ART 320 - Comparative World Art

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Social Justice
Students research selected world art and cultures comparatively through team and independent projects. Students will practice close reading and evidence-based writing about visual and material culture objects and develop sensitivity for specific contexts of transcultural exchanges.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area C requirements; and ART 120.
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better.
Repeatability: May be repeated once for credit for a maximum of 6 units.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Synchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-C - Upper Division Arts or Humanities, Overlay - Social Justice
Course Typically Offered: Spring ONLY

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Demonstrate understanding of two or more cultures based on the analysis of important sites of art making, cultural sites or art installations, and art institutions.
Distinguish geographical, cultural, and political factors that have affected the artistic practices of two or more world cultures and shaped the development of their political or cultural interactions.
Use strategies of close observation and appropriate vocabulary to describe and analyze objects of material and visual culture.
Explain the ideas of key thinkers the material culture and art of two or more world cultures through close analysis of primary and secondary texts.
Demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively through a group project and to write a short paper using critical, analytical, and writing skills.

UD-C. Upper-division Arts or Humanities Learning Outcomes

demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.

Social Justice Overlay Learning Outcomes

use a disciplinary perspective to analyze issues of social justice and equity;
describe the challenges to achieving social justice; and
identify ways in which individuals and/or groups can contribute to social justice within local communities, nations, or the world.