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  Course: HUM 123
  Title:Humanities: Modern Wrld:GT-AH2
  Long Title:Humanities: Modern World: GT-AH2
  Course Description:Examines the cultures of the 17th through the 20th centuries by focusing on the interrelationships of the arts, ideas, and history. Considers the influences of industrialism, scientific development and non-European peoples.~~This course is one of the Statewide Guaranteed Transfer courses. GT-AH2
  Min Credit:3
  Max Credit:

  Status Notes: 3/04 - designated gtPathways
   S: 10/27/06 - revisions to competencies s@
  Course Notes: Note: Competencies and Outline entered from Core Transfer
   C: Documents. A new course template exists and will be
   C: submitted for review.
   C: 8/2003 - New description, competencies and outline.
  Origin Notes: ACC

 STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
 
 1.   Think analytically and critically about individual works of art by describing the basic elements and their effects on the work of art; evaluating the effects of geography, economics, politics, religion, philosophy, and science on the values of a culture and the stylistic features of the arts; relating the major values and concerns of a historical era to the art forms of the period; and interpreting their themes or expressive content.
 2.   Describe the various ways the rational and non-rational modes of expression contribute to principles of human excellence.
 3.   Recognize and describe structural and stylistic relationships among the arts.
 4.   Compare eras studied in class.
 5.   Assess the relationship of freedom and responsibility to problem-solving and decision-making by groups and individuals throughout history.
 6.   Identify some of the characteristics of the best and the worst (the noble and depraved) of human actions and creations.
 7.   Analyze the predominant feminine and masculine viewpoints of specific cultural eras.
 8.   Compare and contrast some cultural attitudes and values of specific eras of the past to those of the present in order to demonstrate an awareness of the legacy of various civilizations; identify the perspectives about life that advance or hinder creative energies; and promote respect for different ways of dealing with common issues.
 9.   Compare values as reflected in the arts in non-European cultures to those in Western cultures.
 10. Write and speak clearly and logically, in presentations and essays, about topics studied in humanities courses.
 11. Read, analyze, and apply to new situations, written material related to the study of Humanities.


 TOPICAL OUTLINE:
 
 I.      This course will focus on some of the following cultures from the 19th and 20th Centuries--Neoclassic Age, Romanticism, Late 19th Century to World War I, 20th Century Cultures, Cultures of Migration and Immigration, India, Latin America, and Africa,with regard to the six criteria listed below.
         A.      Mythology/Religion/Philosophy
         B.      Visual Art
         C.      Literature
         D.      Architecture
         E.      Music
         F.      Dance



 Course Offered At:

  Arapahoe Community College ACC
  Community College of Aurora CCA
  Colorado Community College Sys CCCS
  Community College of Denver CCD
  Colorado Northwestern CC CNCC
  Front Range Community College FRCC
  Lamar Community College LCC
  Morgan Community College MCC
  Northeastern Junior College NJC
  Otero College OJC
  Pueblo Community College PCC
  Pikes Peak State College PPCC
  Red Rocks Community College RRCC
  Trinidad State College TSJC
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