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Artistic and Literary Studies - Artistic (ALS-A)
Description:
Artistic and Literary Studies: Two courses, one in each sub-area, intended to develop appreciation and understanding of artistic and literary forms -- their essential elements as well as their various functions in human life and culture.
A. Artistic Studies (ALS-A):
Intended learning outcomes for students:
Students will demonstrate:
- The ability to identify, analyze, and evaluate the formal properties of a primary work of art.
- An understanding of the relationship between a work of art and its cultural context.
Guidelines for courses:
- Artistic forms include the visual and performing arts--visual art, film, music, theater, and dance.
- Courses must help students achieve an informed appreciation of the aesthetic and formal properties of the art that is the subject of the course, and an understanding of the art within the broader context of human life and culture.
- Courses may develop appreciation and understanding through performance, creation or criticism:
(a) Performance includes acting in plays, or performing musical compositions or choreographed dances.
(b) Creation is the making of new works, in the studio arts, film, music, theater or dance.
(c) Criticism is the analysis of artistic forms.
- Fractional courses totaling one course may satisfy this requirement if:
(a) All courses are in the same artistic form
(b) The combination of fractional courses as a whole satisfies the guidelines above.
Additional information for faculty proposing ALS-A courses - includes committee comments on course guidelines to assist instructors in preparing proposals for GE accreditation
