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4.00 Credits
What is art in today's America What purpose does it serve The art world can be unfathomable. Sport, conversely, is all around us. We can observe, participate and criticize at a variety of different levels and types of sport. Sport has almost universal appeal, one of the few activities to achieve recognition across ethnic, economic, religious and lifestyle barriers. In this course, we will examine the purposes, delivery systems, and impact of both sports and art on our lives. Discussions will center around the aesthetic aspects of sports, the history of art and its relationship to our societal needs, and the connections, if any, between these two institutions. Special emphasis will be given to winter sports in this one-competence course. Pre-'99 Competencies: AL-1, AL-C, HC-A. BA'99 Competencies: A-1-A-4, A-1-D, H-2-A. Faculty: Betta LoSardo
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4.00 Credits
Chicago is a city resplendent with exciting and diverse sculptures. This class will visit and explore many of our world famous sculptures,and discuss them in terms of their ideas, history, and form. Through a walking tour of Chicago sculpture, students will learn the vocabulary of three-dimensional form. Lecture and class discussion will provide an overview of sculpture history and three-dimensional design concepts. Students will find that the sculptural processes are accessible and will have the opportunity to create their own sculpture. Competences: A-1-C, A-2-A, A-5.
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4.00 Credits
Many Americans have sought to return to nature to attain inner harmony, to seek inspiration, or to discover the place of humankind in a larger context. These nature-lovers have produced a wealth of writing. Students will examine a wide range of American nature writing. They will also spend time in natural settings accessible to Chicago. Through a number of writing exercises, students will experiment with different forms and purposes of nature writing. These writings will be read and discussed in class, and class members will formulate their views on the return to nature and nature writing as meaningful leisure activities. Students will demonstrate proficiency in chosen competencies through oral and written reports. Pre-1999 Competencies: AL-2, AL-4, AL-C. BA-1999 Competencies: A-2-A, A-3-D, A-1-D. Faculty: Nancy Freehafer
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4.00 Credits
Many of us were young children when we first heard stories based on the Gospel According to Matthew. The recent research of scholars about the culture of the Holy Land offers us new insights into the Jewishness of Jesus. Other scholars emphasize the impact of the peasant origins of Jesus on his message. We will also view and discuss the interpretation of Jesus found in Piero Pasolini's film, "The Gospel According to Matthew". We will then compare the message of Jesus in Matthew's gospel with selections from other New Testament writings. Finally, we will reflect upon this gospel in the light of our individual and collective experience as adults living at the beginning of the 21st century. This course can be taken for only one competence. BA-1999 Competencies; A3A, A3X, H1E, L7. Pre-1999 Competencies: ALF, ALN, HC1, HCH. Faculty: Kevin Buckley
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4.00 Credits
"The plays the thing," said Shakespeare's Hamlet, and this is certainly true, for the drama--from Oedipus to A Raisin in the Sun, and works before, in between and beyond, has served as a lens through which we can see the myriad dimensions of the human experience and the values that we humans have embraced at different moments in time. This course will thematically explore changing views of society as it has been illuminated in the drama over centuries. Students should leave the course with a greater awareness of the complexities of the human experience, as well as an enhanced appreciation for the contributions of key figures in dramatic history. Through the examination of themes and ideas presented in assigned texts, students will examine form, content, and stylistic aspects of drama. Students will read and discuss plays, view films, and walk around selected scenes in class. In addition, students will present oral and written reports and/or research papers depending on their registered competence(s), attend at least one assigned live theatrical performance, as well as participate in large and small group discussions. Students should leave the course with a greater awareness of the complexities of the human experience, as well as an enhanced appreciation for the contributions of key figures in dramatic history. Pre-1999 Competencies: AL-3, AL-C, HC-2. No negotiated competencies please. Faculty: Deborah W. Holton
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4.00 Credits
This travel-study course brings students to one of Ireland's most renowned arts festivals, to explore the ways in which cultural identity is expressed and supported by the arts, as well as how land and landscape impact culture and are expressed in the arts. This ten-day study tour introduces students to questions of globalization of culture vs. traditional/indigenous cultures; cultural tourism; roots of art in society; the role of the artist in society; community-based vs. elitist arts; landscape and its impact on arts; impact of arts in education; environmental issues in economy and the arts. Competences: L10,11 (Externship), E1, E2. Faculty: Patricia Monaghan
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4.00 Credits
Every rock, whether majestic peak or shiny pebble beach, holds the knowledge of centuries. Quiet forests and powerful rivers have witnessed the mysteries and strengths of past cultures. Through this class, you can experience the richness of nature's land forms in a new way. During one weekend on location, in an intensive drawing seminar, students will use the tranquility of nature to tap their own inner resources of communication. Students will learn about line, form and value through private and group consultation and direction, slide discussion, and drawing time. Students will use pencil, charcoal, and ink. Each student will develop from his or her personal level. Previous drawing experience is not necessary. One night will be spent on-site, allowing an early start for the second day's activities. Students will be required to purchase art supplies for this class. The room for the weekend will be approximately $70., with location within a 150 mile radius of Chicago. Pre-1999 Competencies: AL-2, AL-C. BA-1999 Competencies: A-2-A, A-1-D. Faculty: Margaret Lanterman
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4.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the selected texts of diverse contemporary Black women from throughout the African Diaspora. Students will select from six writers and analyze the ways these writers have the human experience, based on the social constructions of race, class, and gender. Students will also choose and interpret relevant exhibitions, documentaries, lectures, performances or other distinct literary genres that locate the work of these writers within a historical moment, describing the social context and focusing on the issues manifested in the work. Pre-'99 Competencies: AL-1, AL-F, AL-H. BA'99 Competencies: A-1-A, A-1-C, A-1-X. Faculty: Chigozie Acebe.
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4.00 Credits
The Souls of Black Folk is the title of W.E.B. DuBois's landmark work written almost a century ago. It also aptly describes this course which will illuminate the history and culture of the African American. Students will examine and analyze history through the multiple lenses of oppression and the African American response to it. And, will heighten their awareness and appreciation for African American cultural creativity--in folklore, language and music--as a means to both cope with and fight oppression. It will follow a lecture/discussion format, using films and videos, recordings, and select readings. In addition, students will supplement their learning through individual research and documentation of approved topics. This class meets first at Malcolm X College at 1900 W. Van Buren St., and then at the Loop campus. Pre-'99 Competencies: HC-1, HC-2, AL-2, AL-E. BA'99 Competencies: H-1-E, H-1-F, A-2-A, A-1-D. Faculty: Wellington Wilson, Deborah Woods Holton.
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4.00 Credits
In this course we will look at several models of adult development that have been put forward in recent years and relate them to our own lives. We will ask questions such as: where am I in my life's journey How can I develop my cognitive, moral, and psychological capacities How can an understanding of stage development help me in my relations with others Do gender and culture affect development or is there a common path that all human beings follow In-class work will include lecture, small group work, role play, various written exercises, and discussion. In addition, students will keep journals in which they reflect on their learning and their personal experience and then prepare a personal growth history which relates their own experience to one or more of the models studied. Students will also work collaboratively on a project in which they attempt to design a model of how cognitive, moral, and/or psychological growth occurs and how it might be encouraged. Students will also observe their own collaborative process and relate it to theory. Pre-'99 Competencies: AL-D, AL-N, HC-H. BA'99 Competencies: L-7, A-3-A, H-3-C. Faculty: Lynn Holaday
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