Course: HUM 1021–Introduction to the Humanities, Fall 2006
Instructor: Dr. Sarah Satterfield
Class Meeting Times/Location: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10:00-10:50
Office Hours/Location: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 11:00-12:00; Tuesday and Thursday 10:50-12:05; Tuesday 1:30-4:00; Thursday 1:30-3:30; or by appointment
Office Phone: (352) 854-2322, ext. 1406
E-mail: swsatterfield@cox.net
INTRODUCTION TO THE HUMANITIES
Syllabus
Course Description/Objectives
The instructor seeks to stimulate in students a curiosity and enthusiasm for the arts while developing ever-important observation and listening skills. With discussions of historical periods and major artists’s lives, styles, and representative works, the instructor hopes this course will heighten the students’s awareness of, and appreciation for, the visual arts, literature, and music.
Text/Supplemental Materials
Cunningham, Lawrence and John Reich. Culture and Values: A Survey of the Humanities. Fortworth: Harcourt College Publishers. The student should purchase the most recent edition of the text, as older text versions contain different illustrations and examples. The student should also purchase the packet of bound course outlines sold with the text in the bookstore and Primary Sources for Students in the Humanities.
Attendance Policy
Two unexcused absences are allowed during the semester. With each additional unexcused absence, one point will be deducted from the final grade. For excused absences, appropriate written documentation (medical excuse, note from another professor/coach, etc.) must be given to the instructor within one week (not at the end of the semester). Students who miss class should obtain notes from other students, not the instructor.
Tardiness
Class begins promptly at 10:00 each day. As it distracts both the instructor and other students, tardiness will not be tolerated. Two tardies or incidences of leaving class early will count as one unexcused absence.
Course Requirements
To enhance the classroom experience and facilitate classroom interaction, each student should read corresponding sections of the text prior to each class session. A familiarity with key terms and concepts, obtainable through text reading, is essential for student understanding. Students are expected to attend class, turn in reports on designated dates, and prepare for the oral presentation, tests, and final.
Academic Honesty
Cheating on tests or on written reports (including failure to cite sources) will not be tolerated. Without exception, anyone caught cheating will fail the assignment in question. Further action may include suspension or expulsion from the college.
Grading Policy
Tests given during the semester (4) and the final (1), which will be comprehensive covering the entire course, are each worth 100 points. The written report (1) and the oral presentation (1) are also worth 100 points each. Students are reminded that one point will be deducted from the final grade for each unexcused absence after the second.
Grading Scale:
A: 90-100
B+:87-89
B: 80-86
C+:77-79
C: 70-76
D: 60-69
F: 0-59
Test Format
- Four tests and a final will be given during the semester. Test questions will be in multiple choice, matching, and/or short answer format. Test questions will come from the bound packet of course outlines and from the text (discussion questions at the ends of chapters).
- Test conflicts should be discussed with the instructor as close to the beginning of the semester as possible. Make-ups will be given only in the event of documented illness or if the student has received permission from the instructor in advance. No make-ups will be given on tests or oral presentations without a written note. No make-ups on the final.
- To protect the privacy of students, no grades will be posted or given out over the phone/Internet.
Written Assignment
- HUM 1021 students will write one four-page report. The assignment is worth 100 points. The assignment will be graded and returned.
- LATE ASSIGNMENTS: The due date for the report, which appears in the course outline, is absolutely firm. Reports turned in after class will be considered late. One-half of a letter grade will be deducted if the report is turned in after class on the same day; one full letter grade will be deducted for each day (not each class) thereafter. Late assignments may be placed in the box on my office door (4-113) or e-mailed ( swsatterfield@cox.net) to me.
- THE ASSIGNMENT: The report is to be a review of a museum or gallery visited during the semester. In the report, works seen should be described as thoroughly as possible, using language appropriate to the course. Written documentation in the form of a brochure or ticket stub from the museum or gallery must be attached to this report.
Disabilities/Requests for Extra Information
Students who, because of physical, cognitive, or psychological disabilities, need special accommodations should contact Equal Access Services as soon as possible to request an official letter authorizing accommodations. Every effort will be made to meet the needs of such students. Efforts will also be made to assist students who request additional information.
Withdrawal
“Effective Fall 1997, students will be allowed only two attempts to earn a satisfactory grade in college level credit courses. Each enrollment counts as an attempt. Upon the third attempt, students will be charged full instructional costs (equivalent to out-of-state tuition). Students may only repeat those courses in which they receive a grade of ‘D,’ ‘F,’ or ‘W.’
Learning Outcomes/Expectations
It is hoped that, upon completion of this course, students will be able to discuss with confidence and thorough understanding the history of the arts (antiquity through twenty-first century). It is also hoped that students will better understand the relationship between the arts and society.
HUM 1021 COURSE OUTLINE - FALL 2006
**Dates are subject to change**
August 21 First Day of Class–Semester Overview
August 23 Egypt and Mesopotamia
August 25 Egypt and Mesopotamia
August 28 Video
August 30 Greece
September 1 Greece
September 4 No Class–Labor Day
September 6 Rome
September 8 India and China
September 11 India and China
September 13 Video
September 15 Jerusalem, Early Christianity, Byzantine
September 18 Test 1 (Egypt–China)
September 20 Jerusalem, Early Christianity, Byzantine
September 22 Middle Ages
September 25 Middle Ages
September 27 Middle Ages, Video
September 29 Renaissance
October 2 Test 2 (Jerusalem–Middle Ages)
October 4 Renaissance
October 6 Renaissance
October 9 Renaissance
October 11 Renaissance
October 13 Baroque
October 16 Baroque
October 18 Baroque
October 20 Baroque, Museum Critique Due
October 23 Baroque
October 25 18 th Century
October 27 Test 3 (Renaissance and Baroque)
October 30 18 th Century
November 1 18 th Century
November 3 18 th Century
November 6 18 th Century
November 819 th Century
November 10 19 th Century
November 13 19 th Century
November 15 19 th Century
November 17 19 th Century
November 20 20 th Century
November 22 Test 4 (18 th and 19th Centuries)
November 24 No Class–Thanksgiving Break
November 27 20 th Century
November 29 20 th Century
December 1 20 th Century
December 4 20 th Century
December 6 20 th Century
December 8 Classes End
December 11-14 Finals Week
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