Grade 9 Visual Arts
Back to course listingCourse Code: AVI1O
General Information
This is a grade 9 course. This course is in the arts subject, which at Bell High School is in the Fine Arts department. Prerequisites: None.
Course Description
This course offers an overview of visual arts as a foundation for further study. Students will become familiar with the elements and principles of design and the expressive qualities of various materials through working with a range of materials, processes, techniques, and styles. They will learn and use methods of analysis and criticism and will study the characteristics of particular historical art periods and a selection of Canadian art and the art of other cultures.
This course is an open course, having one set of expectations and being appropriate for all students in a given grade. This course prepares students for more advanced classes in later years, or for a university, college or workplace setting. This course may not reflect a student's post-secondary goals, but are still relevant to everyone regardless of their post-secondary plans.
More Information
For more detailed information on this course, or any other course, please contact student services. You may be able to find more information online at Fine Arts. This information provided on this page may be out of date or inaccurate, as course information may change rapidly as the year progresses.
You can view the full curriculum, including information for this course, at the Ministry of Education's website.
Course choices may vary from year to year due to staffing and student interest. Simply because a course is listed here or has been previously run doesn't necessarily mean that it will run in the future.
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