St. Cloud State University
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General Education Goal Area 6
Humanities & Fine Arts
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1. Prepared by: Mark Mills
Phone: 308-3294
Requesting Unit: Department of Mass Communications
Department, Course Number, Title: Comm 275, Documentaries of the Holocaust
New Course
Email: mlmills@stcloudstate.edu
Existing Course
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Will this course be flagged as a diversity course?
Already Designated as Diversity
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Diversity Proposal Accompanying This Form
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Will this course also satisfy another General Education Goal Area?
If “Yes” specify which goal area.
Course bulletin description, including credits and semesters to be offered:
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Study, criticism and analysis of the Holocaust documentary from a historical and analytical basis. 3 Cr. F,
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Indicate the clientele for whom this course is designed. Is the course for general education only, or does it fulfill general education and other program needs for this or another department? Obtain signatures from any affected departments.
All students; General Education and Mass Communication major/minor students
Indicate any changes that must be made in offerings or resources in your department or other departments by offering this course.
None
10. For new courses or courses not yet approved for General Education, indicate any other SCSU departments or units offering instruction that relates to the content of the proposed course.
NA
11. Courses designated as General Education are included in the assessment plan for the Goal Area(s) for which they are approved. Courses for which assessment is not included in the annual GE assessment report for two years will be removed from the General Education Program.
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The Requesting Unit understands and recognizes the above conditions.

12. Provide a concise explanation of how the following goal is a “significant focus” of the proposed course.
Goal Area 6: Humanities & Fine Arts
Expand appreciation and critical understanding of changing modes of human expression and systems of thought in the arts and humanities, and develop abilities in the creation and performance of meaning.
Comm 275 show students how the film media can manipulate images and information to distort the true meaning of visual messages. It also reveals man's inhumanity to man through the film genre.
13. In order for a course to be designated as fulfilling Goal Area 6, it must address at least 5 of the 7 student learning outcomes (SLOs) below. Check the SLOs below that are focused on in the proposed general education course.
1. Demonstrate awareness of the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities.
2. Describe and appreciate works in the arts and humanities as expressions of individual and collective values within an intellectual, cultural, historical and social context.
3. Interpret and respond critically to works from various cultures in the arts and humanities.
4. Explore intellectually the ideas expressed in works in the arts and humanities.
5. Engage in creative processes or interpretive performance.
6. Articulate an informed personal response to works in the arts and humanities.
7. Analyze the diverse means of communication in the arts and humanities.
14. Discuss how each Student Learning Outcome checked above is achieved in this course. (Note: Although descriptions of typical assignments or types of assignments may be part of this discussion, it is not appropriate to submit copies of actual assignments.)
1. Students will explore the wide variety of documentaries with a focus on Holocaust documentaries through written and oral course work.
2. Students will research and write papers on the individual and collective values of the German people and the
Nazi Party as well as other cultures as expressed through Holocaust documentaries.
3. Students will give presentations which examine and compare documentaries on the Holocaust produced by various cultures.
4. Students will analyze the intellectual precepts and concepts of the Holocaust held by the German people, the
Nazi government, and the rest of the world through the study of various documentaries in papers and examinations.
7. Students will analyze and give presentations on the means of communication involved in the production of various types of documentaries.
15. List or attach the Course Outline (adequately described and including percentage of time to be allocated to each topic). Curriculum Committees may request additional information. Topics larger than 20% need to be broken down further. Indicate in your course outline where the Student Learning Outcomes
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checked above are being met.
Introduction to the scope and variety of documentaries 20%
Cultural, historical and itellectual values of Holocaust documentaries 20%
Critical analysis of documentaries of the Holocaust 20%
Critical analysis of ideas and concepts expressed in documentaries 20%
Examination of the creative process involved in the production of documentaries of the Holocaust 20%
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Department: Mass Communications
Proposal Number
Course or Course(s): Comm 275
Mark Mills
Department or Unit Chair Signature Date
2/9/2010
Department forward to Academic Affairs for publication and electronically to Chair of General Education Committee, Chair of College Curriculum Committee, College Dean
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