Performance standards for
successful completion of course work include demonstrated ability
to understand:
- concepts of civilization
and culture
- major cultural elements
of world civilizations, and how these are expressed in the arts
- ways in which art
and artifacts mirror and shape society
- various value systems
within and across cultures
- various civilizations
and their social structures in the context of their times and
world views
- how cultural expressions
of various civilizations reflect social roles and values
- concepts of time
across cultures
- how the cultural
expressions of various civilizations reflect social roles and
values
- the relationship
between natural environments and the development of civilizations
And demonstrated ability
to:
- interpret and evaluate
data
- generate and defend
a data-based point of view
- create and apply
strategies to compare elements of various cultures
- apply skills of aesthetic
inquiry in the examination, interpretation and comparison of works
of art as expressions of culture
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