ARTS 263 Introduction to Asian, Indigenous American, and African Art

This course introduces students to the arts and architecture of Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Oceania. Course material covers a broad geographic and chronological span, from ancient times to the present. The relationship of art to geography, social status, gender, belief systems, and lifecycle stages will form the framework of this course. In addition, the course will critically address commonly held Western assumptions and stereotypes about the non-Western world and its arts.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGL 121

Hours Weekly

3

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize information and ideas.
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider alternatives.
3. Analyze and evaluate ideas or outcomes.
4. Apply information and ideas to other contexts.
5. Identify and attribute works of art to their culture of origin and historical period.
6. Understand a culture’s significant symbols, images, objects, sculptures, and structures.
7. Understand the role that the arts play in religion, social structures, and cultural development.
8. Understand how Non-Western values and aesthetics differ from those of Western culture.
9. Describe how globalization has impacted the traditional art forms of Non-Western cultures.

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize information and ideas.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider alternatives.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2
3. Analyze and evaluate ideas or outcomes.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT3
4. Apply information and ideas to other contexts.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4
5. Identify and attribute works of art to their culture of origin and historical period.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • assignment or exam
6. Understand a culture’s significant symbols, images, objects, sculptures, and structures.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • assignment or exam
7. Understand the role that the arts play in religion, social structures, and cultural development.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • assignment or exam

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
8. Understand how Non-Western values and aesthetics differ from those of Western culture.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • assignment or exam

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
9. Describe how globalization has impacted the traditional art forms of Non-Western cultures.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • assignment or exam

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric