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HUMI 7 - Summer 6-week - Arts & Human Spirit - SyllabusHumanities HUMI 7 – The Arts &
the Human Spirit - 6 wk - 4 units
De Anza College -- Summer session -- 4 unitsInstructor: Lori Clinchard-Sepeda, Ph.D.Contact info: Email: clinchardlori@fhda.edu
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” -- Albert Einstein
Course Description:
In this course, we will study the ways people have expressed their spiritual
and/or religious ideas and feelings through art – over time, and across
cultures. Our examination of artistic expression will be critical,
comparative, and experiential. This means that we will use various
learning methods – including rational thought, emotional and intuitive
engagement, and personal experience – to approach our understanding. This
variety will give us the opportunity to consider why the arts have been such a
consistently used form of spiritual expression throughout human history. Course Objectives:The student will demonstrate:
An
historical and aesthetic understanding of major religious art in various media
(visual art, architecture, language, music, drama) as an expression of the
worldviews, experience, and values of both Western and non-Western cultures;Enhanced
ability to assess, interpret, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate religious
artistic expression (visual, verbal, aural, kinesthetic) and make connections
among the religious art of various cultures;Increased
awareness of the role of women and minorities in religious artistic
disciplines; Increased
critical thinking and creative skills, and increased ability to think
independently.Required Reading1) Dunham, Bandhu. (2005). Creative
Life: Spirit, Power and Human Contact in the Practice of Art. Prescott, AZ:
Hohm Press.
2) Plate, S. Brent (Ed.). (2002). Religion, Art, & Visual Culture: A
cross-cultural reader. New York: Palgrave
Course Requirements: Course Grades
Midterm essay -- 100 pts A = 360-400 pts
Discussion Participation – 200 pts B = 320-359 pts
Final essay – 100 pts C = 280-319 pts
Total points = 400 D = 240-279 pts
F = 0-239 pts1. Discussion Participation (200
pts): You will need to participate frequently and
substantially in all of the weekly online discussions. You will be graded on
both the quantity and quality of your responses. Respect needs to be the
foundation of all these interactions, so that everyone will feel safe to share
their ideas. Twice during the quarter, you will
turn in a Discussion Participation Summary. For this, you will need to gather all your
discussion posts (there is a quick way to do this...), copy and paste them onto
a Word document, add a paragraph analyzing your own participation, and turn it
in. In order to receive full participation points, you will need to have
participated substantively each week, answering the discussion questions
thoroughly, and responding to your classmates in a way that helps create
meaningful discussion. For full discussion participation
credit, you need to respond
substantively and thoughtfully to at least 3 other students per
discussion question, and you must post your initial response to each question
by Wednesday (midnight) each week, leaving the second half of the week for
follow-up discussion.2. Midterm paper (100) There
will be one midterm essay due, for which you will answer a specific set of
questions relating to the text, plus an in-depth analysis of what you have
learned about the topic of the readings up to that point. This analysis should
include the main ideas from the reading, but should also describe how these
ideas relate to your previous learning, your own life experience, and your
personal thoughts and feelings. The paper should be 5-7 pp. in length, 12
font, double-spaced.3. Final paper (100 pts):
There will be one final paper due, for which you will answer a specific set of
questions relating to the text, plus an
in-depth analysis of what you have learned about the topic of the readings.
This Final paper will include 5-7 pages covering the material since the
midterm, plus 2-3 pages synthesizing your learning from the entire course. As
in the midterm essays, this analysis should include the main ideas from the
reading, but should also describe how these ideas relate to your previous
learning, your own life experience, and your personal thoughts and feelings. The
paper should be a total of 7-10 pp. total, double-spaced.Course Outline:Week 1: Introduction to course;
Read & Discuss Dunham -Intro Ch. 1 –Lascaux
Ch. 2
– Loneliness of the Artist
Ch. 3 –Relevance & Polarization
Ch. 4 – Self-Indulgence
Ch. 5 – Dogmatic Mind
Ch. 6 – Subconscious Sabotage
Week 2: Read & Discuss Dunham
Ch. 7 – On Being & Becoming
Ch. 8 – Community Ch. 9 – Objective Art
Ch. 10 – Journey Between the Worlds
Ch.
11 - Resistance
Ch. 12 - Hunger
Ch. 13 – Labels
Ch. 14
– Power and Politics Ch. 15 - Vision
Week 3: Plate, Sec 1 – Aistheses:
Perceiving Between Eye & Mind Sec 2 – Icon:
Image Jesus Christ Christian Theology Midterm & Disc.
Summary due Sunday(end of week), by midnightWeek 4: Plate, Sec 3 - Qalam:
Word & Image Islamic Calligraphy Sec 4 –
Shinjin:Seeing Body-Mind Zen GardenWeek 5: Plate, Sec 5 - Darshan:
Seeing Hindu Divine Image…. Sec 6 - Zakhor: Modern Jewish MemoryWeek 6: No readings. Final & Disc. Summary due Thursday(of Finals week), by midnight
GETTING STARTED: REQUIREMENTS FOR
FIRST WEEK OF CLASS:
COMPLETE DISTANCE LEARNING ORIENTATION
(online). This is REQUIRED, no later than noon on Friday, first week of
classes. Access to the Online Orientation is available during the 2 weeks prior
to first day of classes. Complete the entire Orientation, even if you have taken distance learning
classes in the past. The last part contains critical information you need: how
to login to CATALYST, how to obtain your user name and password, and more. The
instructor does not assign user names or passwords, or respond to inquiries
that are answered in Orientation.PURCHASE REQUIRED BOOKS and begin
reading. Discussion will begin immediately during the first week.
LOGIN TO CATALYST. BECOME
FAMILIAR WITH SITE & FEATURES. Access to CATALYST will not be available
until first day of classes.
Surf your classroom web site: Check out all the links, notice how information
is organized, where to find it. Note that the first block of information is
general information about the class. Each subsequent block includes the
assignments, resources and readings, activities and discussions for that week.
Locate and review/read the following important links.
REVIEW THE STUDENT GUIDE-
Become familiar with the site and the terminology for the CATALYST features.
This is important information and it is not the same as Distance Learning
Online Orientation. Learn recommended web browser. This guide will explain what
features must be enabled and disabled on your own computer, or any computer you
use to access the class.NOTE APPEARANCE OF HELP LINK on
every page. The link is context sensitive. You can also choose HELP INDEX from
the Help link.BRIEFLY INTRODUCE YOURSELF IN THE
STUDENT INTRODUCTION FORUM. (Forum is the same thing as an online
Discussion, or a bulletin board. All students can access this discussion forum
and get to know a little more about their classmates.ONGOING COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Be prepared to spend AT LEAST 20 HOURS PER WEEK studying the materials during a
6-week quarter. This course is worth 4 quarter units, so, obviously, it
requires effort equivalent to a 4 unit campus-based class. Some students are
under the mistaken impression that distance learning requires less work because
students do not have to attend class. In fact, most students need to plan
additional time for online courses, as compared to classroom courses. The most important factor with regard to success in college is the student's
ability to organize and realistically schedule their time in accordance with
their own abilities: consider other college classes, employment obligations,
family obligations, and personal study skills. There are still only 24 hours in
a day, and you must sleep, eat, and have at least some time for relaxation and
fun to refresh your mind.Participate WEEKLY in ONLINE
DISCUSSIONS.Login to CATALYST at least 4 times
per week to receive news, updates, announcements, and messages and to
participate in online discussions with other class members.Use CATALYST for all communications with instructor.Re: DROPS
Be considerate of other students. If you intend to drop the class, please email
instructor as early as possible so that waitlisted students can be added. It is the responsibility of the student (not the instructor), to officially
drop a class via phone, Internet or registrar's office up until the last day to
drop a class. After that date, student will be graded on points accumulated,
even if grade is D or F. However, Instructor reserves the right to drop a
student who does not appear to be participating or is not keeping up with
scheduled tests and assignments. See Syllabus for details.De Anza College drops students from classes if
they do not pay fees by deadline. To make arrangements for deferred payments
(described in Schedule of Classes or on college website), contact registrar. If
you think you might qualify for assistance, contact Financial Aid Office: http://www.deanza.edu/financialaidThe
instructor reserves the right to drop any enrolled student who does not login
to Catalyst by Friday of the first week of classes, in order to add a student
from the waitlist. (This is equivalent to 'No Show' for the
first week of class for an on-campus class.) If you encounter a problem with
login, refer to Distance Learning Tech Support.Re: WAITLIST .
Add codes will be distributed starting on first day of classes as space becomes
available. Students on official waitlist must email instructor to obtain add
code. Read the following carefully. Students on official waitlist have first priority for vacant seats for the
first 4 days of the quarter: those students must email the instructor to
request an ADD code. (No phone calls.) Instructor does not email students to
ask if they want add codes. If there are more requests than seats, add codes
are distributed in order according to waitlist.Students who are not on the official waitlist can email add request to the
instructor, who will add their name at end of official waitlist in order,
according to time/date of request. If there is any space remaining, add codes
will be distributed by email until seats are filled. Very often, the instructor
will not know if seats are filled until the second week. (Voice mail requests
are not accepted. This is an online class.)Re: ADDS
Instructor will email add codes to students in response to their email request
(explained above). Students must register by phone, Internet or at registrar's
office within 24 hours of receiving add code, or instructor may reassign add
code to the next student on the list.Students must complete the Distance Learning Online Orientation or they will
be dropped from the class.Students must pay all fees according to college policy or other agreements,
or the registrar will drop them from all classes and/or block student add
codes.
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