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General Education Goals and Objectives
Theme II Courses of Arts and Humanities
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Mission |
Outcomes |
Assessment |
Faculty |
Student Work |
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Upon completion of the Theme 2 GE course CSUB students will be
able to:
| Goal 1:
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Understand the experiences and ideas of
others.
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| Objective 1: |
Explain the effect of gender,
ethnicity, and social class on experience, expression
and/or creative production.
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| Objective 2: |
Describe the experiences of
a culture different from their own.
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| Objective 3: |
Explain the differences and
similarities between experiences across disparate
cultures and among various communities within a single
culture. |
| Goal 2:
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Understand one's own culture and community.
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| Objective 1: |
Describe assumptions underlying
creative works within one's own culture and community.
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| Objective 2: |
Describe personal
assumptions about the human experience underlying one's
own creative works. |
| Goal 3:
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Understand the interaction between culture and creative
expression.
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| Objective 1: |
Explain the connection between cultural
characteristics and creative expression.
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| Objective 2: |
Explain how the expression
of an idea is a function of its culture.
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| Objective 3: |
Discuss how material
conditions of a culture affect creative expression. |
| Goal 4:
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Appreciate and critically evaluate
diverse value systems.
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| Objective 1: |
Distinguish fact from value.
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| Objective 2: |
Explain how distinct values
can form a system.
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| Objective 3: |
Describe how value systems
develop.
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| Objective 4: |
Utilize value systems to
critically evaluate controversies and defend a personal
position. |
| Goal 5:
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Understand changes in the human
condition over time.
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| Objective 1: |
Describe major historical trends in at
least one major world region.
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| Objective 2: |
Explain how historical
developments (e.g., the invention of the printing press
or the Internet) affect creative expression and culture. |
| Goal 6:
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Critically analyze texts and works of
art from different cultures.
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| Objective 1: |
Write critical reviews of documents and
works of art, taking into account their cultural
context. |
| Goal 7:
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Have an interest in and understanding
of three of the following areas: Art or Performing Arts,
Foreign Languages, History, Literature, and Philosophy
or Religious Studies.
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| Objective 1: |
Describe issues, concepts, or
approaches of three Humanities areas in various writing
exercises.
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| Objective 2: |
Demonstrate an increased
interest in three Humanities areas by seeking out
experiences or opportunities to further develop their
appreciation and understanding of these areas. |
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