Instructor- KrisMurray

Office-- 1M16
815-288-5511 ext.258; murrayk@webmail.svcc.edu

Office Hours-
MWF-9-10AM;
TTh-1:00-2:30PM

Humanities II
The Art of Work

Materials for class--
Robert Di Yanni Writing About the Humanities;
Stanley Applebaum The Chicago World's Fair of 1893: A Photographic Record;
Bolotin and Laing The World's Columbian Exposition: Chicago World's Fair of 1893
Bruce Bustard A New Deal for the Arts;
HUM 211 Course Pac;
Materials on HUM 211 website

Goals of Class—There are four main objectives for this course-

• to become familiar with representative examples of the Arts of the Western European tradition
• to come to understand the history of human work and leisure and how they have been represented by the Arts down through history
• to master, to some degree, the style of thinking most often applied to studying the Art
• to become comfortable with expressing ideas, whether in writing, oral presentation, visual presentation, etc.
  

Grades—Grades are based on these criteria-

• Individual performance (tests, in-class activities, and papers)
• Group Projects
• Bibliographic activites
• peer evaluation
• attendance

Grades are based on points accumulated- there are 450 total points

• In-class writing- 50 pts
• Bibliographic exercises- 100 pts
• Comparison paper - 25 pts
• Van Gogh paper - 25 pts
• World's Fair paper- 50 pts
• New Deal paper-(Final paper) 100 pts
• · Final Group Project- 50 pts
• · Attendance- 50 pts

Grade Totals--

• 405-450= A
• 360-404= B
• 315-359= C
• 270-314= D
• below 270= F