Spring 2009
Tentative Course Schedule---HUM-100-B001, Introduction to Humanities
Black Hills State University
Jonas Hall 303, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:30 to 1:45 p.m.
The textbook is referred to as M&J (for the authors Martin and Jacobus).
Week One
Th
1/3
Discuss syllabus.
M
T
Th
1/19
1/20
1/22
MLK Day—Holiday
Guest lecturer: architect Jenn Burke
M&J Ch. 1, Introduction, pp. 1-17
F
1/23
Census Date: Last day to Add or Drop without record
1/27
1/29
M&J Ch. 2, “What Is a Work of Art?” pp. 18-32
M&J Ch. 2, “What Is a Work of Art?” pp. 32-47
M&J Ch. 3, Critique, pp. 48-63
2/3
2/5
M&J Ch. 4, “Painting,” pp. 64-83
M&J Ch. 4, “Painting,” pp. 83-99
2/10
2/12
M&J Ch. 5, “Sculpture,” pp. 100-22
Quiz (chapters 1-4)
M&J Ch. 5, “Sculpture,” pp. 122-33
2/16
2/17
2/19
Presidents’ Day—Holiday
M&J Ch. 6, “Architecture,” pp. 134-57
M&J Ch. 6, “Architecture,” pp. 157-80
2/23
2/25
M&J Ch. 7, “Literature,” pp. 181-89
M&J Ch. 7, “Literature,” pp. 189-210
Week Two
Week Three
T
Th
Week Four
T
Th
Week Five
T
Th
Week Six
M
T
Th
Week Seven
T
Th
Week Eight (mid-term week)
T
Th
3/3
3/5
Discuss “Bartleby”
Exam covering chapters one through eight
Week Nine, Spring Break, March 7th through March 15th
BHSU
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Week Ten (Regents’ Rising Junior Exam, March 17th to 18th, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
T
Th
3/17
3/19
M&J Ch. 11, “Film,” pp. 304-324
M&J Ch. 11, “Film,” pp. 329-335
Midterm deficiency grades due on WebAdvisor
Week Eleven
T
W
3/24
3/26
Film
Film
3/31
4/2
4/4
M&J Ch. 13, “Photography,” pp. 356-64
M&J Ch. 13, “Photography,” pp. 364-83
Week Twelve
T
Th
Sat.
GRE & ACT test date
Week Thirteen (4/07 - 4/25 Pre-registration for summer and fall)
M
T
Th
Last day to drop a class with an automatic “W”
4/7
M&J Ch. 14, “Interrelationships of the Arts,” pp. 228-43
4/9
M&J Ch. 14, “Interrelationships of the Arts,” pp. 228-43
Quiz (chapters 11, 13, 14)
Easter Break, 4/10 through 4/13
Week Fourteen (American Indian Awareness Week)
T
Th
4/14
4/16
M&J Ch. 15, “Is It Art?” pp. 403-415
M&J Ch. 15, “Is It Art?” pp. 415-26
4/21
4/23
M&J Ch. 15, “Is It Art?” pp. 426-34
M&J Ch. 16, “Interrelationships” pp. 435-47
Week Fifteen
T
Th
Final Exams, May 4th through 8th
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, Final Exam, 11:30 to 1 p.m., Comprehensive exam.
SAT. 5/9
WED. 5/13
BHSU
Commencement
Final grades due on WebAdvisor
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