Contra Costa College
Course Outline
Department & Number
Course Title
Prerequisite
Co-requisite
Prerequisite or concurrently
Challenge Policy
HUMAN120
Introduction to Humanities: Imagination,
Invention, and Creativity
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Number of Weeks per term
Lecture Hours per term
Lab Hours per term
*HBA per term
Units
18
54
3.0
Advisory
Hours per term.
*HOURS BY ARRANGEMENT:
ACTIVITIES: (Please provide a list of the activities students will perform in order to satisfy the HBA requirement):
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is a study of creativity and imaginative expression in a variety of disciplines. Students will study the
methods used by artists, inventors, and innovators in many fields to discover what they can do to build stronger
channels to their own inner creative resources. Course activities will include lectures, films about creative
people drawn from a wide variety of cultures, discussions of reading and exercises in developing creativity and
an examination of how culture interacts with society. Not repeatable.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the completion of the course the student will be able to:
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Identify and articulate connections between personal disciplines and producing works of art.
Identify and articulate techniques for stimulating imagination and problem solving.
Identify and articulate the relationship between the conscious and the unconscious in creativity.
Indentify and articulate any given individual’s creative actualities and possibilities.
COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Students will recognize instances of creativity in diverse fields.
2. Students will recognize additional personal instances of creativity.
3. Students will develop understanding of evolving nature of the creative process.
COURSE CONTENT: (In detail; attach additional information as needed and include percentage breakdown)
Diverse approaches to creative enhancement.
Interplay of the conscious and the unconscious.
Interplay of creative methodology among artists, scientists, and inventors.
Input of Psychology and Personal Growth Specialists.
Focus, trance states, and examination of brain activity.
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
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Lecture
Group discussions.
Dramatizations.
Audio visual presentations.
Group presentations.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Textbook Title:
Author:
Publisher:
Edition/Date:
Textbook Title:
Author:
Publisher:
Edition/Date:
If You Want to Write
Brenda Ueland
Graywolf Press
All editions
Learning to Look
Joshua Taylor
U. of Chicago Press
All editions
These texts are being chosen because they represent the best writing in the areas of creative composition and perspective
building. These texts are widely accepted amongst educators in the Humanities.
COURSE EXPECTATIONS (Use applicable expectations)
Outside of Class Weekly Assignments
Weekly Reading Assignments
Weekly Writing Assignments
Weekly Math Problems
Lab or Software Application Assignments
Other Performance Assignments
Hours per week
3
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2
STUDENT EVALUATION: (Show percentage breakdown for evaluation instruments)
25
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30
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Participation (Includes collaborative group discussions and presentations_
Mid-term and Final (Covering required books and other outside reading)
Personal Reflective Essay
Analytic Essays
GRADING POLICY (Choose LG, P/NP, or SC)
Letter Grade
Pass / No Pass
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
70% and above = Pass
Below 70% = No Pass
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Student Choice
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
Prepared by:
David Houston & Robbie Kunkel
Date:
November 2013
Form Revised 01/13
Below 60% = F
or
70% and above = Pass
Below 70% = No Pass