HUM 2233H - Honors Western Humanities:Baroque to Contemporary

College of Fine Arts and Humanities

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 0
Effective Term Fall 2014 (490)

Requisites

Prerequisite Appropriate score on the college placement test. or
Permission of the Program

Course Description

This course is a study of various epochs of Western culture from the Baroque to the Contemporary periods with emphasis on analysis and synthesis of ideas and structure in the visual arts, literature, philosophy, and music. It stresses development of personal aesthetic sensibilities and commitment to intellectual curiosity. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. (Note: Credit is only given for IDS 1102H or HUM 2233 or HUM 2233H. (Students who receive credit for HUM 2250 cannot also receive credit for HUM 2210 or HUM 2233.))

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will identify the distinctive ideas, values, forms, etc., of Western culture from the Baroque to the Contemporary periods as expressed through visual arts, literature, philosophy, and music by:
    1. analyzing selected primary works from the visual arts, literature, philosophy, and music of the periods studied.
    2. discovering from independent research distinguishing cultural characteristics of the various epochs.
  2. The student will synthesize the historical, philosophical, and artistic relationships among the various epochs by:
    1. seeing cause and effect of historical, philosophical, and artistic changes from age to age.
    2. discovering unifying myths, themes, forms, ideas from early Greek civilization to the present age.
    3. organizing information gathered into a coherent unit.
  3. The student will discover how artistic forms and content help to sustain human qualities by assuaging the dehumanizing forces of a highly scientific and technological society by:
    1. contrasting Western scientific history and progress with the Western artistic tradition.
    2. differentiating humanizing and dehumanizing forces.
    3. identifying through the use of primary works the methods, forms, themes, that help sustain our humanity.
  4. The student will assess the relationships of the arts to the community in which they exist by:
    1. specifying the role of the visual, musical, and literary arts in a community.
    2. appraising the role, scope, support, kinds, etc., of arts in Pinellas County.
    3. evaluating the architectural design and urban planning of Pinellas County in terms of their effects on the cultural life of the community.
    4. attending art exhibits, musical concerts, literary readings, theater, etc.
  5. The student will establish an independent and critical aesthetic value system in the context of Western cultural traditions by:
    1. discussing standards by which works in music, literature, and art are judged.
    2. attending, analyzing, and writing critical evaluations of art exhibits, concerts, plays, movies, and other similar cultural activities preferably including the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, the SPC Music Center, the Crossroads Gallery, the Clearwater Fine Arts Auditorium, and The Palladium Theatre.
    3. discussing and comparing personal aesthetic values with classmates who have attended same cultural activities.
  6. The student will demonstrate increased ability in composition by:
    1. researching the historical, religious, philosophical, and/or artistic relationships among the various cultures using primary and secondary sources.
    2. analyzing the historical, religious, philosophical, and/or artistic relationships among the various cultures using expository writing techniques.
    3. synthesizing the historical, religious, philosophical, and/or artistic relationships among the various cultures using expository writing techniques.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course the student, with a minimum 80 percent level of achievement, will demonstrate the accomplishment of the above stated objectives though classroom measures developed by the instructor. The writing will meet the criteria of at least Level 4 in the SPC Analytical Rubric for Writing.

History of Changes

DBT 11/21/85 Effective Session II, 1985-86 Reviewed C & I 9/25/90 SCN Change 8/29/90 Effective Session I, 1991-92. 3 YR C&I Review 8/94. DBT 1/24/96. Effective Session I, 1996/97. Effective Session I, 2001. SCNS # change effective 20021 H added to # effective 20022. C&I 6/22/04, BOT 7/27/04, Effective 20041(0340). Removed GRword count reference per State mandate eff 20061(0370) 3 Year Review 2007. C&I 10/28/08, BOT 12/16/08, Effective 20082(0405). Amended exclusion 10/28/09, effective 20091(0415).
C&I Approval: 05/31/2013, BOT Approval: 06/17/2014, Effective Term: Fall 2014 (490)