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.
Hours Weekly
3
Course Objectives
- 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. Demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships among the arts.
- 3. Pose and address fundamental questions repeatedly explored in the arts throughout history and demonstrate original insights to these questions.
- 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. 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. 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. Demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships among the arts.
- 3. Pose and address fundamental questions repeatedly explored in the arts throughout history and demonstrate original insights to these questions.
- 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. Recognize, appreciate, and assess the work of artists as individuals and within the confluence of creative and humanistic expression with social and cultural contexts.