Spring 2027

2d Foundations

2D Foundations applies 2D design principles for image creation and graphic arrangement, building analog and digital skills for photography, graphic design, drawing, painting, and printmaking.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

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Past student reviews · Annmarie Suglio

Expect a commitment of roughly four hours per week to create art, as the syllabus requires consistent studio time despite the class being considered an easy A.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Conduct research to generate multiple solutions to two-dimensional design problems and to inform artistic decisions.

  • Gain competency with creative problem solving in digital formats such as Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop and in analog formats such as ink, pencil and collage.

  • Analyze and critique two-dimensional work based on the relationship between subject matter, form, and content.

  • Explore 2D design within its historical and contemporary contexts through readings, research, artist presentations and/or discussion.

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

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Prerequisites

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ART 102 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ANNMARIE SUGLIO is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CULLEN HOUSER is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MAGGIE SNYDER is recorded teaching in Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LAB 001Classroom Instruction0 / 180
LAB 002Classroom Instruction0 / 180
LAB 003Classroom Instruction0 / 180
LAB 004Classroom Instruction0 / 180
LAB 005Classroom Instruction0 / 180
LAB 006Classroom Instruction0 / 180

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Annmarie Suglio

This art course emphasizes practical creation over theoretical depth, with a straightforward grading structure and flexible policies that make it manageable for students.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.95 GPA, 97.9% A/AB (n=97 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.73 GPA, 88.5% A/AB (n=104 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.84 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=91 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Annmarie Suglio

Expect a commitment of roughly four hours per week to create art, as the syllabus requires consistent studio time despite the class being considered an easy A.

Past student reviews · Cullen Houser

Students noted that attendance was mandatory and deadlines were flexible, but they felt the course did not teach much substantive content beyond the projects themselves.

Topics

  • 2D design principles, image creation, and graphic arrangement.
  • Photography, graphic design, drawing, painting, and printmaking.
  • Creative problem solving in digital formats (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) and analog formats (ink, pencil, collage).
  • Historical and contemporary contexts of 2D design.

Skills

  • Apply 2D design principles to create images and arrange graphics using analog and digital methods.
  • Solve creative problems using Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, ink, pencil, and collage.
  • Analyze and critique 2D work by examining the relationship between subject matter, form, and content.
  • Conduct research to generate multiple solutions to 2D design problems and inform artistic decisions.

Grades

Historical instructor

Spring 2027 · Projected

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Approximate 80% prediction interval

About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.14 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Spring 2027

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

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Selected offering source records
ART 102 · Spring 2027

2D Foundations

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Grade history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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