St. Cloud State University
General Education Goal Area 6
Humanities & Fine Arts
Academic Affairs Use Only:
Response Date:
Effective Date:
1.
Prepared by: Jeffrey Bleam
Phone: 8-0137
Proposal Number:
Email: jrbleam@stcloudstate.edu
2.
Requesting Unit: TFSD
3.
Department, Course Number, Title: DANC 341 - Global Dance Perspectives
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 area 8
7.
Course bulletin description, including credits and semesters to be offered:
Existing Course
No
Diversity Proposal Accompanying This Form
No
Yes
Survey of world dance from pre-history to the present, tracing its religious social, ritualistic, theatrical, and
aesthetic connections to human culture. 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.
General education
9.
Indicate any changes that must be made in offerings or resources in your department or other
departments by offering this course.
None
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.
11.
Courses designated as General Education are included in the assessment plan for the Goal Area(s)
12/11/2009
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.
12/11/2009
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.
Students in the course study a wide variety of cultural dance forms from ancient times to the present. They focus
on the social and political circumstances under which the forms were created and through which they have
changed over time. The course balances lecture/discussion with studio sessions in which students practice and
create culturally diverse dance forms, exploring the precise means through which meaning and socio-political
efficacy are encoded within movement.
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.
Utilizing a cross-cultural approach, students identify and discuss the range of form and function within the broad
category of dance. They describe how dance functions as social/ethnic identification, courtship, religious worship,
political rebellion, cultural preservation, display of political power, and personal expression.
2. Describe and appreciate works in the arts and humanities as expressions of individual and collective values
with an intellectual, cultural, historical, and social context.
Students describe the specific visual and movement structures of global dance forms within their cultural,
political, and historic contexts. Through comparisons to the students’ own culture’s dance forms, they gain
appreciation and insight into the similarities and differences between an array of cultural performance modes.
12/11/2009
3. Interpret and respond critically to works from various cultures in the arts and humanities.
A cross-cultural focus is central to this course. Through classroom discussions and writing assignments, students
analyze and respond to artistic and social dance forms from such cultures as Japanese, Yoruban, Indian, European,
Native American, Polynesian, and Javanese.
4. Explore intellectually the ideas expressed in works in the arts and humanities.
As opposed to an “appreciation” course, DANC 341 constantly views dance works from an intellectual and
culturally-based standpoint. The ideas expressed in dance are viewed in light of historical considerations, sociocultural structures, religious expression, and relation to political/hegemonic power. Students articulate these
relations through class discussions and writing assignments.
5. Engage in creative processes or interpretive performance.
The course regularly alternates its lecture/discussion format with practical sessions held in the dance studio. In
these sessions, students are able to engage in the creation of dance forms they have learned about (these have
included ballroom, hip hop, butoh, hula, and court dance). Additional studio sessions have involved students
leading their classmates through particular dance forms of their own experience and cultural background (these
have recently included forms from Eretria, Brazil, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, as well as the United States).
6. Articulate an informed personal response to works in the arts and humanities.
Students in DANC 341 achieve this outcome in two ways; first, through a research paper which requires them to
analyze and respond to a dance form from a particular culture and; second, through personal response papers to
cross-cultural dance presentations they are required to attend.
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.
Note: all areas are treated in a cross-cultural manner. Learner outcomes 2,3,4 and 6 are treated under all above
sections. Learner outcome 5 is treated under Dance as Cultural Preservation, Court Dance, Social/Folk Dance, and
Dance as Rebellion.
Dance Culture/Ethnology
Dance as Cultural Preservation
Dance as Religious Worship
Court Dance
Social/Folk Dance
12/11/2009
15
15
10
10
15
Classical/Historic Dance
Fusion Dance
Dance as Rebellion
12/11/2009
10
10
15
St. Cloud State University
General Education Transmittal Form
Academic Affairs Use Only:
Response Date:
Effective Date:
Proposal Number
Department: TFSD
Course or Course(s): DANC 341 - Global Dance Perspectives
Jeffrey Bleam
Department or Unit Chair Signature
02/22/10
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
12/11/2009
Remarks:
Date