Humanities 1020 Introduction to Humanities

Instructor: M. Hunter

Office: CR 143 (791-2407)

Web Site: www.HumanitiesResource.com

Primary Source Readings: Medea. Euripides Candide. Voltaire Siddhartha. Hesse Japanese Poets. (PDF file provided) 10 Scantrons No. 882-E

Objective: This course provides an introduction to interdisciplinary humanities by

focusing on various topics, relationships, and themes of human expression from a global perspective. Using global examples, this course examines the relationship between the visual, performing, and literary arts and their social, historical, and cultural contexts. This course is intended to broaden and establish an appreciation of the arts and ideas. This course satisfies the Enhanced World View requirement by introducing students to a global approach to the humanities.

Attendance: Student’s attendance for the first two weeks of the semester will be

reported to the institution wherein “no-shows” will be withdrawn for non attendance. At the 60% point of the semester student’s participation in the class will again be reviewed and all non active students will be reported to the institution.

Due Dates: All tests and quizzes will be given one time as scheduled; NO make-ups

will be given nor will you be permitted to take an exam earlier than scheduled. This policy also covers the written assignments of the class in that none will be accepted late.

See Grading Policy to review how missed scores are accommodated.

Grading Policy: Humanities There are two parts to the final grade:

Four in-class exams (2/3 final grade)

1 written museum paper and 4 reading quizzes (1/3 final grade)

1. Exam Component: Four 100 point exams are given – There is one exam given covering each of the 3 units of the class plus one “make-up” exam given during the final exam class. The make-up exam is an

opportunity to retake an exam from any of the 3 units covered during the class. Your exam

component is based upon the average of the highest three scores. The lowest score of the four will be dropped as a way to accommodate the no-makeup policy. For example, you receive the following scores: 52, 62, 70, and 78. The lowest score will be dropped

(52) and the average of the other three (62, 70, 78) gives you an exam score of 70.

2. Reading/Writing Component (5 assignments): For each reading assignment there will be a preliminary quiz to measure your success in completing the reading. Each quiz is a 10 question multiple choice quiz which is graded pass/fail. Any score above a 70% is considered passing and receives 20 points. There will be 4 quizzes for the 4 reading assignments. This component also includes a museum project where you complete a written paper from viewing a work of art. This paper – in the same vein as the readings – is graded pass/fail and worth 20 points for successfully completing the assignment. The 4 reading quizzes and museum paper is worth 100 total points. Similar to the exam component, there will also be an opportunity to “make-up” one missed reading by completing a second museum paper.

For example, if during the semester, you pass four of the five assignments in this component you receive a score of 80. If you successfully complete a second museum paper your score for this

component will be raised to 100.

The Final Grade is calculated by taking the averaged exam score, doubling it, adding the

reading/writing score and dividing this sum by three. An interactive “Grade Calculator” is at every Test section of the Humanities Resource web site to aid you in figuring out your semester grade. For example, if your four exam scores are 52, 70, 78, 88, your Exam Score average is 78.6. (The 70, 78, 88, averaged). This exam score will be doubled to affect the 2/3 weighting of the grade. If

you passed three reading quizzes and the museum paper during the semester plus the extra museum paper at the end of the semester (for a total of five passed assignments) your Reading

Score is 100 (5 x 20 = 100). Your final grade is 85.73 (78.6x2+1003) “B”

Grading Scale 90 - 100 = A 80 -89.9 = B 70 - 79.9 = C 60 - 69.9 = D 59.9 ----- = F

Syllabus HUM 1020 Introduction to Humanities

Class Topic Reading Assignment (Quizzes)

1 Introduction

2 Dawn of Man

3 Classical Thought

4 Classical Rome Visual Art

5 Classical Drama Medea – by Euripides

6 Fall of Rome and the “Dark Age”

7 Medieval Cathedrals

8 A “rebirth” – The Renaissance

9 Music from Medieval through Renaissance

10 Exam 1

11 Exam Returned and Reviewed

12 Foundations in Painting

13 Tools of an Essay- The Museum Paper

14 Aristocratic Culture

15 Bourgeois Culture

16 The Enlightenment Candide – by Voltaire

17 Revolutionary Culture

18

Marriage of Figaro - Mozart

19 Arrival of Modernity – Waves of History Museum Paper due

20 Post-Modern and Into Tomorrow

21 Exam 2

22 Exam Returned and Reviewed

23 Hindu/Buddhist Worldview

24 Buddhist Visual Arts

25 Japanese Poets Tanka/Haiku – PDF provided

26 Zen and the Art of Tea

27 Chinese Pottery/Ceramics

28 A Life’s Journey Siddhartha – by Hesse

29 Exam

30 Exam Returned and Reviewed

Final Exam Class TBA