Heartland Community College
Humanities & Fine Arts
Course Syllabus for Students
Course Prefix and Number: HUMA 101- 16
Course Title: Introduction to the Humanities
Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory Hours:
0
Days and times the course meets:
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays 10:15-11:05 A.M.
PHS
Spring 2006
Introduction: I would like to extend a warm welcome to you as you embark upon the study of
humanities.
At times, the information and reading assignments may appear overwhelming. You will be
stretched and challenged during the course. The key components for success in this class are to
attend with regularity, take copious notes, read the required text(s), and ask questions that will
assist you in your learning process. In the end, I want this course to not only have been
educational but an enjoyable learning experience for you. It is my desire that when you conclude
this course, you will take the knowledge gained and make it life applicable.
Catalog Description:
An introduction to major art forms, including music, literature, theater, film, painting, sculpture,
and architecture. Each of these arts will be considered by examining the constituent elements and
formal qualities that are characteristic of the art form, as well as by studying their relationships to
one another and to the societies from which they developed.
Instructor Information:
Instructor name: Richard Riley
Phone number to contact instructor: Office: 309-829-2200 – Home: 309-527-4130
E-mail: nhwc4@hotmail.com
Campus E-mail Address: Richard.Riley@hotmail.com
Location of instructor’s office/Hours and days of instructor’s office hours: Because
I am an adjunct faculty member, I do not have an office on campus or regular office
hours. However, please feel free to contact me prior to class, during our scheduled
break(s), or after class. You may contact me by telephone at my office in Bloomington,
Illinois, or you may call me at home. I am also available to answer any questions by
email. I will make every attempt to be available for all your academic needs.
Textbook:
Required:
Martin, David F. and Lee A. Jacobus. The Humanities through the Arts. 6th edition.
Boston: McGraw Hill: 2004
Relationship to Academic Development Programs and Transfer: (Indicate if course is
General Education/IAI)
HUMA 101 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 the Fine Arts component
of this requirement. HUMA 101 should transfer to other Illinois colleges and universities as the
equivalent of the General Education Core Curriculum course HF 900, described in the Illinois
Articulation Initiative. However, students should consult an academic advisor for transfer
information regarding particular institutions. Refer to the IAI web page for information as well at
www.itransfer.org
Beliefs:
Student Learning:
As mentioned in the introduction section of this syllabus, class attendance and participation are
imperative. There is a direct correlation between the two and success in this course. If there are
situations in which you will need to be absent or cannot meet a required deadline, there is some
room for negotiation. It is your responsibility, however, to communicate those specific needs to
me in a clear and concise manner, by either a written memo, telephone, or email. We will
discuss your circumstances and arrive at a mutual decision on when the required assignment will
be completed. If you do not notify me and establish a negotiated agreement, there is the
possibility of failure. I want to reiterate that ALL changes need to be negotiated.
Instructor’s Role:
My role is to facilitate interaction in ways that will assist you in achieving your maximum
educational experience and abilities. If you need more support to learn, please let me know so
that I can help schedule you into tutorial, library, reading, study skills, time management, or
some assistance programs.
Course Objectives (Learning Outcomes):
Through their study during this course, students should learn to:
1. Identify the works of art that are considered to represent the greatest achievements of various
cultures and civilizations and that have defined these civilizations' cultural traditions,
2. Articulate and communicate major ideas that have informed the principal intellectual and
aesthetic movements within the history of the arts.
3. Be able to recognize various periods, mediums, and subjects in all the art forms.
4. Identify the principal artists, writers, philosophers, and other intellectuals who have made
major contributions to the arts.
5. Compare non-Western cultural and artistic values to those of the West, recognizing nonWestern adaptations to and influences on Western culture and aesthetics.
6. Articulate both in speech and in writing those personal thoughts and observations that have
come about due to class assignments and discussions.
7. Demonstrate awareness, tolerance, and appreciation of the extent and impact of cultural
diversity in our society as reflected in the arts.
8. Interact with other individuals and in groups to come to a consensus about an aesthetic
problem and to solve it.
9. Identify appropriate topics for scholarly research in the arts and humanities, 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.
Course/Lab Outlines:
Course Policies:
Method of Evaluation (Tests/Exams, Grading System):
Class Participation
Quizzes
Final
Topical Paper
Grades will be assigned according to the following scale:
92-100 %
83-91 %
74-82 %
65-73 %
Below 65%
10%
40%
20%
30%
=A
=B
=C
=D
=F
Participation/Attendance Policy:
Class participation and attendance are expected. It is this interaction and class activities that
facilitate learning. An occasional absence can be negotiated, but please keep this to a minimum.
If you have to be absent, make up work will be available. However, all make up work will need
to be completed within one week to obtain at least a passing grade on the assignment. Please
talk to me about any planned absences in advance. If you have to be absent unexpectedly, please
contact me as soon as possible by either telephone or email. It is your have to responsibility to
initiate contact if you have to be absent.
Incompletes:
The official college policy will be followed in this class. The College catalog states that “An
incomplete grade may be given to a student who, by the withdrawal date, can reasonably be
expected to pass the course.
Extra Credit:
There is no extra credit policy in this class
Make-up of tests and assignments:
Make-up tests and assignments will need to be negotiated. All late work, unless otherwise
negotiated with me, will receive a deduction of a letter grade per weekday from the grade
earned. If you do not adhere to the negotiated make-up schedule, the one grade per weekday
will still apply.
Deadlines:
Deadlines will need to be negotiated. Unnegotiated papers are subject to the late penalties
policy as state above.
Required Writing and Reading:
Students will write one long paper (12-15 pages) presenting the results of students' independent
library research (or the equivalent in shorter papers).
Students will engage in extensive readings from both the required text and from other sources
relevant to the arts and the humanities.
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
www.hcc.cc.il.us/library
The Library, located within the Academic Support Center (ASC) on the Normal campus, provides
Heartland students with a variety of on-campus resources that support both class work and personal
inquiry. These include: reference tools (print and non-print), periodicals, audio-visual materials and
equipment, reserves, a general circulating collection, and a fiction collection. Computer terminals
provide access to various electronic resources, including Academic Universe, FirstSearch, and EbscoHost
databases; CARL online card catalog, and Internet access. Several electronic resources are accessible
from computers off campus. Students may borrow books from the fiction and general collections and
may renew materials, in person or by phone, if requests have not been placed on them.
Heartland students also have Interlibrary Loan privileges from Heartland Library. Items usually take 1 to
3 weeks from date of the order to arrive.
The Library maintains a quiet study environment. Assistance is available for all library and information
needs. Heartland Library is open Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
when the college is in session, but is closed on holidays that Heartland observes. Intersession and
summer hours are reduced.
Milner Library at Illinois State University is a public institution so you may use their collection on site. If
you want to request to check out materials, ask for a free Community Borrowers card application at the
Milner Library circulation desk. It is important that you have specific titles to request for check out when
you apply for the card. The card will give you access to their circulating collection for three months, with
a four week check out period. To qualify for this service you must live within 50 miles of Milner, have a
current state ID (driver's license) with current address on ID, and be over age 18. After you fill out the
application Milner will perform a background check on you for over due books, etc.
For more information about Library services please call the Library at 268-8200.
Tutoring and Academic Support
Heartland Community College offers learning assistance 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. Help is also
provided through instructional materials, study skills workshops, open computing, and the
Library. For more information about services available at each location, please call the ASC in
Normal at (309) 268-8235, the Pontiac Center (815) 842-6777; or the Lincoln Center (217) 7351731.
Academic Support Services (Academic Support Center) Lab www.hcc.cc.il.us/divisions/asc
[The following material must be on every syllabi. However, this text may be updated as needs warranted. Please
check either the HCC Intranet site in the Curriculum and Academic Standards folder or with the lead faculty
member for the most current site.]
Testing Center Lab www.hcc.cc.il.us/divisions/asc/testing
The Testing Center proctors make-up exams for students enrolled in traditional courses. In
addition, regularly scheduled exams for alternative delivery courses are also proctored at this
Center. Exams are proctored free of charge in a secure and quite environment. For more
information about exam proctoring services contact the Testing Center at (309) 268-8231.
Open Computing Lab www.hcc.cc.il.us/divisions/asc/complabs
The Open Computing Lab provides free computing for HCC students at convenient times
throughout the week. The computer lab is staffed by trained Lab Assistants and offers the use of
approximately 70 computers, a scanner, a laser printer, and an electric typewriter.
Syllabi Disclaimer:
The class will be notified if changes are needed because of College closings, severe weather,
class progress, incorrect statements in this document, and unexpected demands on the instructor.
Course Calendar:
Presentation of Syllabus and Introduction
Jan. 18 – Jan 20
Defining, Identifying, and Evaluating Art
Jan. 23 – Jan. 27
Painting
Jan. 30 – Feb. 10
Sculpture
Feb. 13 – Feb. 17
Architecture
Feb. 20 – Feb. 24
Literature
Feb. 27 – March 3
Drama
March 6 – March 10
MID-TERM BREAK
March 13 – March 17
Music
March 20 – April 7
PHS SPRING BREAK
March 27 – 31
Dance
April 10 – April 14
Film
April 17 – April 28
Photography
May 1 – May 5
Course Wrap-Up
May 8 -10
Finals Week
TBA