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State University General Education Requirement
Course Addition Reporting Template

I. Campus.
State University of New York, Empire State College

II. Campus Contact Person.
Anne Breznau, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, anne.breznau@esc.edu,
phone: 518-587-2100 ext. 263, fax: 518 587-5592.

If the relevant learning outcomes are being achieved across multiple courses, provide all solicited information in III-VII for all applicable courses, along with any other explanation that may be helpful or necessary.

III. Course Identification.

A. Dept./Subject Designator, Number, Title, # of credits.
Arts, 221654, A World of Art, 4 credits

B. Prerequisites/Corequisites
None

C. Effective Date of Addition
Spring, 2003

IV. SUNY-GER Category/Categories.
Arts

V. Catalog Description.
This course will explore the formal elements of art, the principles of design, and the different media that artists use. Students will gain insight into the process of artistic creation, including questioning, exploration, trial and error, and discovery. The course is organized around four main themes: 1) The Visual World: Understanding the Art You See, 2) The Formal Elements and Their Design: Describing the Art You See, 3) The Fine Arts Media: Learning How Art is Made, 4) The Visual Arts in Everyday Life: Recognizing the Art of Design. Students will learn how artists use formal elements of design and the unique characteristics of each medium to make a work of art, apply principles of design, appreciate how making art is a process that involves critical thinking and problem-solving skills that relate to their own life experiences, and develop an awareness of the social contexts in which works of art are created. Videos offer various artists' experiences of the artistic process.

VI. Topical Outline.
1. Introduction/Learning Artistic Terminology
2. Learning and Applying the Techniques
3. Recognizing and Relating the World of Art
4. Applying the New Understanding
5. Reflection and Research

Each topic includes study related to the four themes of the course: understanding art, formal elements of design, fine arts/how art is made, art in everyday life.

VII. List of Sample Readings.
1. Sayre, Henry. World of Art and Digital Images (package with text and CD-ROM). Edition 4. Pearson. 2002.
2. Video Tapes for A World of Art. Rental from Empire State College. A refund of $10.00 will be refunded when tapes are returned in good condition within two weeks of the term ending date.

State University General Education Requirement

Course Addition Reporting Template

I. Campus.
State University of New York, Empire State College

II. Campus Contact Person.
Anne Breznau, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, anne.breznau@esc.edu,
phone: 518-587-2100 ext. 263, fax: 518 587-5592.

III. Course Identification.

A. Dept./Subject Designator, Number, Title, # of credits.
Literature, 224024, U.S. Multicultural Fiction, 4 credits

B. Prerequisites/Corequisites
Lower-level work in literature (e.g. Introduction to Literature, American Literature 1600-1865, American Literature 1865-Present)

C. Effective Date of Addition
Spring, 2003

IV. SUNY-GER Category/Categories.
Humanities

V. Catalog Description.
This course will focus on literature by African American, Asian American, Latin American, and Native American writers, with an opportunity for students to read an additional novel that reflect a student’s own family tradition, if it differs from the focus of the course. Students will explore the treatment, meanings, and implications of multiculturalism in contemporary US fiction. These explorations will include investigations of how diverse American cultures are valued, critiqued, transmitted, and transmuted through literature. Student writing will include personal, critical, and researched responses to issues of multicultural fiction, presented in both discussions and formal essays.

VI. Topical Outline.
1. Reading and Responding to Fiction
2. African American Writers
3. Asian American Writers
4. Latin American Writers
5. Native American Writers
6. Writers from Your Own Tradition.

VII. List of Sample Readings.
1. Lee, Chang-rae. A Gesture Life. Penguin. 1999
2. Nunez, Elizabeth. Beyond the Limbo Silence. Penguin. 1998
3. Alvarez, Julia. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. Penguin. 1992
4. Jen, Gish. Mona in the Promised Land. Random House. 1997
5. Momaday, N. Scott. House Made of Dawn. HarperCollins. 1999
6. Gaines, Ernest J. A Lesson Before Dying. Random House. 1997
7. Linzer, Anna. Ghost Dancing. St. Martin’s. 1998.
8. Selected Readings for U. S. Multicultural Fiction. Empire State College. 2002.

State University General Education Requirement

Course Addition Reporting Template

This is a resubmission for American Ethnic History: Colonial Period to the Present,
the course that was rejected in October 2001. We would like to submit it with the
more accurate description of the general narrative of American History.

I. Campus.
State University of New York, Empire State College

II. Campus Contact Person.
Anne Breznau, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, anne.breznau@esc.edu,
phone: 518-587-2100 ext. 263, fax: 518 587-5592.

III. Course Identification.

A. Dept./Subject Designator, Number, Title, # of credits.
American History, 242234, American Ethnic History: Colonial Period to the Present,
4 credits

B. Prerequisites/Corequisites
None

C. Effective Date of Addition
Spring, 2003

IV. SUNY-GER Category/Categories.
American History

V. Catalog Description.
Students study the political, economic, social, and cultural history of the colonies and the United States, with an emphasis on the immigrant and ethnic groups that came to comprise the American people. The course prepares students for advanced historical studies.

VI. Topical Outline.
1. Survey of American History from colonial period to present.
2. Role of immigrant and ethnic groups in major developments in the U.S.
3. Personal narratives and academic studies of immigrants.
4. Comparative experiences and perspectives of immigrants and ethnic groups.

VII. List of Sample Readings.
1. Nash, Gary. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society. Brief Edition. Edition 3. Pearson Education. 2000
2. Gjerde, Jon, Ed. Major Problems in American Immigration and Ethnic History: Documents
and Essays. Houghton Mifflin. 1998
3. Hutner, Gordon, Ed. Immigrant Voices: Twenty-Four Narratives on Becoming American.
Penguin. 1999.
4. Reimers, David. Unwelcome Strangers: American Identity and the Turn Against Immigration. Columbia U. Press. 1998.