HUM 151 - American Folk Arts

3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term.
This course meets the Arts & Humanities General Education Requirement. 

Multidisciplinary study of American oral folk traditions (folklore, customs and music) and material culture (folk design in furniture, pottery, wood carving and textiles and the painting of the untrained artist).

Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Demonstrate orally and in writing an understanding of the nature of folk communities, folk culture, folk transmission and the ways in which folk patterns continue to shape our identities and our culture;

2. Recognize and interpret examples of the traditional and modern genres of American oral and material folk art as part of a community’s values and ideas;

3. Recognize and evaluate the elements of design and the aesthetics of the folk artist in order to understand the nature of art;

4. Articulate personal responses to art and demonstrate an understanding of folk art forms as avenues of self-expression.