IDS 30 IDEAS IN THE ARTS

Herring Music Pavilion - Harper Hall
Monday - Friday
10:00/ 10:50 

Texts: (Please note additional readings will be announced in class)

Jacobus, Lee A., The Compact Bedford Introduction to Drama, Fifth Edition.  Boston:  Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005

W .W. Norton Online Listening Lab, available for $14.95 online through the following URL: http://www.wwnorton.com/web/listenonline/welcome2.htm

OBJECTIVES.

In this course students will develop an understanding of the fine arts that will include the basic components of music, theatre and the visual arts as well as key examples of and movements within each. We will discuss the technical achievements and processes by which works of art are produced as well as the exchanges that occur between the arts and their perceivers. Students will also develop an understanding of Classical, Romantic and Modern Ideas as they have influenced the arts and writing about the arts. Finally, through viewing, hearing, reading, discussing, and writing about works in the visual, musical, and theatrical arts, the students will develop an appreciation for the vital importance of art in their own lives.

REQUIREMENTS.

1) Regular attendance. As the materials presented in the class will come almost exclusively from the lectures regular attendance is highly suggested.

2) Read and/or listen carefully to the material assigned. Be able to apply specific ideas and information found in this material with the material and ideas presented in the lectures, papers and on the exams.

3) Three in-class tests and one final examination. If the student wishes to pass the course, attendance at the final examination is mandatory regardless of the student's record.

4) Three written papers in each of the fine art areas - visual arts, music, and theatre. A handout setting forth the requirements for each of the paper will be distributed in class. The professor in the according area will grade the paper. It will be the prerogative of the professor to ask the student to explain his/her paper orally in some cases.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY.

Integrity gives the educational enterprise its legitimacy. Honesty, respect, and personal responsibility are principles that guide academic life at Furman, in and out of the classroom. Academic misconduct in any form (plagiarism, cheating, inappropriate collaboration, and other efforts to gain an unfair academic advantage) threatens the values of the campus community and will have severe consequences. In this course, the penalty for academic misconduct will be failure of the course, with recommendation to the administration for dismissal from the university.

If you have any question about what constitutes plagiarism or any other form of academic misconduct, it is your responsibility to consult with us so that you will fully understand what we expect of you in this course. If you have any doubts, ask! You should also be familiar with the Academic Integrity & Plagiarism and Academic Integrity at Furman materials available at www.furman.edu>academics>academic integrity information. Furman's policy on academic dishonesty can be found at http://furman_notes.furman.edu/ p&p.nsf> Standard>Search>121.5.

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