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| Semester: | Spring 2025 |
| Number: | 0170-170-001 |
| Instructor: | Rosemarie Daconto |
| Days: | Monday Wednesday 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm |
| Note: | Traditional In-Person Class |
| Location: | Garden City - NEX 155 |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Notes: |
Cross-Listed With 0101-170 |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
Students will engage in interdisciplinary explorations of how the humanities and the arts create an understanding of social injustices, and at the same time encourage healing. Students will analyze human and civil rights issues through philosophy, history, sociology, criminal justice, documentaries and films, music, poetry, and various artwork. |
| Learning Goals: |
1. Students will engage in meaningful reflection based on class discussions and various humanities readings and visual materials. 2. Students will create several pieces of art in the medium of their choice (art, music, poetry, digital media, graphic design, photography) that portrays a social injustice.3. Students will be able to discuss current social justice issues through an exploration of imagery and symbolism. 4. Students will be able to understand the importance of art that has connotative meanings (those that are associated through individual and shared groups) and denotative meanings (literal). *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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