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Houston Community College System COURSE SYLLABUS - CRN 63945 Humanities 1301: Introduction to the Humanities Professor: Dr. James A. Ross-Nazzal, Co-Director African American Studies Program Office Number: 204, Angela Morales Bldg, SE campus Office Phone Number: 713-718-7131 I will return calls at 8am Saturdays. Email: james.rossnazzal@hccs.edu Comms: All communications will take place in three areas: 1) Class Announcements, Daily Briefing or Morning Briefing threads (here is where I will post exams, announcements, class related stuff; check this forum every day); 2) Questions forum (here is where you will post questions to topics that OI have selected such as the syllabus and assignments. Of Course you will check the Questions Policy before posting any questions); and, 3) For all personal or private matters please contact me using your HCC student email at james.rossnazzal@hccs.edu. Due to privacy concerns, I will NOT respond to students who use non HCC email addresses such as Gmail, hotmail, et cetera. Office Hours: Online M-F 8:00-10:00AM. Learning Web: http://m.se.hccs.edu/Users/james.rossnazzal/web/ HCC Blog: http://secollege.hccs.edu/drjrn/ Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AfricanaAfricanAmericanStudiesProgramAtHccEastside https://www.facebook.com/HccEastsideHistoryClub Skype: I am available over Skype by appointment only (drjross-nazzal). CATALOG DESCRIPTION Prerequisite: ENGL 1301 Credit: 3 (3 lecture) This course provides an introduction to the arts and humanities. It investigates connections between individual human lives and a broad range of culture, aesthetics, and philosophy. Core Curriculum Course. COURSE PURPOSE HUMA 1301 DE Fall 2013 Dr. Ross-Nazzal To develop student thinking, seeing, reading, writing, and listening skills and expand his/her knowledge of the human condition as portrayed in works of the human imagination and intellect. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE CONTENT Students focus on the connections between their own lives and the ideas and values expressed in works of human imagination and thought. Through inquiry into selected literature, philosophy, and the visual and performing arts, students will engage in critical thinking, form aesthetic judgments, and develop an appreciation of the arts and humanities and their pivotal role in the health and survival of any society. Students will attend and respond to museum and gallery exhibitions and performances (live theater and film). They will be introduced to readings in several genres from a variety of cultures. Students will respond to the work they study in a variety of ways including oral presentations, formal written assignments, and informal journal responses. TEXTBOOK Sayre, Henry. The Humanities: Culture, Continuity and Change, Vol. 1, Pearson, Prentice Hall, 2013. (2nd edition). ISBN. 9780205782154 or whatever version the BN bookstore is selling this semester. You will be reading the chapters from Book I of the textbook. Depending on which version of the textbook you buy, that will be the first six to eight chapters. E-READINGS Each week you will select and read one (1) e reading from the e reading folder of each Unit. Student Learning Objectives 1. 2. 3. 4. Recognize a variety of works in the arts and humanities. Understand those works as expressions of individual and human values within a historical and social context. Analyze objectively works in the arts and humanities. Articulate a personal (subjective) reaction to works in the arts and humanities. HCCS Humanities in the Core Curriculum Humanities 1301 may be taken to fulfill the core curriculum requirement for 3 semester hours in Cross/Multicultural Studies. Humanities 1301 helps students attain the following: 1. Establish broad and multiple perspectives on individuals in relationship to the larger society and world in which they live and understand the responsibilities of living in a culturally and ethnically diversified world; 2. Stimulate a capacity to discuss and reflect upon individual, political, economic, and social aspects of life in order to understand ways in which to be a responsible member of society; 3. Develop personal values for ethical behavior; 4. Develop the ability to make aesthetic judgments; and 5. Integrate knowledge and understanding of the interrelationships of the scholarly disciplines. The objective of the humanities and visual and performing arts in a core curriculum is to expand students’ knowledge of the human condition and human cultures especially in relation to behaviors, ideas, and values expressed in works of human imagination and thought. Through HUMA 1301 DE Fall 2013 Dr. Ross-Nazzal study in disciplines such as literature and the visual and performing arts, students will engage in critical analysis, form aesthetic judgments, and develop an appreciation of the arts and humanities as fundamental to the health and survival of any society. Students should have experiences in both the arts and humanities. The objective of the cross/multicultural component of the core curriculum is to introduce students to areas of study which enlarge their knowledge and appreciation of the multicultural and multiracial world in which they live. Graded Work: Success Essay. Success does not happen by accident. Rather, you need a plan. A concrete, clearly delineated plan. Your first assignment is to write your plan for how you will succeed (i.e. pass) in my class. Your essay will be at least 750 words (typed, double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 font, 1” margins) and will be worth 10% of your final grade. First, go to my HCC blog (see address on page 1) and read every student entry from “How to Succeed” and “Student Success: Spring 2013”. Second, analyze the entries by identifying the three most common aspects of student success. Finally, using the success tips from my previous students, devise your own plan to succeed. Upload your finished essay as a Word (.doc, .docx, or .rtf) file to the Unit folder entitled “Success Essay”. Please note that HCC does not support non-Word formats. Anyone who submits any work in a non Word format will receive a zero. If however you have already taken and passed any of my classes then all you have to do to complete this assignment is to write a 750 word (minimum) essay on what you did to pass my previous class. Success Essay Third Option: Answer this question in at least 750 words: “What does it mean to you to be able to take ethnic and gender studies classes in general and why did you select this specific ethnic studies class?” Exams. The Midterm covers the ancient Middle East, China and India. The Final covers Greece and Rome. I will email the exams to you within the EO classroom two weeks before they are due. Follow the directions on the exams. Exams are due at the conclusion of Units 2 and 4. You will upload them as Word files to the EO Unit. You are required to use evidence from the assigned textbook, assigned lectures, and assigned e readings. Students who use sources that I did not assign will receive a zero on the assignment. Students who fail to use evidence from all three sources will receive an D, at best. You will cite using MLA or APA. Failure to cite is plagiarism and doing so will result in you receiving an F in the course and of course being prohibited from continuing in my class. Each exam is worth 25% of your final grade. Culture Assignments. Draft two 750 word essays examining the major characteristics of Mesopotamian, Chinese, or Indian (1) and Greco (2) culture. Upload your essays in the EO classroom as Word files. Essays are due upon completion of Units 1 and 3. You are HUMA 1301 DE Fall 2013 Dr. Ross-Nazzal required to use evidence from the assigned textbook, assigned lectures, and assigned e readings. You are required to cite using MLA or APA. Students who use sources that I did not assign will receive a zero on the assignment. Same penalties as above. Each CA is worth 20% of your final grade. Submissions. All submissions will be in Word format, as per the HCC Student Handbook. Word is .doc, .docx, or .rtf. If you submit any graded assignment in a nonWord format you will receive an F, a zero. Participation and Attendance. Participation is required if you want to succeed (i.e., pass): Students who fail to submit the first graded or non graded assignment will be dropped for failing to participate as per the HCC Student Handbook, regardless of your grade in the class. You are required to log into the class at least three times each work week. Students who fail to attend will be dropped as per the HCC Student Handbook on attendance, regardless of your grade. Scholastic Dishonesty: The Houston Community College System Student Handbook 1999/2000 defines the following criteria: "Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion." Plagiarism means the appropriation of another's work and the unacknowledged incorporation of that work in one's own written work offered for credit. Collusion means the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written work offered for credit. Students who engage in scholastic dishonesty will be given an F in the class. ADA: Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the Disability Services Office at the beginning of each semester. Faculty is authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the Disability Support Services Office. Student Attendance: Life is too short to repeat in lecture what is available in your readings, thus relentless attendance is required. If miss “just one day” you truly miss a lot because my lectures, like history, are tightly integrated. Successful students attend class with a tenacity of purpose. Grades The grade of A (100-90) reflects excellence. The A work offers a well-focused and organized discussion appropriate to the instructor's assignment, reflects critical use of all relevant materials, and demonstrates effective and formal writing requirements. Work must demonstrate outstanding efforts to identify and use varied and pertinent evidence from all available sources, to employ those materials critically in the text of the papers, and to provide error-free citations of those resources. A work is handed in on time. The grade of B (89-80) represents work beyond satisfactory and indicates the work was completed in an appropriate and competent manner and, in general, demonstrates a strong attempt at original and critical analysis, writing, and research. Work must demonstrate beyond satisfactory efforts to identify varied and pertinent evidence from all available HUMA 1301 DE Fall 2013 Dr. Ross-Nazzal sources. The B paper may contain a number of minor errors of grammar or citation, and its thesis or its conclusions may be undeveloped or too weakly supported. B work is handed in on time. The grade of C(79-70) indicates that the work was done in a satisfactory or appropriate fashion and represents the average work expected for university courses. In order to obtain a C grade, your work must adhere to all of the assignment’s minimum requirements to include but limited to page/word requirements, number of sources, types of sources, and proper citation method. The work is organized around a central idea with arguments supported by relevant examples from the available sources. The work is structured into correctly written paragraphs and sentences. Although fulfilling the assignment, the C work may exhibit one or more weaknesses including, but not limited to, errors of punctuation and grammar, imprecise or incorrect word use, inaccurate or uncritical use of materials, occasional inconsistency of organization or development, and lack of direct relevance of the selected research materials to the topic. C work is handed in on time. The grade of D (69-60) indicates that the work may have a poorly defined topic or thesis, lacks clear focus or organization, and contains unsupported generalizations or conclusions. Research support (citations) is inadequate, not clearly relevant, or improperly documented. A less-than-minimal research effort is evident. D works fails to obtain the required page or word minimum requirement. D work fails to adhere to the assignment’s resource requirement. The work may also suffer from numerous or major formal writing errors. D work fails to adhere to any of the assignment’s minimum requirements. D work is handed in on time. The grade of F (59-1) indicates that the work is not clearly relevant to the assignment and that its topic and thesis are poorly focused or defined. The work may display inadequate organization or development, unsupported generalizations, and nonstandard formal features (including language usage, sentence structure, and paragraphing). Research support (citations) is absent (this is plagiarism), or irrelevant to the assignment. F work is handed in on time. The grade of 0 indicates that the work was not submitted at all or submitted after the due date/time. Remember any cheating whatsoever will result in an F for the course. Do you remember what happened to SMU in 1987? http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spe/2004/feb25football/smu.html Late Work. I do not accept late work, for any reason. Do not ask me to accept late work. If any holidays, parties, work, vacations, family obligations, legal matters, or secular or religious responsibilities prevent you from completing the work when it is due, please do not take this class as I do not negotiate assignments or due dates. Missed Assignments. I do not allow make ups for any reason. Do not ask me if there are any make up assignments. Remember, the FIRST graded or non graded assignment you miss will result in you being dropped from my class for failure to participate. HUMA 1301 DE Fall 2013 Dr. Ross-Nazzal Extra Credit. I do not offer such a thing, for any reason, thus please do not ask me to entertain such a thing. Please leave all high school thoughts behind. W. Students who fail to submit the first graded assignment will be withdrawn from the course. Students who fail to submit any additional assignments will be withdrawn from the course. Mental Health Day. You are granted two (2) MHDs this semester. The MHD is to help you with your time management skills. When you take your MHD you will alert me via email within the EO classroom before the next assignment is due and then I will give you an extra 48 hours to complete the assignment. The MHD is good on any assignment except the final exam. Mulligan. A mulligan is a do-over, normally associated with a novice taking up golf. If you are unsatisfied with any of your performances on the first three graded assignments, you may take a mulligan, a do over. First, you must have submitted the assignment initially as students who fail to submit work will be dropped. Second, you will write a 250 word explanation to me specifically detailing how you failed to live up to your expectations and my class standards as seen in the syllabus (ie, fall on your sword). Finally, you will send me via an email attachment your redo in a Word file to me within the EO classroom. Your Mulligan is due NLT seven days after I post the grades for the assignment. HUMA 1301 DE Fall 2013 Dr. Ross-Nazzal HUMANITIES 1301 - CALENDAR DATES MATERIAL TO BE COVERED 9/21-10/13 Read chapters on Pre History, Mesopotamia, and Egypt; Listen to all lectures covering those chapters; read weekly e reading covering those chapters and submit the first Culture Assignment NLT 2359 on 10/13. 10/14-11/3 Read chapters on China and India; Listen to all lectures covering those chapters; Read weekly e reading covering those chapters; submit the Midterm Exam NLT 2359 on 11/3. 11/4-11/24 Read chapters on Greco world; Listen to all lectures covering those chapters; read weekly e reading on those chapters; Submit second Culture Assignment NLT 2359 on 11/24. 11/25-12-15 Read about the Roman world; Listen to all lectures covering Rome; Read weekly e readings on Rome; Submit Final Exam NLT 2359 on 12/11. HUMA 1301 DE Fall 2013 Dr. Ross-Nazzal