HUMN 107 Arts, Cultures, and Ideas

Previously FINE 102. This is an interdisciplinary course that introduces students to how the humanities and their arts reflect ways of thinking about creativity and the human search for meaning in at least three of the following areas: architecture, dance, film, literature, music, painting, photography, sculpture, and/or theatre. Students approach cultural achievements as rooted in their historical settings, showing how the political, social, and economic events of each period influence their creation. Historical periods and individual cultures to be studied within these periods will be determined among various sections each semester.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Eligible to enroll in ENGL 121

Hours Weekly

3

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize critical theories, concepts, and skills related to human expression through the arts.
2. Generate ideas and consider alternatives in exploring how the humanities and their arts reflect ways of thinking about creativity and the human search for meaning
3. Assess, reflect on, and analyze works of art across a variety of genres.
4. Apply ideas about the arts and the human search for meaning to different historical and cultural contexts.

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize critical theories, concepts, and skills related to human expression through the arts.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
2. Generate ideas and consider alternatives in exploring how the humanities and their arts reflect ways of thinking about creativity and the human search for meaning

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
   • Presentation of a creative project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2
3. Assess, reflect on, and analyze works of art across a variety of genres.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
   • Assignment rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT3
4. Apply ideas about the arts and the human search for meaning to different historical and cultural contexts.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
   • Presentation

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
   • Assignment rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4