History
(10th-12th grade students)
The AP Art History course attempts a broad overview of the history of art, beginning with prehistoric art and ending with art of the 20th Century. Although the emphasis is on western art, other material from areas such as Africa, India, China, Japan, and pre-Columbian Americas will be included. The course is intended to provide students a familiarity with the development of art, its major movements and figures, its relationship to the historical period in which it was created, and to make their encounters with art more meaningful, comprehensible, and pleasurable. The curriculum follows that provided by most college survey texts and that outlined in the AP Art History Course Description Booklet. This course is the equivalent of two-semesters of entry-level college art history courses, and because time is limited, students will be expected to work independently, to be responsible for large amounts of reading and watching videos which may or may not be dealt with specifically in class, and to take the initiative in keeping up with or ahead of assignments.
Yearbook
(All student grade levels with teacher approval)
Yearbook designs, edits and produces pages for the yearbook. Students will learn elements of digital photography and graphic design in this course.
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