C1: Arts
Students shall take no more than four lower-division courses with the same subject prefix as their major to fulfill their general education requirements.
Approved Courses
- CART 211: Picturing the Environment
- CART 220: Haunted Screens: Horror in Film
- CART 228: Cinematic History 1849-1960
- CART 230: The Art of Storytelling
- CART 231: Movie Mania
- CART 232: Power of Film
- CART 329: Contemporary Media History
- CST 209: Introduction to Animation
- CST 226: Digital Photography
- CST 227: Introduction to Digital Graphic Design
- CST 302: History of Communication Design
- CST 328: Digital Art and Design
- FYS 142: Youth and Protest in the Arts
- HCOM 226: Afro Cuba Hip Hop - Music and Dance in the Black Atlantic
- HCOM 227: Multicultural Poetry
- HCOM 230: Environmental Creative Writing
- HCOM 231: Latina/o Creative Wrtg Wrkshp
- JAPN 215: Cool Japan Today
- JAPN 313: Manga, Anime & Modern Japan
- JAPN 314: Japanese Visual Culture and Media
- LS 133: Arts: Heritage-Innovation
- LS 233: Arts in the School and Community
- MPA 220: From Gregorian Chants to Hip-Hop
- MPA 233: Expressive Arts
- MPA 239: Contemporary Musical Theatre: Little Johnny Jones to The Color Purple
- MPA 241: Introduction to Theatre
- MPA 335: Reflections on America
- MPA 365: Survey of Global Music
- SL 230S: Building Community Through the Arts
- VPA 205: Lovers, Landscapes, and Artistic Legacies: Intro to Art Appreciation
- VPA 308: Ways Of Seeing
Outcomes
The arts outcomes of area C develop students’ understanding and appreciation of cinema, creative writing, dance, media arts, music or theater. Course activities may include participation in individual aesthetic, creative experiences; however Area C excludes courses that exclusively emphasize skills development.
- Students demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships between ideas and expression in works of art.
- Students articulate how diverse cultural identities and other social contexts influence the creation and experience of works of art.
- Students demonstrate the ability to engage in critical analysis and develop aesthetic sensibilities through the study of emerging, contemporary and/or enduring works of art. Students demonstrate an understanding of techniques that artists use to elicit emotional and intellectual responses in their audiences.
- Students demonstrate contextual and critical understanding of the role of the arts in their lives.
C2: Humanities
Students shall take no more than four lower-division courses with the same subject prefix as their major to fulfill their general education requirements.
Approved Courses
Outcomes
- Students analyze, interpret, and appreciate emerging, contemporary, and/or enduring works of the human imagination.
- Students reflect on significant questions about the human condition that emerge from multicultural and/or multilingual perspectives.
- Students examine cultural works within their global and/or local social contexts, understanding the way in which questions of power impact a society’s cultural expressions.
- Students communicate emotional and personal responses to cultural works.
- Students integrate and apply the insights and approaches gained from multiple disciplinary perspectives to the study of human experiences.
C3: World Languages & Cultures
Students shall take no more than four lower-division courses with the same subject prefix as their major to fulfill their general education requirements.
*Information about course placement can be found below. Transfer Students exempted from the Language Proficiency Requirement who have not completed Area C3 GE requirements may do so using approved courses from either Areas C1 or C2.
Approved Courses
Outcomes
The ability to use a language other than English to communicate, present and interpret information is essential to succeed in the 21st century. Additionally, it is important to have the knowledge and experience necessary for the understanding of other cultures and worldviews, in order to fully participate in multilingual and multi-cultural communities locally, regionally and globally.
- Students use non-English language interpersonally and interpretively to communicate and present on familiar topics in daily situations.
- Students gain and demonstrate appreciation of a different culture’s customs, practices, products, and perspectives on familiar topics.
- Students compare their customs, practices, products, and perspectives on familiar topics with another culture.