Course Title: Intro to Humanities
Title Abbreviation: INTRO TO HUMANITIES
Department: HUM&
Course #: 101
Credits: 5
Variable: No
IUs: 5
CIP: 240103
EPC: n/a
REV: 2018
Course Description
An introduction to the elements and principles of the arts including painting, sculpture, photography, film, and architecture. Art works will be discussed and written about from a variety of historical and critical perspectives.
Prerequisite
Prerequisite: Grade of 2.0 or higher in ENGL 097, or AESL 098, or appropriate test score.
Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)
Lecture: 55
Lab: 0
Other: 0
Systems: 0
Clinical: 0
Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:
Academic Humanities
Equivalencies At Other Institutions
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
General Education Learning Values & Outcomes
Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.
1. Information Literacy
Definition: Recognizing when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 1.3 Evaluate information and its sources critically.
2. Critical Thinking
Definition: The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these processes often vary among disciplines.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 2.1 Identify and express concepts, terms, and facts related to a specific discipline. 2.2 Analyze issues and develop questions within a discipline.
3. Communication
Definition: Understanding and producing effective written, spoken, visual, and non-verbal communication.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 3.1 Recognize, read, and comprehend academic and/or professional writing.
6. Individual Awareness & Responsibility
Definition: Understanding, managing, and taking responsibility for one’s learning and behavior in varied and changing environments.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 6.3 Apply successful organizational strategies of planning, goal setting, prioritizing, resolving conflict, and managing time to specific goals and/or projects.
7. Aesthetics & Creativity
Definition: Interpreting human experience through engagement with creative processes and aesthetic principles.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 7.2 Demonstrate knowledge of aesthetic principles. 7.3 Use knowledge of creative processes and aesthetic principles to understand humans and the world around them. 7.4 Demonstrate an understanding of the role of arts and creative expression in societies.
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