12/21/2024 6:03:24 PM	HUMAN 5 Course Outline as of Fall 2008	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  HUMAN 5	Title:  WORLD HUMANITIES
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		17.5 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		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:

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-identifying both their interconnectedness and inherent diversity. The course may be taught chronologically or thematically.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

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:Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
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
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	C2	Humanities		Fall 2003
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	3B	Humanities		Fall 2003
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 2003	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 2003	Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Major Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

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 both within their individual cultural milieu

   and larger global contexts.

2.  Analyze representative works of visual arts, drama, music, literature

   and philosophy/religion within those specific cultural contexts.

   Recognize and discuss knowledgeably the cultural values that these

   works communicate in a global perspective as well as within specific

   cultural contexts.

3.  Evaluate the contributions of women in the shaping of both individual

   and worldwide perspectives on arts, beliefs and values.

4.  Compare their own views with ideas, values, and beliefs covered in

   the course.

5.  Explain, in writing, the linked values of selected Western and

   non-Western civilizations as revealed through the artistic and

   literary record.

Topics and Scope

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 which have achieved global significance.

   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 as well as their common

   interconnectedness.

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 as features of a global

   worldview.

Assignments:

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:

The Arts:  World Themes.  Nagle, Geraldine.  McGraw Hill:  June 1997.  

 

Century Company:  Faces and Masks.  W. W. Norton & Company:  June 1998

 

Century of the Wind.  W. W. Norton & Company:  June 1998.

 

Civilization Past and Present.  Brummett, Palmira,  et al., Single Volume, 10th Edition.  Longman Press:  August 5, 2002.

 

Memory of Fire:  Genesis.   Galeano, Eduardo.   W. W. Norton & Company:  June 1998.

 

World Civilizations, Their History and Culture.  Ralph, Philip Lee, Editor), et al.  W. W. Norton & Company:  August 1997.

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