Dublin Scioto High School – Advanced Placement Drawing

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

This course is designed to lead students through construction of a quality portfolio using the skills that artists and designers use. Students will develop skills in drawing as you experiment with different materials and processes. They will create artwork that reflects their ideas and skills learned. Students will investigate the materials, processes, and ideas that artists and designers use. They will practice, experiment, and revise as they create artwork. Students will communicate their ideas about works of art and design. The course is intended to prepare students to take the AP exam for possible college credit. \*\*IB Visual Arts (SL) – 531 – Year 1 / 532 – Year 2 \*\*IB Visual Arts (HL) – 533 – Year 1 / 534 – Year 2 IB Visual Arts is a rigorous two-year course focusing on three areas of art studies: art making through a personal exhibition, research through a comparative study, and practice through a process portfolio. In addition to researching and comparing visual arts from a variety of local, regional, national, international and intercultural perspectives and in different contexts, students are expected to engage in, experiment with and critically reflect upon a wide range of contemporary practices and media. Through inquiry, investigation, reflection and creative application, visual arts students develop an appreciation for the expressive and aesthetic diversity in the world around them, becoming critically informed makers and consumers of visual culture. The SL and HL courses are two years in length and is intended to prepare students to complete all internal assessments and the corresponding IB exam. Students will supply some materials. This course fulfills a Group 6 requirement for the IB Diploma. \*\*Offered only at Emerald Campus, travel required with transportation available. \*Health Education - 921/V921 Health Education stresses the individual's physical, mental, emotional, and social development. The intent of the Health course is to help young people make independent, informed decisions concerning their well-being. Course topics include First Aid and CPR; diseases and disorders; mental health; stress; nutrition; the structure of specific body systems; human sexuality; and substance abuse.