Republic of the Philippines

Surigao del Sur State University

Rosario, Tandag City, Surigao del Sur 8300
Telefax No. 086-214-4221
Website: www.sdssu.edu.ph

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

NEW NORMAL COURSE SYLLABUS IN

GE-AA (ART APPRECIATION)
1st Semester, A.Y. 2020 – 2021

PHILOSOPHY

SDSSU believes that higher education is an instrument for the improvement of life through democratized access to quality education in
the development of a well-rounded person.

VISION

A leading “glocal” University with widened academic perspectives that focus on attaining food security, supporting poverty alleviation,
developing renewable energy, and conserving natural environment.

MISSION

SDSSU shall provide competency-based higher education training driven by relevant and responsive instruction, research, extension
and sustainable resource management.

Particularly, SDSSU is committed to:

1. Produce competent and skilled graduates prepared for gainful employment;

2. Develop graduates who shall not only foster economic progress but also care for the environment, adhere to positive value system, and preserve cultural
heritage;
3. Engage in high-impact research for instruction and develop technology for food security and renewable energy;
4. Collaborate with government and non-government agencies to help improve the lives of the marginalized groups; and
5. Promote cooperation/partnership among regional, national, and ASEAN institutions in Higher Education.

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CORE VALUES
Competence

A combination of observable and measurable knowledge, skills, abilities, and personal attributes that contribute to enhance SDSSU employee and student
performance and ultimately result in organizational success.

Accountability

Responsibility for own actions, decisions and commitment to accomplish work in an ethical, efficient, cost-effective and transparent manner manifesting the value
of sound stewardship in the wise use of resources for common good.

Responsiveness

A prompt action, consistent communication, quality information, and a focus on providing a superior experience to stakeholders.

Excellence

The quality spectrum at exceptional levels demonstrated by learning outcomes and the development of shared culture of quality consistent with the vision,
mission and goals of University.

Service

Dedication for a continuous improvement of services, stakeholder’s relationships and partnership which stresses interdependence and collaboration for a
sustainable success of clients and their communities in helping build a just, peaceful, stable and progressive Filipino nation.

SDSSU CARES…

These core values are not descriptions of the work we do, nor the strategies we employ to accomplish our University vision. They are the core values that
underlie our works and interactions as we internalize responsibilities to fulfill our mission. They are the basic elements of how we go about our work and how we
deal with stakeholders, molds students to become competent, innovative, globally competitive and service-oriented.

GOALS

These are the specific goals in the four (4)-fold functions of the University:

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KRA 1. Instruction

Develop highly competent, globally-competitive and morally upright graduates.

KRA 2. Research

Produce research for the advancement of knowledge, new technology and innovative approaches for competitive endeavors.

KRA 3. Extension

Empower the rural poor to improve their lives through transfer of technologies and knowledge.

KRA 4. Production

Sustain University operations through viable and profitable income generating projects.

PROGRAM GOALS

This program produces graduates that are not only adept in English language, its linguistic features but also proficient in conventional and analytic discourse,
exposition and research. The program is designed to meet the following objectives:

1. Provide students with the opportunity to develop and enhance their four macro-skills;
2. Enrich students’ understanding on literature and English language, as well as its linguistic principles and theories;
3. Develop a systematic, critical and analytical mindset of students in research and other technical undertakings; and,
4. Instill the value of commitment, industry, integrity, and professionalism.

INSTITUTIONAL INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

As an academic base of the university, the College of Arts and Sciences is committed to:

1. Contribute to the progress of Caraga Region by producing specialists and high level professionals fortified with adequate knowledge and proficiency in the
respective fields in social sciences, humanities, mathematics, natural and applied sciences; governance, leadership and infused with sense of moral leadership,
love of country appreciation of culture diversity and sustainable use of natural resources.
2. Adhere to acceptable standards in the conduct of teaching/instruction, thriving scholarly research, community extension and outreach programs, and production
activities with the end view of producing workforce in fast changing “glocal” work setting.
3. Functions as a social laboratory that nurtures critical awareness of current/contemporary issues in both local, regional and ASEAN perspective, promote the
sustainable use of natural resources for inclusive growth and effective linkage with partner agencies with the end view of quality instruction, research, publication
and production.

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ART APPRECIATION Preliminaries

Course Title : GE AA
Number of Units : 3 units
Pre-requisite : None
Course Description : Art Appreciation

Art Appreciation is about nature, function, and appreciation of the arts in contemporary society. (CMO 20 s 2013)

Art Appreciation is a three-unit course that develops students' ability to appreciate, analyze, and critique works of art. Through
interdisciplinary and multimodal approaches this course equips students with a broad knowledge of the practical, historical, philosophical, and
social relevance of the arts in order to hone students' ability to articulate their understanding of the arts. The course also develops students'
competency in researching and curating art as well as conceptualizing, mounting, and evaluating art productions. The course aims to develop
students' genuine appreciation for Philippine arts by providing them opportunities to explore the diversity and richness and their rootedness in
Filipino culture.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, the students should be able to:

Knowledge
1. Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of arts in general, including their function, value, and historical significance
2. Define and demonstrate the elements and principles of design
3. Explain and evaluate different theories of art
4. Situate Philippine arts in a global context

Skills
1. Analyze and appraise works of art based on aesthetic value, historical context, tradition, and social relevance
2. Mount an art exhibit (concept, development, production and postproduction, marketing, documentation, critiquing)
3. Create their own works of art and curate their own production or exhibit
4. Utilize art for self-expression and for promoting advocacies

Values
1. Deepen their sensitivity to self, community, and society
2. Discover and deepen their identity through art with respect to their nationality, culture, and religion
3. Develop an appreciation of the local arts

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Number of Hours: 3 hours every week for 18 weeks or 54 hours in a semester

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 Teaching and Learning Activities References Assessment Tools
Flexible
Flexible Learning
Time Intended Learning Learning For Learners For Learners
Topic Approaches to
allotment Outcomes` Approaches to Online Not Online with without
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Learners with Connectivity Connectivity
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Know one’s self Self-introduction Oral Participation Interactive Website of Course Oral Oral
Supplemental the University Syllabus participation participation
3 hours Awareness of School School Policies and Lecture Material/Module using Google through phone
Policies and House House Rules Course call
classroom/Zo
Rules Outline
Grading System
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To determine Student messenger
students’ expectations Vision and Mission of Handbook
of the course SDSSU

Course Orientation

12 hours Characterize artistic Art History Oral Participation Essay Uploaded Supplementa NowComment Supplemental
expression based on PDF file l Material/Module
personal experiences Art Appreciation Lecture Journal Online Material/Mod Google docs
with art  creativity ule Worksheet/Diary
 imagination Dynamics Online TEDEd
Differentiate art  expression meeting
history from art through
appreciation, Discuss Google meet
the nature of art's or Facebook
preliminary expression messenger

Characterize the Assumptions of art Lecture Essay (What art Uploaded Supplementa NowComment Supplemental
assumptions of the  Art is universal form/artwork has PDF file l Material/Module
arts  Art is cultural Individual sharing changed Online Material/Mod Google docs
 Art is not nature something in your ule Worksheet/Diary
Clarify misconceptions  Art involves life? Why? Online TEDEd

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 about art; experience meeting
 Art as through
Differentiate art from expression Google meet
nature  As a form of or Facebook
creation messenger

Appreciate the Suggested activities: Lecture Analog drawing Uploaded Supplementa Quiz through Supplemental
different forms of art  Visual arts (2D, PDF file l Google Material/Module
3D) FGD Poetry writing Online Material/Mod classroom
 Film (Digital ule Worksheet/Diary
arts/analog) Video Essay writing Online TEDEd
 Performance presentation meeting
art through Zoom
 Poetry— Suggested Google meet
performance exercises: or Facebook
 Architecture messenger
 Dance -Room design
 Film -Soil art (Rangoli)
 Literary -Scribbling souls
 Theater (color)
 Applied Arts -Dula-tula (poetry
(Fashion, performance)
Furniture) -Advocacy art
-Music Video

FIRST MAJOR EXAM

15 hours Distinguish directly Functions of art: Film Viewing: Discussion with Uploaded Supplementa Quiz through Supplemental
functional and  Video pre-activities or PDF file l Google Material/Module
indirectly functional art Personal Document pre-learning tasks Online Material/Mod classroom
- Utilitarian ary "Sa in the interactive ule Worksheet/Diary
Apply concepts and - Public display Duyan ng Sining" Online Oral recitation
learning module
theories on beauty - Expression (Jesuit meeting through
and aesthetics in real Communications) through Facebook
life scenarios Social Google meet messenger
- Public display Discussion on or Facebook
and celebration basic messenger Individualized
- Affect the philosophical essay writing
collective perspectives such https://www.y
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watch?
Physical -Art as mimesis v=_pENt9Uq
- Utilitarian (Plato) 6ik
-Art as
Philosophical import representation
of art integrity: (Aristotle)
-Art for art's sake
Proportion/ (Kant)
Consonance -Art as an escape
-Art as functional
Radiance/Clarity

Differentiate content Subject type Lecture Pre-learning Uploaded Supplementa Google docs Supplemental
from subject  Representation tasks/activities and PDF file l Material/Module
(with subject) Video discussion in Online Material/Mod TEDEd
Classify artworks  Non- documentary Supplemental ule Worksheet
according to subject representationa Material/Module Online Oral recitation
l (without Assign students meeting using Journal entry
Analyze how artists subject) to bring either through Facebook
present their subjects digital or printed Google meet messenger
in relation to the real Source of subject copies of Filipino or Facebook
subject contemporary messenger Assignment
Kinds of subject artworks to be
presented orally;
Content in art Identify and
(levels of meaning) discuss the
1. Factual source, type, and
2. Conventional kind of subject
3. Subjective

Characterize sources Artists and artisans Lecture/ Discussion with Uploaded Supplementa Google docs Worksheet/Jour
and kinds of art illustration pre-activities or PDF file l nal entry in the
Production process pre-learning tasks Online Material/Mod TEDEd supplemental
Identify the medium in  Preproduction Discuss the basic in the interactive ule material/module
various forms of art,  Production elements of art learning module Online Quiz through
viz., visual, auditory,  Postproduction meeting Google

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 and combined arts Dynamics through classroom
Elements of art: Google meet
Define an artist's or 1. Visual or Facebook Individualized
artisan's medium and 2. Auditory messenger essay writing
technique 3. Combined

Analyze the various Mediums of the Visual

arts Arts
present in visual,
auditory, and Architectural designs
combined arts  Line
 Color
Appreciate existing  Texture
architectural designs  Volume
 Perspective
 Form

Determine dominant Arts/Performance art Lecture Journal writing Uploaded Supplementa Google docs Worksheet/Jour
elements used in discussion PDF file l nal entry in the
hybrid or modified art Fusions and Essay Online Material/Mod TEDEd supplemental
expressions overlapping and Simulation ule material/module
interrelated elements Online Quiz through
Determine the factors  Graffiti, poetry Video clippings meeting Google
influencing artists performance, through classroom
such as distortion, performance Google meet
transformation, art, digital art or Facebook Individualized
appropriation in an messenger essay writing
experimental or hybrid Trans-creation
art expression 1. Music to text
2. Text to dance
Appreciate trans- 3. Dance to visual
creation from music to
text, to dance, and Principles of design
visual  Unity and
harmony
 Rhythm,
variation

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  Balance and
proportion
Emphasis and
subordination (focal
point)

SECOND MAJOR EXAM

12 hours Sharpen one’s Reading the image Lecture Journal writing Uploaded Supplementa Quiz through Worksheet/Jour
consciousness of the  Semiotic plane PDF file l Google nal entry in the
transformative power  Iconic plane Painting/picture Essay Online Material/Mod classroom supplemental
of art  Contextual Analysis ule material/module
plane Online Individualized
Identify various planes Creative meeting essay writing
 Evaluative presentation
in art plane through
Google meet
Categorize and or Facebook
organize information messenger
from different sources

Discuss the concept Soul-making Lecture Journal writing Uploaded Supplementa Quiz through Worksheet/Jour
of “soul-making” (artmaking): PDF file l Google nal entry in the
Crafting images Demonstration Essay Online Material/Mod classroom supplemental
Develop students’ Crafting stories ule material/module
artistic potentials Crafting instruments Simulation Online Individualized
through soul-making performance meeting essay writing
workshop through
Enhance students’ 7 da Vincian principles Google meet
sensitivity and or Facebook
awareness toward Narratives, messenger
their environment appropriation,
borrowing, and
Extend to the ownership
immediate community
the students’ art works Posit five (5) acts of
as a form of service cultural appropriation
learning (e.g. 1. Object

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 recyclable materials) appropriation
2. Content
Characterize define 3. Style
the narratives, Motif appropriation
appropriation,
borrowings, and
ownership of the
artists or any agency
in the art world

Contextualize
classical notable
works into a certain
theme and comment
on a certain issue,
either on a personal or
societal level

Develop students’
artistic ability in any
form they would like to
appropriate an art

THIRD MAJOR EXAM

12 hours Analyze the history of Drama, Music and Film Lecture Journal writing Uploaded Supplementa Quiz through Worksheet/Jour
drama in different PDF file l Google nal entry in the
periods Drama Video Essay Online Material/Mod classroom supplemental
-History of drama clippings/film ule material/module
Understand the showing Online Individualized
primary purpose of Music meeting essay writing
drama -Popular culture and Listening to through
Music different genres Google meet
of music
Explain the overall -The beginnings of or Facebook
organization or Philippine popular Movie messenger
structure in music music: OPM Analysis/Critiquin
g
Describe the details Film Analysis
such as rhythm, -Lighting
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 harmony, instruments -Angle Teacher act as
used and structure -Distance facilitator
-Camera movement
Familiarize the -Interior Framing Pop quiz
elements and -Film Sound
language used in a
movie Dance Evolution
-Ballet
Presents the -Chacha (cha-cha-
relationship among cha)
the various elements -Swing or Jive
of film -Twist
-Disco
Trace the roots on the -Funk
many various forms of -Street Dance
dance -Budots

Understand the
histories of the
different dance forms

Final Examination

GRADING SYSTEM:
Requirements - 20%
Class Standing - 40%
Quizzes - 20%
Oral Recitation - 10%
Assignment - 5%
Attendance - 5%
Major Exams - 40%
TOTAL 100

REFERENCES:

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 Adajar, Cathelyn C, et al. (2018) Art Appreciation. Mutya Publishing House, Inc.
Andin, Carmen T. and Miñas, Priscilla L. (2006) Dance Education in the School Curriculum. Rex Printing Company, Inc.
Aquino, Eliza D. and Santillan, Priscilla Mizpah P. (2015) A practical Approach to Aesthetics: Going Beyond Art Appreciation. Books Atbp. Publishing Corp.
Cabasaan, William Jr. J. (2016) Humanities: Philosophy and History of Art. Jimczyville Publications
Casul, Melanie, et al. (2008) The Media Kit: A Frame-by-frame Guide to Visual Production. Anvil Publishing, Inc.
Marcos, Lucivilla L. (2006) Introduction to the Humanities, Visual and Performing Arts. Mindshapers Co., Inc.
Pagay, Jenalyn B., et al (2012) The Aesthetic Experience: An Introduction to Humanities. Grandbooks Publishing, Inc.
Rivadelo, Rosita F. (2010) Fundamentals of Music. National Bookstore

Online Sources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pENt9Uq6ik

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Date Revised : July 15, 2020
Date of Effectivity : August 17, 2020

Prepared by: Reviewed by:

DANIELO B. ACEDILLA, JR. ROLLY G. SALVALEON, PhD.

Instructor Department Chair
Date: ________________ Date: ______________________

Content noted:

EVELYN T. BAGOOD, EdD.

Director, Curriculum and Development
Date: ____________

Recommending Approval: Approved by:

ROLLY G. SALVALEON, PhD. ROMEO A. PATAN, EdD.

Department Chair Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Date: ______________ Date: ________________

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