HUMN 108 Introduction to the Creative Arts

Previously FINE 103. Through experiential learning, invention, and direct encounters with the arts, students engage in an interdisciplinary study of form, meaning, and humanistic expression in four major areas: dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts. Students learn to identify, interpret, apply, analyze, and communicate about the basic elements, principles, processes, materials, and inherent artistic qualities of these art forms. As a requirement for all students pursuing the AAT Elementary Education degree, this course design supports students planning to work with elementary-age children as teachers, caregivers, and in other aspects of child development.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

3

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize critical theories, concepts, and skills related to the basic types and elements of the four arts.
2. Generate ideas and consider alternatives in exploring the interrelationships among the four arts.
3. Assess, reflect on, and analyze the arts and their role in illuminating the human search for meaning.
4. Apply ideas to create basic productions in each of the four arts.
5. Demonstrate effective communication in writing and speaking about the four arts.

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize critical theories, concepts, and skills related to the basic types and elements of the four 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 the interrelationships among the four arts.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
   • Creative project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2
3. Assess, reflect on, and analyze the arts and their role in illuminating the human search for meaning.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT3
4. Apply ideas to create basic productions in each of the four arts.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Creative project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4
5. Demonstrate effective communication in writing and speaking about the four arts.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Written and oral presentation

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Presentation rubric