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Course: |
HUM 121
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Title: | Humanities: Early Civ: GT-AH2 |
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Long Title: | Humanities: Early Civilization :GT-AH2 |
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Course Description: | Introduces students to the history of ideas that have defined cultures through a study of the visual arts, literature, drama, music, and philosophy. It emphasizes connections among the arts, values, and diverse cultures, including European and non-European, from the Ancient world to 1000 C.E.~~This course is one of the Statewide Guaranteed Transfer courses. GT-AH2 |
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Min Credit: | 3 |
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Status Notes: | 3/04 - designated gtPathways; |
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| S: 10/27/06 - revisions to competencies s@ |
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Course Notes: | Note: Competencies and Outline entered from Core Transfer |
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| C: Documents. A new course template exists and will be |
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| C: submitted for review. |
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| C: 7/30/03 - Description, competencies and outlines changed |
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| C: per discipline chair |
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Origin Notes: | ACC |
STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
I. Think analytically and critically about individual works of art by:
A. describing the basic elements and their effects on the work of art
B. evaluating the effects of geography, economics, politics, religion, philosophy, and science on the values of a culture and the stylistic features of the arts
C. relating the major values and concerns of a historical era to the art forms of the period
D. interpreting their themes of expressive content
II. Describe the difference between rational and non-rational ways of expressing ideas.
III. Recognize and describe structural and stylistic relationships among the arts.
IV. Compare eras studied in class.
V. Assess the relationship of freedom and responsibility to problem-solving and decision-making by groups and individuals throughout history.
VI. Identify some of the characteristics of the best and worst (the noble and depraved) of human actions and creations.
VII. Analyze the predominant feminine and masculine viewpoints of specific cultural eras.
VIII. Compare and contrast some cultural attitude and values of specific eras of the past to those of the present in order to:
A. demonstrate an awareness of the legacy of various civilizations
B. identify the perspectives about life that advance or hinder creative energies
C. promote respect for different ways of dealing with common issues
IX. Compare values as reflected in the arts in non-European cultures to those in Western cultures.
X Write and speak clearly and logically, in presentations and essays, about topics studied in humanities courses.
XI. Read, analyze, and apply to new situations, written material related to the study of Humanities.
XII. Demonstrate the ability to select and apply contemporary forms of technology to solve problems or compile information in the study of Humanities.
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. This course will focus on some of the following cultures from the Ancient World to 1000 C.E.--Neolithic, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Judaic, Classical India, Classical Greece, Hellenistic Greece, Republican Rome, Imperial Rome, Early Christian, Byzantine, Carolingian, Romanesque with regard to the six criteria listed below.
A. Mythology/Religion/Philosophy
B. Visual Art
C. Literature
D. Architecture
E. Music
F. Dance
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Arapahoe Community College |
ACC |
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Community College of Aurora |
CCA |
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Colorado Community College Sys |
CCCS |
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Community College of Denver |
CCD |
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Colorado Northwestern CC |
CNCC |
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Front Range Community College |
FRCC |
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Lamar Community College |
LCC |
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Morgan Community College |
MCC |
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Northeastern Junior College |
NJC |
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Otero College |
OJC |
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Pueblo Community College |
PCC |
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Pikes Peak State College |
PPCC |
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Red Rocks Community College |
RRCC |
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Trinidad State College |
TSJC |
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