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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
HUMAN 5 | Title:
WORLD HUMANITIES |
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| Full Title:
World Humanities: Arts, Ideas, Values |
| Last Reviewed:3/8/2021 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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An interdisciplinary approach to the study of the arts, ideas, and values of selected world cultures. The course will focus on the visual arts, drama, music, literature, philosophy and religion within a global context. The course may be taught chronologically or thematically.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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An interdisciplinary approach to the study Global Cultures with an emphasis on non-Western cultures Transfer Credit: CSU;UC.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | Fall 2003
| Inactive: | |
| Area: | E
H
| Humanities
Global Perspective and Environmental Literacy
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | C2 | Humanities | Fall 2003 | |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | 3B | Humanities | Fall 2003 | |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2003 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2003 | Inactive: | |
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| C-ID: |
Certificate/Major Applicable:
Not Certificate/Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Identify the major writers, thinkers and artists in at least three
distinct geographical/cultural areas, (two of which must be non-
Western eg. Africa, Asia, Latin America, North America, Europe),
and contextualize within their various cultural milieu.
2. Analyze representative works of visual arts, drama, music, literature
or philosophy/religion within those specific cultural contexts.
Recognize and discuss knowledgeably the cultural values that these
works communicate.
3. Evaluate the contributions of women in the shaping of those cultures.
4. Compare their own views with ideas, values, and beliefs covered in
the course.
5. Explain, in writing, the humanistic values of selected Western and
non-Western civilizations as revealed through the artistic and
literary record.
Topics and Scope
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1. The course will focus on the arts, ideas, and values of at least
three distinct cultural areas (Africa, Asia, Latin America, North
America, Europe), two of which must be non-Western.
2. The course will use representative primary texts, including primary
non-Western artforms. Examples from literature and poetry: China
Wang Wei, Li Bai. Japan: Basho, Tale of Genji. Africa: Emperor
Shaka the Great: A Zulu Epic, Leopold Senghor, Wole Soyinka, Bessie
Head. Latin America: Gabriela Mistral, Gabriel Garcia Marquez,
Isabella Allende, Eduardo Galeano, Pablo Neruda, Mario Vargas Llosa.
Middle East: Edward Said, Nawal El Sa'adawi, Amer Hussein.
India: VS Naipaul, RK Narayan.
Examples within visual arts: African Benin bronzes, the architecture
of Zimbabue city, Japanese gardens, the concept of shunyata, Hindu
temple architecture and sculpture, Yucatan peninsula architecture and
sculpture, Chac Mool, Palenque city, Inca architecture/gold images,
Moche sculpture.
Examples within music: Gagaku Court Music, Indian sitar music,
traditional Songs of Africa, Gamelan Music.
Examples within primary philosophical/religious texts: Theravada
Buddhist texts, The Bhagavad-Gita, Confucius: The Analects, Hebrew
Bible, New Testament, The Q'uran, Popol Vuh, The Egyptian Book of the
Dead.
3. The course may focus on works of contemporary and/or
historical significance within areas of the humanities (such as
lilterature, philosophy, visual arts, film, music) in order to
compare/contrast cultural contributions within specific geographical
locations such as Africa, Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Latin
America, the Middle East, Europe.
4. The course may proceed chronologically and cross-culturally within a
specific historical period (such as the Renaissance or the 19th
century) or thematically e.g. (tracing the development of the figure
in painting, genre scenes in printmaking, contemporary music, children's
poetry or individuality vs society in literature).
5. The course will evaluate the nature of Western Colonialism and its
effect on non-Western cultural production.
Assignments:
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Assignments typically will include:
1. Careful reading and analysis of assigned texts.
2. Reading assignments to establish cultural context.
3. Examinations, including quizzes, mid-term, final, and/or take-home
exams.
4. Written essays requiring students to analyze representative works of
literature, art, music, and philosophical/religious thought or
requiring students to compare and contrast, integrate ideas, or
examine ideas, values and beliefs.
5. Participation in cultural activities, and response papers or reviews
(including field trip option).
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
30 - 50% |
| Written homework, Term papers, Essays | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
40 - 60% |
| Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion, Short answer, Essay exams | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
5 - 20% |
| Field trips, cultural activities | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Palmira Brummett et al., CIVILIZATION PAST AND PRESENT Single Volume
(10th Edition, August 5, 2002), Longman Press
Eduardo Galeano, MEMORY OF FIRE: GENESIS, (June 1998), W. W. Norton &
Company; FACES AND MASKS, (June 1998), W. W. Norton & Company; CENTURY
OF THE WIND, (June 1998), W. W. Norton & Company
Geraldine Nagle, THE ARTS; WORLD THEMES, (June 1997), McGraw Hill
Philip Lee Ralph (Editor), et al, WORLD CIVILIZATIONS, THEIR HISTORY AND
CULTURE, (August 1997), W. W. Norton & Company
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