General Education Outcomes for Humanities/Fine Arts

Goal: The goal of the Humanities/Fine Arts requirement is to enhance the understanding of students who, as citizens and educated members of their community, need to know and appreciate their own human cultural heritage and roots. Through the study of the Humanities and Fine Arts, such students will gain substantial knowledge and appreciation of their global heritage, both in its western and non-western aspects. Also, through study of Humanities and Fine Arts, students will develop an understanding, which they otherwise would not have, of the present as informed by the past.

Measurable Outcomes

Students will demonstrate the ability to…..

1. Understand personal heritage through close contact with significant primary texts and works of art, ancient, pre-modern, and modern, as forms of cultural and creative expression.

2. Acquire a deeper understanding of the past through a significant exposure to humanistic and artistic expression through the ages.

3. Develop a well-formed awareness of non-western cultures as well as western cultures.

4. Create a comparative context in which to engage critically the ideas, forces, and values which have created the world in which we live.

5. Demonstrate insight into historical process involving both change and continuity over time.

6. Practice the critical and analytical methodologies of the Humanities and Fine Arts.