St. Cloud State University
General Education Goal Area 6
Humanities & Fine Arts
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1.
Prepared by: Tami Spry and Jennifer Tuder
Phone: 308-5253
Email: tlspry@stcloudstate.edu
2.
Requesting Unit: CMST
3.
Department, Course Number, Title: CMST 210 Performance and Everyday Life
4.
New Course
5.
Will this course be flagged as a diversity course?
Already Designated as Diversity
6.
Will this course also satisfy another General Education Goal Area?
If “Yes” specify which goal area.
Existing Course
No
Diversity Proposal Accompanying This Form
No
Yes
7.
Course bulletin description, including credits and semesters to be offered:
CMST 210 Performance and Everyday Life. Performance acts embedded in our everyday
world show how performance is used to learn about culture, reflect on experience and act upon the
world and self. Prereq: 192 or equivalent. 3 Cr. F, S.
8.
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.
This course is designed for both general education and CMST majors and minors
9.
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.
N/A
11.
Courses designated as General Education are included in the assessment plan for the Goal Area(s)
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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.
The Requesting Unit understands and recognizes the above conditions.
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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.
This course explores the communicative intersections between self, others, and sociocultural
contexts. Grounded in performance studies theory, argumentative strategies, and basic communication
theories of the constative process of language, this course advances critical thinking and critical selfreflection upon one’s communication in cultural contexts. The course curriculum relies heavily on
writing and performance, analysis and application of traditional and non-traditional literature, and using
one’s everyday experiences as artifacts for critical analysis.
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.)
CMST 210 Performance and Everyday Life satisfies Goal Area 6 through the following:
SLO 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.
Students research a cultural literary variety of fiction and non-fiction for the purpose of analyzing and
comparing sociocultural similarities and differences in their own personal narratives. Literature is
viewed as personally political constructions reflecting the cultural values of specific histories and
contexts.
SLO 3: Interpret and respond critically to works from various cultures in the arts and humanities.
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Students engage a method of writing called autoethnography where they critically self-reflect upon
personal experiences of race, class, and gender. Autoethnographies are further constructed through
comparisons to literature focusing on issues of race, class, and gender. The student creates a text
weaving critical self-reflection and literature to construct an argument and/or analysis of a specific social
issue.
SLO 4: Explore intellectually the ideas expressed in works in the arts and humanities.
Intellectual exploration occurs 1) in analyzing works of literature for the sociocultural and political values
expressed, and comparing these values to one’s own in the creation of a critically reflective text, 2)
using dramatism and performance theories as a frame for performance of texts.
SLO 5: Engage in creative processes or interpretive performance.
This course, as all performance studies based courses, is grounded in performance as an
epistemological process and as a method of inquiry and understanding into human communication.
The autoethnographic text (and/or most other written assignments) is aesthetically staged because the
process of embodying (performing) one’s analysis of literature/culture offers an intimate understanding
of the relationship between selves, others, and culture. The use of space through staging performance
is also explored as a process of interpreting texts.
SLO 6: Articulate an informed personal response to works in the arts and humanities
Students articulate an informed personal response to literature through the critical self-reflectivity of
autoethnography where they create an argument/analysis concerning how they are socioculturally
situated in relation to people/cultures/values expressed in the literature. This response is then
performed. After performance students write an analysis focusing on what was learned through the
embodiment of another.
SLO 7: Analyze the diverse means of communication in the arts and humanities.
Students analyze the cultural diversity and the diverse means of communication through performing
their own critical analyses, seeing the world through the perspective of another in performing literature,
and using space as a means of communication through staging performance.
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
checked above are being met.
I. Theory 25%
A. Define performance as embodiment, performativity, dialogical performance
B. Explore the relationship between everyday life performance and aesthetic performance
C. Dramatism and argumentation
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D. Communication theory focusing on the intersections between self, others, context
II. Performance Methodology 15%
A. Study the body as making meaning through aesthetic technique
B. Study methods of transcribing and analyzing texts
III. Performance Skill 30%
A. Use of voice and body
B. Translating inner form to outer form
C. Use of space
D. Developing a performance concept
IV. Analysis 30%
A. Examine the reflexive nature of performance
B. Develop critical approaches to
1. communication theory
2. cultural performance
3. cultural contexts
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St. Cloud State University
General Education Transmittal Form
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Roseanna Gaye Ross
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of College Curriculum Committee, College Dean
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