GE1701

Course Syllabus
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SERIAL NUMBER: GE1701 COURSE TITLE: ART APPRECIATION CREDIT: 3 units (3 hours lecture per week)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will help students develop their ability to appreciate, analyze, and critique works of art. Through interdisciplinary and multimodal
approaches, this equips them with broad knowledge of the practical, historical, philosophical, and social relevance of the arts in order to hone
their ability to articulate their understanding of the arts. The course will also develop students’ competency in researching and curating art, as
well as conceptualizing, mounting, and evaluating art productions. It also aims to develop their genuine appreciation for Philippine arts by
providing them opportunities to explore the diversity and richness and their rootedness in Filipino culture.
PREREQUISITE: None
COURSE OUTCOMES: After successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

CO1. Demonstrate understanding and appreciation of arts in general, including their function, value, and historical significance;
CO2. Explain the definition of the elements, principles of design, and theories of art;
CO3. Analyze works of art based on aesthetic value, historical context, tradition, and social relevance;
CO4. Exhibit their own works of art;
CO5. Utilize art for self-expression and promoting advocacies; and
CO6. Discover their sensitivity to self, community, and society, and their identity through art with respect to their nationality, culture, and
religion.
MANDATED BOOK: None
PREPARED BY: VERIFIED BY: APPROVED BY:
Renalie V. Unabia, LPT Orbit DP. Panganiban, LPT Aisa Q. Hipolito, MEd. EL
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REFERENCES: 1. Colquitt, J.A. (2015). Organizational behavior: Improving performance and commitment in the workplace. New York: McGraw Hill
Education.
2. Datuin, F., Marcelino, L., Paulino, R., & Legaspi-Ramirez, E. (2016). Contemporary philippine arts from the regions. Manila: Rex Bookstore.
3. Kleiner, F. (2016). Art through the ages: a concise history (15th ed). Boston. Cengage Learning.
4. Orate, A. (2010). Lecture notes on aesthetics: Theories of art and beauty. In Blended Learning Modules. Manila: University of the East.
5. Orate, A. (2017). The philosopy of liberal education in the Philippines: Postmodern framework and interdisciplinary approach for revised
general education curriculum. Manila: University of the East.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:  Lecture Discussion
 Major Examinations
 Art analysis
 Quizzes
 Assignments
 Task Performance
GRADING SYSTEM: The following percentage distribution shall be followed:
Prelims 20%
Midterms 20%
Pre-finals 20%
Finals 40%
100%

The following are the recommended periodical grade components for this course:

Class Participation (Recitation, Quiz, etc.) 20%

Task Performance 50%
Major Examination 30%
100%
We’d be glad to hear from you. For questions or feedback on this course, feel free to email us through student.feedback@sti.edu

PREPARED BY: VERIFIED BY: APPROVED BY:

Renalie V. Unabia, LPT Orbit DP. Panganiban, LPT Aisa Q. Hipolito, MEd. EL
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Course Outline
LEC Student Teaching and
Learning Objectives (LO) Week TOPICS Slides I-Guide Assessment Tasks
Hours Handouts Learning Activities
1 Value the humanities and 1-3 9 Art and Humanities 1-69 1-13 1-8 Discussion Quiz and eLMS review
the sciences as fields of Art as a Humanistic 1-3
learning by a writing Discipline Reflection Paper Recitation
reflection paper (CO1, CO5, Art and Humanities:
CO6) Western and Filipino Analysis of Artwork Homework
Concepts
Relate the Western concept Art Appreciation and Group Activity Task Performance
2 of humanities with the the Human Faculties
Filipino notion of eLMS Activity
personhood or pagkatao
(CO1, CO2, CO5, CO6) Graphic Organizers

Drawing
Examine the history of art as
3
a humanistic discipline (CO1,
CO2, CO5, CO6)

4 Compare and contrast the

concepts of art according to
Western thought and Filipino
thought (CO3)

Discover and apply the

5 Filipino identity and sense of
arts in the process of
appreciating art (CO1, CO3,
CO5, CO6)

PREPARED BY: VERIFIED BY: APPROVED BY:

Renalie V. Unabia, LPT Orbit DP. Panganiban, LPT Aisa Q. Hipolito, MEd. EL
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LEC Student Teaching and

Learning Objectives (LO) Week TOPICS Slides I-Guide Assessment Tasks
Hours Handouts Learning Activities
Examine the human faculties
6 as basis for the appreciation
of art (CO1, CO3, CO6)

Analyze works of art

7 according to four (4)
levels/three (3) human
faculties: perceptual
elements, representations,
emotional suggestions, and
intellectual meaning (CO1,
CO3)

Make an artwork that shows

8
the four (4) level of analysis
(CO1, CO4, CO5, CO6)

9 Apply the concept of art as

reality to the artworks based
on Renaissance style,
Cubism, De Stijl, or ready-
made art in their personal
artwork (CO1, CO4, CO5,
CO6)
10 Relate the study of Art 4-5 3.5 Aesthetics: The Study of 1-65 1-11 1-8 Discussion Quiz and eLMS review
Appreciation to the fields of Art and Beauty
Philosophy and The Field of Aesthetics Reflection paper Recitation
Anthropology (CO1, CO2) Aesthetic Terms
Hierarchy of Beauty Group Activity Task Performance
The Filipino Aesthetic
Worldview Analysis of Artwork Reporting

PREPARED BY: VERIFIED BY: APPROVED BY:

Renalie V. Unabia, LPT Orbit DP. Panganiban, LPT Aisa Q. Hipolito, MEd. EL
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LEC Student Teaching and

Learning Objectives (LO) Week TOPICS Slides I-Guide Assessment Tasks
Hours Handouts Learning Activities
11 Define aesthetics as a branch eLMS Activity Reasoning
of philosophy concerned
with art (CO2) Drawing Representation

Demonstrate the Filipino Digital Learning Tool:

12 sense of beauty through Kahoot!
making works of art (CO1,
CO4, CO5, CO6)

Compare the Filipino sense

13
of art and beauty to that of
Western and Japanese (CO3)
5 1 PRELIMINARY Paper-and-pencil test
EXAMINATION
14 Relate the study of art to the 6-9 Art and Philosophy - 1-5 1-8 Discussion Quiz and eLMS review
field of philosophy (CO2) Imitationism and
Representationism Reflection paper Recitation
Examine the Imitation Functionalism,
15 Group Activity Task Performance
Theory by Plato as a Expressionism, and
philosophy of art and beauty Hedonism
(CO1, CO3) Analysis of Artwork Reporting
Functionalism, Action,
and Institutional Theory eLMS Activity Reasoning
Compare and contrast
16 Imitationism and
Drawing Representation
Representationism;
Formalism, Expressionism,
Flipped Classroom
and Hedonism; and Aesthetic
Functionalism, Action
Digital Learning Tool
Theory, and Institutional
Theory (CO2, CO3)

PREPARED BY: VERIFIED BY: APPROVED BY:

Renalie V. Unabia, LPT Orbit DP. Panganiban, LPT Aisa Q. Hipolito, MEd. EL
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LEC Student Teaching and

Learning Objectives (LO) Week TOPICS Slides I-Guide Assessment Tasks
Hours Handouts Learning Activities
17 Categorize artworks, styles,
artists, and philosophers that
uphold with imitation or
representation theory of art
(CO1, CO3)

Apply the theories to the

18 analysis of art (CO3)

Examine the style of

19 Romantic Realism in
Philippine art based on
Representation Theory (CO3)

Make works of art like, but

20
not limited to: painting,
sketching, drawing,
sculpting, and molding that
show application of the
theories (CO1, CO4, CO5,
CO6)
2 Review
10 1 MIDTERM EXAMINATION Paper-and-pencil test

21 Relate the study of art to the 11-13 9 Art and Other Disciplines 1-31 1-7 1-4 Discussion Quiz and eLMS review
field of sciences, Art in Science and Math 1-6
mathematics, psychology, 1-4 Reflection paper Recitation
Art and Anthropology
and anthropology (CO1,
CO2, CO3) Art and Psychology Group Activity Task Performance

Analysis of Artwork Reporting

PREPARED BY: VERIFIED BY: APPROVED BY:

Renalie V. Unabia, LPT Orbit DP. Panganiban, LPT Aisa Q. Hipolito, MEd. EL
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LEC Student Teaching and

Learning Objectives (LO) Week TOPICS Slides I-Guide Assessment Tasks
Hours Handouts Learning Activities
22 Identify artworks, styles, and eLMS Activity Reasoning
artists that used principles of
science (CO1, CO2, CO3) Drawing Representation

Interpret the biological Flipped Classroom

23
theory, aesthetic formalism,
cultural relativism, and Digital Learning Tool
Gestalt Psychology of art and
beauty (CO1, CO2, CO3)

24 Analyze the chemical

compositions of some media
used in the visual arts and
show that music has a
mathematical structure
(CO1, CO2, CO3)

Apply some concepts in

25 physics to the elements of
art, design, and composition
(CO1, CO4, CO5, CO6)

26 Make works of art like, but

not limited to painting,
sketching, drawing,
sculpting, molding, and
experiments that show the
application of science,
mathematics, anthropology,
and psychology (CO1, CO4,
CO5, CO6)

PREPARED BY: VERIFIED BY: APPROVED BY:

Renalie V. Unabia, LPT Orbit DP. Panganiban, LPT Aisa Q. Hipolito, MEd. EL
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LEC Student Teaching and

Learning Objectives (LO) Week TOPICS Slides I-Guide Assessment Tasks
Hours Handouts Learning Activities
2 Review
14 1 PRE-FINAL EXAMINATION Paper-and-pencil test

27 Relate the study of art to the 15-17 9 Art in Practice - 1-5 - Discussion Quiz and eLMS review
field of History (CO1, CO2, Art and History
CO3) Reflection paper Recitation

Compare and contrast the Group Activity Task Performance

28 various styles of art (CO1,
CO2, CO3) Analysis of Artwork Reporting

29 Explain the theory of the eLMS Activity Reasoning

death of art (CO1, CO2, CO3)
Drawing Representation
Make works of art like, but
30 not limited to painting, Flipped Classroom Sharing of Best Art Practices
sketching, drawing,
sculpting, molding, and Digital Learning Tool
experiments that show the
application of art in history
(CO1, CO4, CO5, CO6)

31 Share the best art practices

including, but not limited to
performance-based art,
spoken words, and abstract
and reasoning (CO1, CO4,
CO5, CO6)
18 3 FINAL EXAMINATION Sharing of Best Art Practices

PREPARED BY: VERIFIED BY: APPROVED BY:

Renalie V. Unabia, LPT Orbit DP. Panganiban, LPT Aisa Q. Hipolito, MEd. EL
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PREPARED BY: VERIFIED BY: APPROVED BY:

Renalie V. Unabia, LPT Orbit DP. Panganiban, LPT Aisa Q. Hipolito, MEd. EL