Spring 2027

Drawing for Non-art Majors

Introduction to basic drawing for non-art majors covering line, shape, composition, space, perspective, value, and texture to build foundational drawing skills.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

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Past student reviews · Matthew Mauk

Instructors expected significant effort on every assignment, which some students found difficult at first but ultimately rewarding.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Define and apply the elements of art and the principles of design in drawing construction.

  • Demonstrate observational and perceptual skills, translating three-dimensional forms in space into two-dimensions using the formal elements of drawing.

  • Explore historical and contemporary drawing media and techniques.

  • Critically analyze their work and the work of classmates using appropriate terminology related to the elements and principles of drawing.

  • Practice a variety of research methods to structure and contextualize drawing projects.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

CLAIRE STIGLIANI is recorded teaching in Fall 2008, Spring 2009. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

GABRIEL STRADER-BROWN is recorded teaching in Fall 2012, Spring 2013. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JORDAN ADAMS is recorded teaching in Fall 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARIAH KLEMENS is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Spring 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MATTHEW MAUK is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2016. 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 002Classroom Instruction0 / 160
LAB 003Classroom Instruction0 / 160
LAB 004Classroom Instruction0 / 160
LAB 005Classroom Instruction0 / 160
LAB 001Classroom Instruction0 / 160
LAB 006Classroom Instruction0 / 160

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Matthew Mauk

Students described this as one of their favorite classes at UW, noting that they left able to draw better than they thought possible.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.83 GPA, 90.4% A/AB (n=73 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.88 GPA, 94.6% A/AB (n=92 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.95 GPA, 96.5% A/AB (n=85 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Matthew Mauk

Instructors expected significant effort on every assignment, which some students found difficult at first but ultimately rewarding.

Past student reviews · Jordan Adams

Jordan Adams made showing up to class enjoyable, and drawing assignments were generally reasonable to complete within the given time.

Topics

  • Line, shape, composition, space, perspective, value, and texture.
  • Historical and contemporary drawing media and techniques.
  • Translating three-dimensional forms into two dimensions.

Skills

  • Apply elements of art and principles of design in drawing construction.
  • Translate three-dimensional forms into two dimensions using observational and perceptual skills.
  • Critically analyze drawing work using appropriate terminology related to elements and principles.
  • Use research methods to structure and contextualize drawing projects.

Grades

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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 · 0.06 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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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

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Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
ART 112 · Spring 2027

Drawing for Non-Art Majors

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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