4/23/2024 10:45:18 AM	ANTHRO 43 Course Outline as of Spring 2003	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ANTHRO 43	Title:  NAT. AMER. ART & CULTURE
Full Title:  Native American Art and Culture
Last Reviewed:2/7/2022

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	.50			Contact DHR	8.75
		Contact Total	3.50			Contact Total	61.25
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 166.25

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:

Introductory survey emphasizing the interrelationship of art, culture, and the individual artist in numerous Native American cultures. Additional emphasis on the interactions and influences of non-Indian cultures on native art beginning in colonial times and continuing today.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

The interrelationship of traditional art, Native American cultures, and artists.  Both prehistoric and contemporary art and architecture are examined from the perspectives of Native American history and world view.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.
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 1981	Inactive:
Area:	E G	Humanities American Cultures/Ethnic Studies
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	C1	Arts		Fall 1981
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	3A	Arts		Fall 1981
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	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:

Students completing this  course will be able to:

1.  Identify by tribal culture and by artist numerous Native art forms

   including ceramics, basketry, textiles, jewelry rock art, and

   woodcarving.

2.  Analyze changes in the art forms as related to the artistic

   transitions required for adaptation to European and American

   influences.

3.  Recognize and interpret the cultural symbolism in Native artistic

   design.

4.  Compose written responses that utilize anthropological concepts and

   incorporate technical terminology that relate to Native American

   artistic symbolism.

5.  Recognize artistic creations by individual artists and well known

   Native American groups.

6.  Describe influences both within and outside native communities that

   have shaped art forms through time.

Topics and Scope

1.  Anthropological concepts and an overview of Native American

   traditions.

2.  Ceramics of the Pueblos and Woodlands cultures

3.  Basketry and textiles of the North American Native people.

4.  Painting, sculpture, and jewelry of the Southwest and Northwest Coast

   Indian groups.

5.  Architecture and monumental art of the Native Americans.

6.  Native American responses to colonial influences as seen in Native

   American art.

7.  Major theoretical issues relevant to understanding issues of

   ethnicity, race, and gender roles, and sexual orientation as expressed

   in Native American art forms.

8.  Principles of successful environmental management as expressed in

   religious symbols in various Native American art forms.

Assignments:

Independent study will be required of all students in the form of reading,

writing, and Museum visitations.  Approximately two hours of independent

work is required for each hour of class time. A series of assignments

in the Jesse Peter Museum will be added in order to strengthen the

writing component and enhance existing course content. A minimum of 8

hours of Museum study will be required per semester.

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 35 - 45%
Written homework, Reading reports, 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 50 - 60%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion, Geography/Identification
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 5 - 15%
Museum assignments will be completed from a workbook for each art form.

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Berlo, Janet C. and Ruth B. Phillips

  1998 Native North American Art, Oxford University Press.  Oxford

Wade, Edwin L. editor

  1986 The Arts of the North American Indian.  Hudson Hills. New York

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