Visual art as a major component of visual culture has the characteristics of inter-/cross disciplinary study which is one of the dominant trends in academic research. The course is designed to equip students with basic art skills as well as teach them ways of seeing and help develop their faculties of imagination and creativity so as to make them capable of discovering art’s existence in life, aiming to provide students with a foundation for art learning. The course will not only lead students to understand different kinds of painting techniques, but also teach and let them use different materials, media and tools to experience art creation in their exploration of its 'expressivity'.

CILO-1: Acquire the basic knowledge of visual art as a form of aesthetic expression. CILO-2: Demonstrate the variation and diversity of visual art through practice with different visual art elements and materials (e.g. Chinese art, Western art, etc.). CILO-3: Formulate appreciating visual art as a drive in everyday life. CILO-4: Demonstrate the use of visual art forms in articulating or expressing their feelings and concerns. CILO-5: Acquire considerable understanding of the meaning and function of visual art in contemporary world.