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HUMN 106 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

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.
  4. 4. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis of the role of the arts in illuminating the human spirit, creative process, and search for meaning.
  5. 5. Recognize, appreciate, and assess the work of artists as individuals and within the confluence of creative and humanistic expression with social and cultural contexts.

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.
  4. 4. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis of the role of the arts in illuminating the human spirit, creative process, and search for meaning.
  5. 5. Recognize, appreciate, and assess the work of artists as individuals and within the confluence of creative and humanistic expression with social and cultural contexts.