Humanities Subcommittee (Donovan, Money, Youngblood)
Report and Recommendations
Existing Humanities (Aesthetics) Outcomes Description:
The LSSU graduate demonstrates an awareness and appreciation of creativity and an acquaintance with its
various expressions in art, music, literature and other cultural forms. The graduate is capable of recognizing
and critically evaluating the qualities and products of human creativity and the role that social forces play in
determining aesthetic values.
The graduate recognizes and appreciates the inherent aesthetic qualities of nature.
Current General Education Aesthetics Outcome and Course Matrix:
Outcome
Aesthetics
Core Courses
Course covering period
through Renaissance,
including experiential
component (4)
Distributional Courses
Elective, including courses in specialized
areas, e.g., art, music, world civilization and
courses representing non-western works
and/or women (3-4)
Proposed Humanities Outcomes Description:
The LSSU graduate is able to
 describe the historical development of human thought and analysis of values,
 comprehend human creativity and its various expressions in art, music, literature and other
cultural forms, and
 recognize, analyze and critically evaluate the products of human creativity and the role that social
forces play in determining aesthetic values.
Proposed Humanities Outcome and Course Matrix:
Outcome
Humanities
Core Course
HU 251 Humanities I
Distributional Courses
Take one from the following list:
AT 250 Art History and Appreciation I
AT 251 Art History and Appreciation II
HU240/NA240 Native Art and Culture
HU 252 Humanities II
HU 255 World Mythology
MU 220 History and Appreciation of Music I
MU 221 History and Appreciation of Music II
PL 302 Ancient Western Philosophy
Second year of foreign language (8 credits)
Assessment:
The humanities outcomes are assessed through the Academic Profile Test.