12/26/2024 7:50:48 AM	HUMAN 4.1 Course Outline as of Fall 2002	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  HUMAN 4.1	Title:  WESTERN CULTURE
Full Title:  Western Culture: Arts, Ideas, and Values
Last Reviewed:1/27/2020

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 Western culture.  The course will focus on the visual arts, drama, music, literature, philosophy and religion within a cultural context.  The course will cover ancient Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, Rome, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

An interdisciplinary approach to the study of Western Culture from the Ancient World through the Renaissance.

(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 1998	Inactive:
Area:	E	Humanities
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	C2	Humanities		Fall 1998
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	3B	Humanities		Fall 1998
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1998	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1998	Inactive:
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:

In this course, the student will demonstrate that he or she can:

1.    Identify the major artists, writers, and thinkers of these periods

     of Western culture.

2.    Demonstrate a grasp of the chronological development of Western

     culture.

3.    Analyze representative works of visual arts, drama, music,

     literature, philosophy, and religion.

4.    Compare and contrast the style of works of successive periods of

     Western culture.

5.    Examine their own ideas, values, and beliefs and determine how these

     relate to the heritage of Western culture.

6.    Integrate ideas, patterns, and information from two or more

     disciplines.

7.    Demonstrate in writing the ability to analyze, compare and contrast,

     to weigh philosophical arguments, to examine values, and to

     integrate materials from several disciplines.

Topics and Scope

1.    The course will focus on the arts, ideas, and values of Western

     culture.

2.    The course will use representative primary texts, including primary

     works of literature, visual arts, music, drama, film, and/or

     philosophy/religion.

3.    The course will proceed chronologically or thematically and will

     encompass Western Culture from approximately 2,000 B.C. to 1600

     A.D., including the cultural eras of ancient Mesopotamia, ancient

     Egypt, ancient Greece, Rome, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance.

4.    The course will focus on works of enduring significance in Western

     Culture and on the legacy or heritage of Western culture in todays

     world.

5.    Representative Primary works:

     Epic.  Representative examples of the epic form, such as Homer's

     Iliad or Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid, or Beowulf.

     Literature:  Representative examples literature such as Apuleius The

     Golden Ass, Arthurian romances, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, or

     Boccaccio's Decameron.

     Poetry.  Representative examples of Greek and Roman lyric poetry,

     Medieval Lyric Poetry, The Song of Roland, Dante's The Divine

     Comedy, or Petrarchs lyrics.

     Religious works/mythology.  Representative examples of Greek and

     Roman myths, passages from the Bible or the Koran.

     Drama:  Representative examples of a Greek tragedy or comedy by

     playwrights such as Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles or Aristophanes.

     Representative examples of Medieval drama such as the morality play

     Everyman.

     Philosophy and religious thought:  Representative examples by

     writers such as Plato, Aristotle, Boethius, Augustine, St. Thomas,

     and Machiavelli.

Assignments:

Assignments typically will include:

1.    Careful reading and analysis of assigned primary texts.

2.    Reading assignments in humanities textbook or supplemental readings

     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).

6.    Creative projects (optional, depending on instructor).

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 50 - 80%
Written homework, Essay exams, Term papers, Essays, Take-home essay exams
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 15 - 45%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion, Short answer
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 5 - 20%
Field trips, cultural activities and/or creative projects

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Roy Mathews and F. DeWitt Platt:  The Western Humanities, 3rd edition

(Mayfield, 2001)

William Fleming:  Arts and Ideas, 9th edition (Harcourt Brace, 1995)

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