Chabot College
Fall 2007
Course Outline for Humanities 60
CREATIVITY AND THE COMMUNITY
Catalog Description:
60 – Creativity and the Community
3 units
The Arts as an expression of the community; the relationship between creativity and
community; the artist as the conscience of society and the role of the audience in completing
an artwork. Themes include the artist as prophet, art as transformative experience, the arts
and social justice, and the shock of the new. 3 hours.
[Typical contact hours: 52.5]
Prerequisite Skills:
None
Expected Outcomes for Students:
Upon completion of this course students should be able to:
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describe how the artist functions as conscience of society, stating specific examples;
interpret prophetic themes in art;
state how the audience completes an artwork;
distinguish differences between art as personal expression and art as transformative of
society;
5. write and discuss art as communal expression and transformative experience.
Course Content:
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How the artist functions as conscience of society
Prophetic themes in art
How the audience completes an artwork
Differences between art as personal expression and art as transformative of society
Art as communal expression and transformative experience
Methods of Presentation:
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Lecture
Discussion
Audiovisual materials
Creative experience
Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
1. Typical Assignments
a. Write an essay, contrasting art as personal expression and art as social commentary
b. Research a speech or paper on a specific artist and identify the prophetic
themes in her/his work
c. Create a prophetic song, poem, short story or painting with an accompanying short
paper explaining the social power of the piece.
Chabot College
Course Outline for Humanities 60, Page 2
Fall 2007
Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress (continued):
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Methods of Evaluating Student Progress
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Quizzes and Exams
Papers
Creative Project
Researched paper or presentation
Final exam
Textbooks(s) (Typical):
Hughes, Robert. The Shock of the New. New York: Knopf, 1991.
Other Voices, Other Vistas/A Superb Collection of Contemporary Multicultural
Fiction. Ed. by Barbara H. Solomon. New York: A Signet Classic, New American
Library, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc., 2002.
May, Rollo. The Courage to Create. New York: Bantam Books, 1975.
Zinn, Howard. Artists in Times of War. New York; Seven Stories Press, 2003.
Special Student Materials:
None
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