ART 201 Art History I
Course Information
| Course Number | ART 201 |
|---|---|
| Course Title | Art History I |
| Description | This course provides an overview of visual culture from prehistory through the Middle Ages, including art and architecture from both Western and non-Western cultures. (Prerequisites: Next-Generation Accuplacer Reading score 250+ OR Classic Accuplacer Reading score 77+ OR MCA Reading score 1046+ OR ACT Reading 21+ OR completion of one of the following courses with a grade of C, 2.0, or higher: READ 0099, ENGL 0099, or ENGL 100 [or equivalent].) (MNTC 6, 8: Humanities and Fine Arts, Global Perspective) |
| Total Credits | 3 |
| Total Hours | 48 |
| Instruction Type | Credits and Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 3 Credits, 48 Hours |
Pre/Corequisites
Prerequisite: Next-Generation Accuplacer Reading score 250+ OR Classic Accuplacer Reading score 77+ OR MCA Reading score 1046+ OR ACT Reading 21+ OR completion of one of the following courses with a grade of C, 2.0, or higher: READ 0099, ENGL 0099, or ENGL 100 [or equivalent].
Institutional Core Competencies
- Cultural Competence - Students will be able to demonstrate an attitude of personal curiosity, a rising knowledge of cultures, and an evolving range of skills for living and working among others with other worldviews and ways of life.
- Communication - Students will be able to demonstrate appropriate and effective interactions with others to achieve their personal, academic, and professional objectives.
Course Competencies
- Demonstrate understanding of the history of visual culture from prehistory to the Middle Ages.
- Interpret specific examples of visual culture in terms of social and historical context.
- Analyze development of visual culture as it relates to the emergence of early human communities and civilizations.
- Explain the emergence of visual culture, early civilizations, and traditional society in a global context.
- Explore diverse cultures.
- Demonstrate research and writing skills applied to visual culture.
- Summarize themes of visual art across cultures.
- Demonstrate knowledge of visual culture links to social, political, religious, or economic history.
- Identify historical periods in terms of representative examples of visual culture.
- Demonstrate global and cross cultural understandings of visual culture of non- Western traditions.
SCC Accessibility Statement
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