STARTFORD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL COURSE SYLLABUS Lecture unit: 3 Date Prepared

OAD/ELEC Laboratory Unit:

Course Code: GE 19 Course Title: INTRODUCTION TO Prerequisite: Semester: 2ND AY: 2016-2017
HUMANITIES

Course Description:

This course deals with the understanding, enjoyment and expression of feelings and ideas through the different forms of arts. It includes
theories and principles of aesthetics and exposes the students to some activities essential to the appreciation of art.

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this course, the students should be able to:

 broaden the understanding of the movement of life and thought as these are revealed in the various art images and
expressions of a community or society.
 expose to the various art mediums and techniques and art’s expressive elements;
 disclose the personal, cultural and social meanings and significance of the works of art;
 appreciate the distinctiveness and universality of human values and experiences; and compare these with those of
other cultures;
 appreciate the richness of Philippine art and the country’s artistic heritage while understanding the Filipino point of
view in these creative resources.

Learning Plan:
TOPIC LEARNING OUTCOMES WEEK NO. LEARNING ACTIVITIES ASSESMENT
The Humanities By the end of this chapter, students will be able Common assessment
to: methods that will be use are:
Roles of Humanities in  Define and give the importance of studying  Seatwork
Man’s life humanities WEEK 1  Class Discussion  Recitation
 Explain the roles of humanities in man’s life  Oral Reports  Assignment
 Hands-on activities  Quizzes
  Exam

Art By the end of this chapter, students will be able Common assessment
to: WEEK 2-3 methods that will be use are:
The function of critique  Define and give the importance and nature of  Seatwork
in visual art art  Class Discussion  Recitation
 Discriminate characteristics of style in visual  Oral Reports  Assignment
Representational and art
 Hands-on activities  Quizzes
nonrepresentational art  Demonstrate the function of critique in visual
 Exam
art
How technology has By the end of this chapter, students will be able Common assessment
affected the to: methods that will be use are:
development of art  Recognize and identify historical influences in  Seatwork
art WEEK 4  Class Discussion  Recitation
 Use the vocabulary of art  Oral Reports  Assignment
 Hands-on activities  Quizzes
 Exam

The elements of sound in By the end of this chapter, students will be able Common assessment
music to: methods that will be use are:
 Demonstrate knowledge of the differences  Seatwork
The styles in music between classical and popular music  Class Discussion  Recitation
 Identify the connection between music and WEEK 5-6  Assignment
 Oral Reports
human emotion
 Hands-on activities  Quizzes
 Understand and analyze the differences in
 Exam
styles of music
Classical and Romantic By the end of this chapter, students will be able WEEK 7-8 Common assessment
Opera to: methods that will be use are:
 Recognize the unique characteristics of  Seatwork
classical and romantic periods of musical  Class Discussion  Recitation
productions  Assignment
 Oral Reports
 Examine the use and execution of plot in opera
 Hands-on activities  Quizzes
 Exam

The periods of western By the end of this chapter, students will be able Common assessment
 theatre: Classical, to: methods that will be use are:
Elizabethan, Victorian  Identify the conventions of the periods of  Seatwork
and Modern western theatre  Class Discussion  Recitation
 Gain an appreciation for staged live theatre WEEK 9-10  Oral Reports  Assignment
The use of critique and over the history of the medium
 Hands-on activities  Quizzes
the critics’ role  Understand the criteria that critics use when
 Exam
they review theatre productions
 Understand the criteria that critics use when
they review theatre productions
Identify and understand By the end of this chapter, students will be able WEEK 11 Common assessment
the conventions of the to: methods that will be use are:
cinema  Recognize the contributions of the great film-  Seatwork
makers, actors, directors, cinematographers to  Class Discussion  Recitation
the arts  Assignment
 Oral Reports
 Hands-on activities  Quizzes
 Exam

The fundamentals of the By the end of this chapter, students will be able WEEK 12-13 Common assessment
world’s great religions to: methods that will be use are:
 Define monotheism, polytheism, atheism,  Seatwork
agnosticism, paganism  Class Discussion  Recitation
 Understand the concept of religion and  Oral Reports  Assignment
spirituality and how these concepts are
 Hands-on activities  Quizzes
expressed in the arts
 Exam

Happiness and Love By the end of this chapter, students will be able WEEK 14 Common assessment
to: methods that will be use are:
 Recognize how humans cope in the context of  Seatwork
their own happiness and others  Class Discussion  Recitation
 Define and recognize various kinds of love and  Oral Reports  Assignment
the history of each
 Hands-on activities  Quizzes
 Understand the use of love as a universal
 Exam
subject in the arts

Archetypes in works of By the end of this chapter, students will be able WEEK 15-17 Common assessment
art to: methods that will be use are:
 Define and identify archetypes in works of art
  Give the meaning and discuss the importance  Seatwork
Architecture of architecture  Class Discussion  Recitation
 Describe the structural materials used in  Oral Reports  Assignment
Structural Materials architectural  Hands-on activities  Quizzes
 Identify the types of architecture from the
 Exam
ancient times to the contemporary times
Evolution and types of
Architecture

Grading System:
 Examination - 40%
 Team Presentation - 20%
 Quiz - 20%
 Assignment - 10%
 Attendance - 10%__
Total - 100%

References:

Prepared by: Reviewed by: Approve by:

MS. CHARIEMAE L. ESTORQUE, JOSE LORDE R. VILLAMOR, PhD
Date: November 6,2016 President; date approved: