MCCCD Program Description

Arts and World Views of the Southwest

Course: HUM208

First Term: 1998 Fall

Lecture 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s) 3 Load
Subject Type: Academic
Load Formula: S

Description: Examination of arts, ideas, and values of the Southwest and their connection to a larger humanistic world view. Analysis of cultural, environmental, and historical factors as they influence creative expressions. Emphasis on critique of artistic expressions from both cultural and aesthetic perspectives

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Identify the hegemonic expressions in the humanities of the Southwest. (I) 2. Identify the interaction of cultural factors as it affects the creative works of the peoples of the Southwest. (II) 3. Discuss the alternative values and methods of knowing inherent in the cultures of the Southwest. (II) 4. Critically examine the issues of value relativity and universal human concerns through discussions of Southwest humanities. (III) 5. Analyze values and systems of knowledge which have direct application in comparisons and contrasts to the cultures of the Southwest. (III) 6. Compare and contrast a variety of value systems and critical Southwestern works. (IV) 7. Critique an aesthetic expression representative of one or more of the Southwest cultures showing some understanding of the culture that created it. (V)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Aesthetic Expressions (ways of perceiving/seeing) A. Meaning (evolutions of ways of knowing) 1. Religious 2. Secular 3. Ontological 4. Relation of values to ways of knowing B. Context 1. Use a. Treatment of object in physical sense b. Art as artifact 2. Function (Values, myths, and traditions) a. Ritual and the creative process as art b. Art beyond the artifact C. Archetypal 1. Cross cultural, primal, linear designs 2. Cross cultural images and forms 3. Elemental images (phenomenological) a. Earth b. Water c. Fire d. Sky 4. Human relations/images a. Human experience results in similar problems b. Biophysical/natures of how human body imposes patterns c. Psychological d. Evolutionary II. Evolution of Expression (Confluence/synergy) A. Effects of changes in environment, demography, and technology B. Intermingling of skills/techniques of artists C. Borrowing of expressions D. Changes of criteria for critique III. Other Views of Values and Ways of Knowing Applicable to Southwest Cultures A. Values and ways of knowing reflected in the larger world view humanities B. Comparison/contrast of larger world view of humanities to Southwest humanities C. Examine works of art reflective of values IV. Aesthetic Expression and Values in Southwestern Humanities A. Cultural values 1. Native Americans 2. Hispanics 3. Blacks 4. Euro-Americans 5. Asians 6. Other B. Aesthetic expressions of values 1. Visual arts 2. Literature 3. Oral tradition 4. Architecture 5. Music 6. Dance 7. Drama/oral expression C. Creative processes and products of Southwest 1. Terminology 2. Techniques and Experiences

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: 6/6/1989

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