FINE-101 Humanities Through the Arts

In this course, the humanities are approached through an interdisciplinary study of form and meaning in nine major art forms: film, theatre, music, dance, painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, and art in literature. Through study of enduring and contemporary issues of aesthetics, creativity, humanism, and invention, students are challenged to develop perceptual awareness and aesthetic sensitivity as well as a foundation for a life-long relationship with the arts regardless of his/her major field of study.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. 1. Identify and apply critical theories, concepts, and skills for "seeing" and interpreting works of
   art and in formulating aesthetic judgments for determining what is art.
   
2. 2. Demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships among the arts.
3. 3. Pose and address fundamental questions repeatedly explored in the arts throughout history
   and demonstrate original insights to these questions related to creative expression with social
   and cultural contexts.
   
4. 4. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into an analysis of the role of the arts and
   the creative process as a problem-solving methodology.
5. 5. Recognize, appreciate, and assess the work of artists as individuals and within the
   confluence of creative and humanistic expression in illuminating the human spirit and search
   for meaning.

Course Objectives

1. 1. Identify and apply critical theories, concepts, and skills for "seeing" and interpreting works of
   art and in formulating aesthetic judgments for determining what is art.
   
2. 2. Demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships among the arts.
3. 3. Pose and address fundamental questions repeatedly explored in the arts throughout history
   and demonstrate original insights to these questions related to creative expression with social
   and cultural contexts.
   
4. 4. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into an analysis of the role of the arts and
   the creative process as a problem-solving methodology.
5. 5. Recognize, appreciate, and assess the work of artists as individuals and within the
   confluence of creative and humanistic expression in illuminating the human spirit and search
   for meaning.