St. Cloud State University
General Education Goal Area 6
Humanities & Fine Arts
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Response Date:
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Prepared by: Lynn Metcalf
Phone: 8-4108
Proposal Number:
Email: lmetcalf@stcloudstate.edu
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Requesting Unit: Art
3.
Department, Course Number, Title: Art 131 Introduction to the Visual Arts of the World
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.
Goal 8 Global Perspectives
7.
Course bulletin description, including credits and semesters to be offered:
Visual arts as a unique form of human communication of personal and cultural values. 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 for general education only.
9.
Indicate any changes that must be made in offerings or resources in your department or other
departments by offering this course.
None. The course is already regularly offered.
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)
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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Existing Course
No
Diversity Proposal Accompanying This Form
No
Yes
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.
Art 131 is a topical and global introduction to the visual arts as a unique form of human communication
through which personal and cultural values are conveyed. This course enables students to develop a basic
awareness, understanding and sensitivity to the visual arts so that they will become a source of lifetime
exploration, enjoyment and discovery. Throughout the course students develop their creative viewing skills and
personal aesthetic standards. The course content includes the creative process, the visual elements and principles
of design, two and three-dimensional media and the study of a broad range of special works of art and architecture
within their respective cultural and historical contexts.
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.
Demonstrate awareness of the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities.
Students in Art 131 explore the unique materials, techniques and characteristics of a wide variety of two and three
dimensional art media used by artists around the world including drawing, painting, printmaking, photography,
sculpture, crafts and architecture through slide lectures, readings, videos and guest artist presentations and written
analyses of art works in the Atwood Art collection.
2.
Describe and appreciate works in the arts and humanities as expressions of individual and collective
values within an intellectual, cultural and historical and social context.
Students in Art 131 are introduced to a broad range of global art works of the past and present through slide
lecture presentations, assigned textbook readings, guest presentations by multicultural artists and videos on the
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works of individual artists working within a variety of cultural traditions with an emphasis on the connections
between the artworks themselves as both aesthetic objects and a reflection of the unique historical context in
which it was created.
3.
Interpret and respond critically to works from various cultures in the arts and humanities.
Art 131 students interpret and respond critically to examples of art works from various world cultures through
written responses to multicultural guest artists’ presentations and videos on multicultural artists and through their
course exams.
4.
Explore intellectually the ideas expressed in works in the arts and humanities.
Art 131 students not only study a broad range of visual images made by artists from a broad variety of cultures
but also through slide lectures and readings, explore a wide variety of issues related to visual arts like aesthetic
values, censorship, iconoclasm, the repatriation of stolen art works, appropriation of images, issues related to the
disruption of grave sites, art restoration, censorship.
6.
Articulate an informed personal response to works in the arts and humanities.
Students in Art 131 are required to do a number of written responses to artworks which they view in class, guest
artists presentations, and videos on individual artists in which they articulate their own individual responses not
only to the formal qualities of the works they view but also to the connections between these art works and the
cultural contexts in which they were created. Students also are required to write detailed critical analyses of art
works, which they view in person in the Atwood art collection.
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.
FORMS & PROCESSES IN ART IN GLOBAL CONTEXTS (40%)
Student Learning Outcomes 1, 3, 6
The Creative Process 10%
The Formal Language of Art 10%
Two Dimensional Media 10%
Three Dimensional Media 10%
ART INTERACTIONS WITH CULTURE (60%)
Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Western Art: Classical & European 10%
Arts of Islam 10%
African Art 10%
Asian Art 10%
Indigenous Art of the Americas 7%
Art of the Pacific 7%
Global Arts of the Modern World 6%
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St. Cloud State University
General Education Transmittal Form
Academic Affairs Use Only:
Response Date:
Effective Date:
Proposal Number
Department: Art
Course or Course(s): Art 131 - Introduction to the Visual Arts of the World
David Sebberson
Department or Unit Chair Signature
January 9, 2010
Date
Department forward to Academic Affairs for publication and electronically to Chair of General Education Committee, Chair
of College Curriculum Committee, College Dean
Recommendation of General Education Committee:
Approve
Remarks:
Disapprove
Chairperson
Committee
Signature
Date
Recommendation of University Curriculum Committee:
Approve
Remarks:
Disapprove
Chairperson
Committee
Signature
Date
Recommendation of Faculty Association:
Approve
Remarks:
Disapprove
FA Senate
Signature
Date
Action of Academic Vice President:
Approve
Disapprove
Signature
Entered in Curriculum Data File
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Remarks:
Date