Heartland Community College
Humanities & Fine Arts
Course Syllabus for Students
Course Prefix and Number: HUMA 201.01
Course Title: Western Humanities I
Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory Hours: 0
Days and times the course meets: MWF 10:00-10:50
Catalog Description:
Prerequisites: completion of SOAR course prerequisites. Discussion and analysis of major
cultural achievements of the Western tradition, as expressed in philosophy, religion, art, music,
and literature, from earliest times to the renaissance. Broadly interdisciplinary in approach, this
course emphasizes not only the connections between those artistic and literary expressions that
Western society has traditionally regarded as significant and the socio-political, economic, and
historical conditions that in part gave rise to them, but also the continuing role for the idea of
tradition itself as a factor in the intellectual heritage of the West.
Instructor Information:
Instructor name: Dr. Bodo Fritzen
Phone number to contact instructor: (309) 268-8619
Instructor e-mail address, if one: bodo.fritzen@heartland.edu
Location of instructor’s office: ICB 2017
Hours and days of instructor’s office hours: MWF 12:00-1:00
T, Th 8:30-9:45
Textbook:
Required: Matthews and DeWitt Platt. The Western Humanities. Volume I. 5thed.
Recommended:
Relationship to Academic Development Programs and Transfer: (Indicate if course is
General Education/IAI)
HUMA 201 fulfills 3 of the 9 semester hours of credit in Humanities/Fine Arts required for the A.A. or A.S. degree.
It may be used to satisfy either the Humanities or Fine Arts component of this requirement. HUMA 201 transfers to
most Illinois colleges and universities as part of the General Education Core Curriculum [IAI course no. HF 902]
described in the Illinois Articulation Initiative. For information regarding particular institutions, students should
consult an academic adivisor or refer to the IAI web page at www.itransfer.org. HUMA 201 fulfills the SOAR
graduation requirement at Heartland Community College.
Course Objectives (Learning Outcomes):
Students in this course will be able to:
LO
Assessment
Identify the principal historical, intellectual, and artistic
movements that have taken place in the Western World
up to the renaissance.
Recognize some of the major works of painting,
architecture, literature, music, and philosophy from
earliest times to the renaissance that have contributed to
the culture and civilization of the Western World.
Articulate and communicate the major ideas from
earliest times to the renaissance that have informed the
Western World's principal intellectual and æsthetic
movements.
Identify the principal artists, writers, statesmen,
philosophers, scientists, and others from earliest times to
the renaissance who have made major contributions to
the Western intellectual heritage.
Relate the art and thought of classical antiquity to the art
and thought of the medieval period and the renaissance
and see the continuity between the past and subsequent
times.
Recognize and define such terms as monotheism,
idealism, syllogism, tragedy, comedy, epic, sonnet,
chiaroscuro, dome, flying butress, fresco, etc.
Identify appropriate topics for scholarly research in the
humanities and fine arts, utilize standard bibliographic
and other research tools, select suitable sources and
methodology, and write papers presenting the results of
their research while observing the conventions of
scholarly discourse.
C7
required test items,
papers
C7
required test items,
papers, oral
presentations
D3
oral presentations, inclass writings, extended
formal writing
D3
required test items, oral
presentations
D5
informal and extended
formal writing
C2
test items, writing to
learn activities
C6
formal research paper
Course/Lab Outlines:
1. Prehistory and Near Eastern Civilizations
2. Aegean Civilization
3. Classical Greek Civilization
4. Roman Civilization
5. Judaism and the Rise of Christianity
6. Late Roman Civilization
7. The Successors of Rome
8. The High Middle Ages
9. The Late Middle Ages
10. The Early Renaissance
11. The High Renaissance and Early Mannerism
Course Policies:
Method of Evaluation (Tests/Exams, Grading System):
Student Assessment will be based on the following factors:
6 Exams (each worth 50 points)
1 midterm
1 final exam
300 possible points
100 possible points
100 possible points
Final grades will be determined according to the following scale:
92 to 100% = A
83 to 91% = B
74 to 82% = C
65 to 73% = D
Below 65% = F
Grading Policy:
Attendance: Required. Daily classs attendance is a must. For each class period missed
I will subtract 5 points at the end of the semester. Also, after I have taken attendance
I will considers the late comers as absent. I will start recording absences on August 28.
Class Participation: required
Incompletes: none
Extra Credit: none
Make-up of tests and assignments: only in documented emergencies
Deadlines: must be met
Required Writing and Reading: see course calendar
HUMA 201 requires students to complete 1 long paper (12-15 pages) or 3 short papers (5
pages each) presenting the results of their independent library research.
Students will read texts that are significant to the development of the Western canon.
Reading assignments will be drawn from the anthology and from handouts distributed in
class. These assignments will be substantial (to permit in-depth study) and will include
not only examples of the traditional belletristic genres (poetry, fiction, and drama), but
also such non-fiction forms as essays, tracts, public documents, and personal letters and
autobiographical writings. Representative texts will be assigned for each of the historical
periods covered in the course, and some readings will include complete texts rather than
excerpts or condensed versions.
Student Conduct:
Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a fundamental principle of collegial life at Heartland Community College
and is essential to the credibility of the College’s educational programs. Moreover, because
grading may be competitive, students who misrepresent their academic work violate the right of
their fellow students. The College, therefore, views any act of academic dishonest as a serious
offense requiring disciplinary measures, including course failure, suspension, and even expulsion
from the College. In addition, an act of academic dishonesty may have unforeseen effects far
beyond any officially imposed penalties.
Violations of academic integrity include, but are not limited to cheating, aiding or
suborning cheating or other acts of academic dishonesty, plagiarism, misrepresentation of data,
falsification of academic records or documents and unauthorized access to computerized
academic or administrative records or systems. Definitions of these violations may be found in
the college catalog.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the presenting of others’ ideas as if they were your own. When you write a paper,
create a project, do a presentation or create anything original, it is assumed that all the work,
except for that which is attributed to another author or creator, is your own. Plagiarism is
considered a serious academic offense and may take the following forms:
1
Copying word-for-word from another source and not giving that source credit.
2
Paraphrasing the work of another and not giving that source credit.
3
Adopting a particularly apt phrase as your own.
4
Using an image or a copy of an image without crediting its source.
5
Paraphrasing someone else’s line of thinking in the development of a topic as if it
were your own.
6
Receiving excessive help from a friend or elsewhere, or using another project as
if it were your own.
Note that word-for-word copying is not the only form of plagiarism.
The penalties for plagiarism may be severe, ranging from failure on the particular piece
of work, failure in the course or expulsion from school in extreme cases.
[Adapted from the Modem Language Association’s MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers. New York: MLA, 1995: 26]
Support Services:
Heartland Library Information
The Library, located in the Students Commons Buildings at the Raab Road campus, provides Heartland students
with a full range of resources including books, online journal databases, videos, newspapers, periodicals, reserves,
and interlibrary loan. Librarians are available to assist in locating information.
For more information please call the Library (309) 268-8200 or (309) 268-8292
Tutoring Center
Heartland Community College offers tutoring in various forms at no cost to
Heartland students at the Academic Support Center (ASC) in Normal and at the Pontiac
and Lincoln Centers. Tutors are available at convenient times throughout the week.
Study groups, group tutoring facilitated by a specially-trained tutor, are also available by
request. For more information about services available at each location, please call the
ASC in Normal (309) 268-8231; the Pontiac Center (815) 842-6777; the Lincoln Center
(217) 735-1731.
Testing Center
The Testing Center provides a quiet environment for students to complete make-up exams, online exams, and exams
for students with special accommodations. Students may be able to complete exams in the Testing Center if
arrangements are made with their instructor. For more information, contact the Testing Center at (309) 268-8231.
Course Calendar:
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Aug. 18
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Sept. 1
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Introduction
Mesopotamia
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Egypt
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Minoan Civilization
Exam I
Labor Day (no class)
Greek Civilization
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Exam II
Roman Civilization
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Dec. 1
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Roman Civilization
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Exam III
Judaism
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Christianity
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Midterm
Fall break (no class)
Successors of Rome
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Exam IV
High Middle Ages
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Late Middle Ages
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Exam V
The Early Renaissance
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Exam VI
Video
Thanksgiving Break (no class)
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High Renaissance
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Mannerism
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Review
The final exam will be scheduled according to the College Policy.