| SCHEDULE & ASSIGNMENTS Click here for a detailed calendar of lecture topics, readings, speeches, and exams. CATALOG DESCRIPTION As they critically examine the formal elements of art and popular culture, students are led in the study of aesthetic principles governing the creation of ministry and fellowship aids, then challenged to apply those principles in collaborative design projects which may include, power point, video, website design, worship bulletins, cooking, painting, photography, aromatherapy, and architecture. RATIONALE & CONTEXT As worship paradigms calcify, emerge, and develop, how should congregants employ the full range of senses in active worship? Examples from Scripture, principles of art appreciation, and processes of creative collaboration will be examined and employed in liturgy (literally "the work of the people"). COURSE OBJECTIVES Through the work of this course, the student will:
CONTACT INFORMATION The classroom setting is such that not all needs can be met within it. I encourage you, therefore, to visit my office often. It is my pleasure to discuss grades, attendance, notes, lectures, or anything else which will make you a better student. Your grades can only benefit from regular communication with your professors. I will gladly work with you to arrange meeting times convenient to us both. Feel free to contact me:
PROJECTS & EXAMS Late work can earn no more than a maximum of 64 points. Work is considered late if it is submitted (or, in the case of e-mail, time-stamped) after lecture begins on the due date. If, because of extreme and prolonged sickness, you miss a deadline and are able to substantiate a claim of incapacitation with a note from a reputable doctor or Calvin Health Services, the grades of your remaining assignments will be given greater weight to compensate. Otherwise, you will receive a zero for the assignment. Examinations must be taken when scheduled. Quizzes may be given without warning to encourage attendance and reading throughout the term. GRADING The grade for the course will be based on the following:
Assignment grades will be based on the following scale:
Participation will be evaluated throughout the semester by the professor based on student contribution to class fraternity. Assigning the grade, I am chiefly concerned with the following questions:
APPEALS Because there are no "right" and "wrong" answers in this field of study, I am open to a certain amount of discussion with regard to the grade awarded any assignment. Appeals should be made in a timely fashion, within two class periods of grade notification. Appeals should be made in person (not by phone, in writing, or by e-mail) and offered with rhetorical and presentational clarity. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES These texts are required and available for purchase in the campus store:
To expand your knowledge of multi-sensory aesthetics, you may wish to consult the following works:
I also recommend familiarity with the following films:
Each student will pay a $20 fee to the professor by the end of week one to cover admission to a local sculpture park and the cost of a Mediterranean feast. Additionally, you should be prepared to share the burden of transportation to three off-campus events. Bring to class every day: a sketchpad (no smaller than 8.5" x 11"), colored pencils, art eraser ETIQUETTE AND GROUP WORK Food and drinks (particularly those which help you stay awake) are welcome in class. If your food becomes the subject of intense interest, be prepared to share. I reserve the right to answer any cell phone that rings in my class. Your phone's got a "silent/vibrate" setting. Use it. Talk a lot. Let others talk, too. The class thrives on discussion. Be polite. Don't fear honesty. Because the subject of the class is corporate worship, group collaboration is frequently required. Thus you hold in your hands the reputation (and grade) of others. Don't hog all the cool jobs and don't be lazy. I recommend you memorize Heidelberg 55. ACADEMIC HONESTY A recent edition of the Calvin College Student Conduct Code notes that "the student-faculty relationship is based on trust and mutual respect which can be seriously undermined by the suspicion or reality of academic dishonesty." It elsewhere defines plagiarism as "the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment." The standards of honesty and the penalties of dishonesty apply equally to words, ideas, visual images, auditory images, and all electrochemical means of storage and communication. I will vigorously pursue prosecution of plagiarists to the very limit of sanctions allowed by the college. If you are uncertain about how to avoid plagiarism or other forms of academic dishonesty, please consult a member of the English faculty, the most recent edition of The Little, Brown Handbook,or (preferably) ask me. While student media producers retain copyright ownership of their respective work, enrollment in this course constitutes your permission to let Calvin College, the Communication Arts and Sciences Department, the professor, their representatives, and successors, exhibit and distribute for promotional purposes those media projects submitted in fulfillment of course assignments. You may withhold or limit such permission by indicating your wish to do so in a note to your professor signed, witnessed and dated before the course’s drop date.
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