Baton Rouge Community College
Academic Affairs Master Syllabus
Date Approved or Revised: March 30, 2012

Course Name: Non-Western Art

Course Number: ARTS 102

Lecture Hrs. 3 Lab Hrs. 0 Credit Hrs. 3
Course Description: Introduces non-Western cultural perspectives to a survey of the visual arts (painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, and architecture) in selected non-Western societies. Examines works through the ideas and beliefs of artists within their cultural and social context.
Prerequisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Suggested Enrollment Cap: 25
Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the students will be able to:
  1. Identify specific art and architectural works from a variety of periods and cultures.
  2. Critique non-Western art in a historical context reflective of non-Western social and cultural development

General Education Learning Outcomes: This course supports the development of competency in the following areas. Students will:

3. think critically, independently, and creatively and make informed and logical judgments of the arguments of others, arrive at reasoned and meaningful arguments and positions, and formulate and apply ideas to new contexts;

1. communicate in standard edited English, write and speak with clarity, coherence, and persuasiveness;

7. recognize and understand cultural diversity and have a global perspective grounded in the understanding of international cultures, issues, and trends linking communities around the world;

Assessment Measures: Assessment of all learning outcomes will be measured using the following methods:
  1. One essay graded with departmental rubric; and
  2. Instructor designed quizzes and tests.

Information to be included on the Instructor’s Course Syllabi:
  • Disability Statement: Baton Rouge Community College seeks to meet the needs of its students in many ways. See the Office of Disability Services to receive suggestions for disability statements that should be included in each syllabus.
  • Grading:The College grading policy should be included in the course syllabus. Any special practices should also go here. This should include the instructor’s and/or the department’s policy for make-up work. For example in a speech course, “Speeches not given on due date will receive no grade higher than a sixty” or “Make-up work will not be accepted after the last day of class.”
  • Attendance Policy: Include the overall attendance policy of the college. Instructors may want to add additional information in individual syllabi to meet the needs of their courses.
  • General Policies: Instructors’ policy on the use of things such as beepers and cell phones and/or hand held programmable calculators should be covered in this section.
  • Cheating and Plagiarism: This must be included in all syllabi and should include the penalties for incidents in a given class. Students should have a clear idea of what constitutes cheating in a given course.
  • Safety Concerns: In some programs this may be a major issue. For example, “No student will be allowed in the safety lab without safety glasses.” General statements such as, “Items that may be harmful to one’s self or others should not be brought to class.”
  • Library/ Learning Resources: Since the development of the total person is part of our mission, assignments in the library and/or the Learning Resources Center should be included to assist students in enhancing skills and in using resources. Students should be encouraged to use the library for reading enjoyment as part of lifelong learning.

Expanded Course Outline:

  1. Africa
  2. Prehistory – Petroglyphs
  3. Southern Africa
  4. East Africa
  5. Central Africa
  6. West Africa – Benin + Ife
  7. Southeast Asia – IndusValley
  8. Vedic Period
  9. Origin of Buddhism
  10. Buddhism Architecture and Sculpture
  11. Expansion of Islam
  12. Islamic calligraphy
  13. Mosque
  14. Mughal Dynasty
  15. Buddhist Art in India and China
  16. Rock Cut architecture
  17. Indian mural painting
  18. Buddhist Expansion in China
  19. Chinese Art
  20. Precursors: Neolithic to Bronze Age
  21. Han
  22. Shang and Zhou
  23. Calligraphy
  24. Painting
  25. Perspective
  26. Japan and Korea
  27. Woodblock prints – Ukiyo-e
  28. The art of tea
  29. Buddhist and Hindu in East Asia (6-13th c)
  30. The Pagoda
  31. The Buddhist Monastery
  32. The HinduTemple
  33. The OrissanTemple – Angkor Wat
  34. The Pacific
  35. Oceanic Art
  36. Polynesia, Hawaii, Marquesa
  37. New Guinea, Asmat
  38. Australia
  39. Mesoamerica and the Andes
  40. Olmec
  41. Teotihuacan
  42. Maya + Aztec
  43. Andes – Nasca, Moche, Inca
  44. Native North American Art
  45. Haida, Tlingit
  46. The Plains
  47. The Southwest