HUM 101 - Introduction to Fine Arts

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

Study the forms, contexts, and purposes of visual, performing, and literary arts from diverse communities. Analyze changing roles of the arts and artists. Field trips and/or live performances supplement reading.

Prerequisite(s): Eligibility for ENG 101 /ENG 101A .

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

1.    Use disciplinary vocabulary to describe orally and in writing the formal elements of the various spatial, literary, visual, and performing arts media (including but not limited to music, literature, 2-dimensional art and sculpture, dance, performing arts, and architecture).
2.    Describe orally and in writing the historical and cultural contexts that influence artists as they produce works of spatial, literary, visual, and performing art across a range of eras, cultures and geographical areas. 
3.    Analyze how a creator’s choices are shaped by materials, purpose, and function.
4.    Analyze, interpret and evaluate works of spatial, literary, visual, and performing art using disciplinary vocabulary orally and in writing.