HUM 2061 - Women in the Arts

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture NoneLab None
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the history of women’s involvement in the creative fields of visual art, design, architecture, film, dance, theater and music. It focuses on Western Civilization and covers artistic issues for women from the Classical Greek to contemporary times both chronologically and thematically. Creative works by women will be examined within social and historical contexts. Significant creative works representing women will be evaluated from a feminist perspective. The course explores the cultural assumptions about gender that have influenced artistic choice and interpretation.
MnTC Goals
6 Humanities/Fine Arts, 7 Human Diversity

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1021 with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

Architecture
Experimental filmmaking
Local Artists
Music
Painting
Art and Activism
Contemporary Art and design
Dance
Photography
Sculpture
Silent film era
Survey of Women in Art History
The cannon and established hierarchy of media and subject matter
Theater

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

Demonstrate an awareness of womens centrality in the arts.
Recognize the work of major women visual artist and musicians.
Evaluate the work of major women visual artist and musicians.
Recognize the work of local women artist and musicians.
Evaluate the work of local women artist and musicians.
Describe how feminist scholarship changes traditional interpretations and conclusions.
Identify womens place in the historical progression of the arts.
Critique the social and cultural assumptions about gender that have influenced artistic choice and interpretation.

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HUM 2061 - Women in the Arts