Art+Syllabus

Art 106 Syllabus
 * COLLEGE OF MENOMINEE NATION **
 * Course Name: ** Fundamentals of Design

 **Course # & Section:** ART 106

 **Number of Credits:** 3

 **Semester and year:** Fall 2011

 **Class Time:** 6:00pm-8:50pm

 **Class Days:** Monday

 **Room Number:**

 **Course Pre-reqs: none**


 * Instructor: **Benjamin R. Grignon, M.A.

 **Phone:** 920.562.9728 **(Cell)**

 **Email:** waqnahwew@gmail.com

ñ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Unlined or Graph Paper Sketchbook (any size for notes and sketches), artist’s pens, markers, or pencils. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"> Sylvan Barnet, __A Short Guide to Writing about Art__, 8th ed., 2005
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Office Location: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"> **Office Hours:** Mondays 5:00pm-6:00pm
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Catalog Course Description: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"> This course will provide a fundamental pursuit for design in the visual arts. In class, the hands-on assignments will include the elements of design-line, form, shape, color, value, texture, space, and seven principles of design (balance, movement, rhythm, contrast, emphasis, pattern, unity).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">No Required Texts. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Required Supplies: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Recommended Texts: **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"> Thomas King, __Truth and Bright Water__: A Novel, 1999

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"> __Native American Art in the Twentieth Century__ edited by W. Jackson Rushing, III, 1999

__<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">I Stand in the Center of the Good __<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"> edited by Lawrence Abbott, 1994
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Course website: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">|http://fundartfall2011.wikispaces.com
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">General Education Objective: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Students will become immersed and articulate within design fundamentals of various art forms. Students will be able to identify different design concepts and apply them to all functions of their life.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Program Outcome: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Students will develop the skills, knowledge and appropriate vocabulary needed to comfortably state their interpretation of various art forms. They will have a working knowledge of art works, as well as the means to express opinions and personal judgments about art in everyday life in both written and verbal form. Students will have experimented with a variety of art media in terms of the elements and principles listed on the course description. They will have evaluated the success of various pieces in their portfolio and other students’ portfolios. (General Education Outcomes, Analytical level Level 5)

◦ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Develop and use interpretive skills to analyze diverse art forms through an integration of the disciplines of art history, archaeology, anthropology, museology and history. ◦ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Examine major artistic traditions from multiple cultures in light of religious, cultural, social, economic and political contexts. ◦ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Develop research and writing skills, analyzing representative examples of indigenous art forms from diverse cultures of the world. ◦ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Explore the origin and history of representative artistic traditions, examining stylistic characteristics through visual analysis and determining how historical and cultural changes are reflected by style and technique. ◦ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Assess the impact of European contact and colonialism upon indigenous cultures and both the maintenance and change in artistic traditions after European contact. ◦ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Compare and contrast indigenous arts to other world art and architectural traditions, acknowledging contributions and cultural exchanges. ◦ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Evaluate ethical issues regarding the collecting and exhibiting of indigenous arts, the role of the international art market, and the impact of tourism and the appropriation of indigenous arts by artists from outside of their respective traditions. ◦ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Evaluate various approaches to the study of gender in the production and use of indigenous arts.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Course Learning Outcomes: **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"> Class Attendance and Participation 50% 400 <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"> Artist/Art Form Presentation 10% 80 <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"> Final Drawing Assignment 10% 80 <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"> Sketchbook 10% 80 <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"> Final Project __20%__ __160__ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"> 100% 800 <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"> 90-100% 720-800 A 80-99% 640-719 B 70-79% 560-639 C 60-69% 480-559 D 0 -59% 0-479 F
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Assessment Activities & Methods: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"> The grading for this class is based heavily upon attendance and participation. Your sketchbooks will indicate both your progress throughout the class as well as record assignments given by the instructor. The final project will be discussed in class and determined by the entire class and instructor.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Grading Policy: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"> **__Percent__ __Points__**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Grading Scale: __Percent__ __Points__ __Grade__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Extra Credit: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">There will be extra credit opportunities throughout the semester. Please see instructor if you would like to pursue any extra credit.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Attendance Policy: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">This class is about **visual culture**, and much of what you will need to know to pass the class is presented in class and through the lectures. Therefore, attendance is required. This is a condensed class (full week in one night). Each class is worth 25 points with full participation (15 of these points are for having your assignment/project ready). If you come to class unprepared, you will only receive 10 points for that day. If you miss a class, you are able to recover 20 points by writing a two-page paper due at the next class meeting (5 extra points for sketches to total 25). All papers must be posted to the wiki before the next class. Any sketches must be noted and dated in your sketchbooks.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Class Participation: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">This class is graded heavily on attendance and participation. All students are required to both attend class and participate in discussions and critiques. Remember that this is **50%** of your grade!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Late work: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"> Late work may be accepted based upon communication and agreement with instructor. Penalties apply for all late work.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Class Cancellation by Instructor: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"> Notification of class cancellations will be posted on campus. If no announcement/posting is made, students should remain for 10 minutes after class is scheduled to begin.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Classroom Conduct: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Please silence your cell phones during class. Be respectful and save your text messaging for breaks and after class.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Student Time Expectation: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">In addition to participating in every meeting of this course, each student is expected to spend a minimum of 6 verifiable hours per week outside of class meeting times on the course subject matter, including visiting local art galleries/museums; researching contemporary arts/artists; researching arts/artists of the past; creating art outside of what is expected for class. See the instructor for ideas and places to visit.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Lab Rules/Safety: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">We will be working with special inks during the silk screen portion of our class. Please do not spill the inks. If an accident does occur, you will be responsible for cleaning the mess (including carpets). Each student is responsible for cleaning their work areas after every class.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Introduction to experiential education
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Course Schedule/Semester Calendar: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Week 1 – August 22, 2011 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Class Introductions / Overview of the Course **

◦ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Explore the world of art at the library, bookstore, Internet, or wherever you are most comfortable. Find 10 different artists and 10 different kinds of art from around the globe. These 20 different artists or art forms can come from throughout history, from cave paintings to the present. I will expect a short summary of your specific thoughts about these artists and art forms, as well as links if you have them, to be posted under the Assignment 1 page on our wiki. Make notes in your sketchbooks of the date and time that you are working, as well as some basic sketches of your impressions. (What makes this art style or artist stand out to you? Is there a certain element or design that you identify with? What are the artists trying to convey in their art?) You will choose one artist or medium to present to the class. This will be a visual intensive presentation and examples are required. This project involves a lot of research! You will write five questions about the art/artist on the board for the class to discuss. The questions are not to be specific to your presentation such as a test question, but are meant to evoke thought and discussion about the work you present.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Assignment 1: Research art and artists. Sign up for a day to present. **

◦ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Explore the wiki. ◦ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Create a personal page and introduce yourself. ◦ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Upload a picture of yourself onto the page.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Wiki Discussion: **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Week 2 – August 29, 2011 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">What is Art? We will explore the many definitions of art. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Storytelling **

◦ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Explore the world of contemporary Native American Art in the library or the Internet. Choose one Native artist that is working today and explore what is it about their art that makes it Native. Post a summary with links to the artist, include your own personal definition of what Native American Art is and what it means to be a Native American artist. E-mail me if you are having trouble finding artists.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Assignment 2: Contemporary Native Artists **

◦ **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Setting the Stage Drawing- **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"> Draw everything in your story except the focus. Pretend that you are present at the scene of the story a half-hour before your story takes place, what do you see? ◦ **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Basic Shapes Drawing- **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Draw your story using only 3 basic shapes (circle, triangle, square). ◦ **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Negative Space- **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Draw your story again, but reverse the colors. Anything black will be white, anything with texture will be blank, etc.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Sketchbook Assignment: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Each of the following drawings is to be a full-page illustration. I will expect detail, time and thought in each of these drawings. The goal is to open your mind to other possibilities for drawing. These drawings will help you in your creative processes.

◦ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Read and discuss this article on the wiki ◦ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">[]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Wiki Discussion: **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Week 3 – September 5, 2011 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Labor Day No Class **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Week 4 – September 12, 2011 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">What is Art? We will explore the many definitions of art. **

◦ **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Blind- **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Close your eyes and use the picture in your mind to draw. This will make you aware of your hand-mind coordination. ◦ **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Sensations- **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">(Anything but sight.) Think about your story and choose a sensation (touch, taste, hear, etc.) to draw. Out-of-the-box thinking. ◦ **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Detail- **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Choose one section of the above drawings and zoom in (or blow it up). Pay extra-special attention to the detail.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Sketchbook Assignment: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Each of the following drawings is to be a full-page illustration. I will expect detail, time and thought in each of these drawings. The goal is to open your mind to other possibilities for drawing. These drawings will help you in your creative processes.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">What is Native American Art? What does it mean to be a Native American Artist?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Wiki Discussion: **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Week 5 – September 19, 2011 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">What is Art? We will explore the many definitions of art. **

◦ **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Whole Page Restricted- **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Pay special attention to the borders of the paper and incorporate them into your drawing. ◦ **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Whole Page Unrestricted- **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Pretend that the edges of your paper do not exist and draw off of the page. ◦ **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Wrong Hand- **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Draw your story with your opposite hand. ◦ **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Upside Down- **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Draw your story upside down.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Sketchbook Assignment: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Each of the following drawings is to be a full-page illustration. I will expect detail, time and thought in each of these drawings. The goal is to open your mind to other possibilities for drawing. These drawings will help you in your creative processes.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Final Drawing Assignment: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Utilize at least 3 of the 10 styles above to create a final drawing of your story for critique during October 3rd class. One of the styles **must be** sensation.

◦ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Read <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">[|http://clackhi.nclack.k12.or.us/~edgintonwWeb/page%20files/Critiquing_Writing%20about%20art.htm] <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">We will discuss how to critique art.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Wiki Discussion: **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Week 6 – September 26, 2011 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">What is Art? We will explore the many definitions of art. **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Video and slide lecture while you work.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Final Drawing Studio **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Week 7 – October 3, 2011 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">What is Art? We will explore the many definitions of art. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Final Drawing Critique **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Week 8 – October 10, 2011 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">What is Art? We will explore the many definitions of art. **

◦ **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Using text in art ** ◦ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Video and slide lecture while you work.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Graphic Arts Studio **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Week 9 – October 17, 2011 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">What is Art? We will explore the many definitions of art. **

◦ **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">The importance of Negative Space ** ñ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Video and slide lecture while you work.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Graphic Arts Studio **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Week 10 – October 24, 2011 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">What is Art? We will explore the many definitions of art. **

◦ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Research and design a simple one color graphic illustration dealing with a topic of your choice. Apply what you have learned in your “Telling a Story” drawings.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Assignment: Silk Screen / Graphic Arts **

◦ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">You will choose one slide from the lecture and write a story about it. You may want to include how the materials were gathered, the purpose of the object, etc. Post your story to the wiki. ñ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Read each other’s stories and react.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Wiki Discussion: **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Week 11 – October 31, 2011 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">What is Art? We will explore the many definitions of art. **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Video and slide lecture while you work.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Studio **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Week 12 – November 7, 2011 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">What is Art? We will explore the many definitions of art. **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Video and slide lecture while you work.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Studio **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Week 13 – November 14, 2011 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">What is Art? We will explore the many definitions of art. **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Video and slide lecture while you work.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Studio **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Week 14 – November 21, 2011 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">What is Art? We will explore the many definitions of art. **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Video and slide lecture while you work.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Studio **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________ <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Presenter:_________________________________________
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Week 15 – November 28, 2011 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">What is Art? We will explore the many definitions of art. **

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Video and slide lecture while you work.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Studio **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Week 16 – December 5, 2011 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Final Project Presentations and pot-luck **

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Assessment of Student Learning: **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">ADA Statement: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"> Individuals who have any disability, either permanent or temporary, which might affect their ability to perform in this class, are encouraged to inform the Disability Counselor in the Office of Disability Services, Room 101. Adaptation of curriculum, instruction, or assessments may be made as required to provide for equitable participation.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">All students are encouraged to provide the instructor with suggestions or other forms of constructive feedback regarding the class. Students can do this informally by speaking with the instructor, either in class or by appointment, and if the instructor is unavailable, can arrange an appointment with the Dean of Letters and Science. This can also be done formally by completing the evaluation form distributed at mid-semester and again at the end of the course. If a student has a concern, issue, or question, the student must take responsibility to approach the instructor in a timely manner.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Course Evaluations: **

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Class Cancellation Due to Inclement Weather or Building Closure: **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Academic Conduct: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"> Academic honesty is an absolute for the fulfillment of College of Menominee Nation mission and guiding principles. Our students are proud of the work they do here and are committed to doing the best for their communities. Their grades, certificates, and degrees are their record of that work. These are used by prospective employers to make hiring decisions, by transfer colleges and universities to make admissions decisions, by funding organizations to determine eligibility for scholarships and other financial aid, and, most importantly, by family and other community members to express their pride in our students accomplishments. Therefore, College of Menominee Nation will not tolerate any form of academic dishonesty. See the Student Handbook for more information on “Academic Misconduct.”


 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Academic Alerts: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">The academic alert form is used as a student retention tool at the College of Menominee Nation. Instructors fill out forms to identify students at risk of not completing a course or identify problems. This type of early intervention increases the opportunity for student success.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Academic alerts can be submitted at any time during the semester to Student Services. The forms are given to the student’s advisor for follow-up. Follow-up comments are returned to the instructor.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Computer Labs **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">: Students using the computer lab must adhere to the College of Menominee Nation policy. Orientation for the computer lab is given during the first few weeks of each semester to help students get familiar with the lab equipment. These sessions are held regularly at posted times. All students are strongly recommended to attend. See the Student Handbook for more information on “Computer Lab Policy.”


 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Incomplete Policy: **<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Requests for a grade of “incomplete” must be initiated by the student to the instructor. Students may only request if at least 75% of course requirements have been met.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">The above information and/or calendar in this course are subject to change. If change is required, the change will be in writing and provided to each student. **