Course Offered first semester sy 2014-2015 Department of Interdisciplinary Studies

School of Humanities

An introduction to representative examples of serious music and their creators and the relationships between music literature and the social, cultural, and historical milieu in which it flourished. Course methodology

includes lectures, assigned readings, exposure to recorded and live performances, group discussions, and

practical application.

A general survey of music in western history from ancient classical cultures to the early modern period. Developments will be examined within the historical context, taking into account the multiple influences of social, cultural, political and other relevant forces.

A layman’s first course in the opera as a genre that aims to heighten its appreciation as an art form through a survey of its development in the last 400 years. Includes lecture and film showing.

This course orients the music literature track / minor on the written language of music: Notation, Scales, Intervals, Transposition, Chords, Cadences , Non-harmonic tones, Melodic Organization, Basic Tonal Harmony in four voices, and Aural Skills: Rhythmic, Melodic and Functional Dictation, Interval Identification and Sight Singing

A course that maps out how three centuries of opera comique gave birth to a popular genre (music theater) developed in England and the USA.

A course designed for beginners to enhance their understanding and appreciation of Asian vernacular architecture and its related artforms (i.e. painting and sculpture). Example will be drawn from a comparison of vernacular styles of Asian architecture, with emphasis on Filipino style, and its evolution vis-à-vis the arts.

A survey of the arts and forms of symbolic expressions in China. Emphasis is of the arts with social, historical, technological, philosophical and aesthetic developments. Topics include collective expressions that occasion artistic activity; Chinese aesthetic and artistic standards and their application.

This course highlights the process of innovating interdisciplinary responses to real-life concerns. It challenges students to work collaboratively on identified issues/problems through this process, using analytical, reflective, and creative thinking skills informed

by scholarly approaches in their different fields of discipline. It also trains students to pursue innovative ideas that can be designed for greater applicability and sustainability in specific contexts
IS 132.3

AN INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM

T/Th, 10:30-12:00 am, CTC 303

Dr. Renato Oliveros

A study of basic information on Islam such as the “Five Pillars”, areas of convergence(s) and divergence(s)

between Christianity and Islam, the roots of neo-fundamentalism and a Muslim’s response and call for Islamic tolerance (Fetullah Gulen).
IS 143.1

THEOLOGICAL THEMES IN LITERATURE

W, 4:30-7:30 pm

Mr. Darren Gustafson, CTC 304

A study of great theological epics in literature which provide a profound insight into what it means to be a

Christian and a human being in the contemporary world.

Readings include Dante’s Inferno, Milton’s Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, and Goethe’s Faust I & II.

IS 142.8/LIT 188

BRITISH LITERATURE

MWF, 11:30-12:30 pm, F116

Dr. Jonathan Chua

This course is a study of the major works of selected authors in British Literature. At the end of the term, students present a seminar paper on British author of their choice, upon consultation with the instructor.

IS 143.3/HUM 141

INTRODUCTION TO AESTHETICS

T/Th, 10:30-12:00 pm, TBA

Instructor: Ms. Dorothea Garing

In introduction to the elements and principles of the aesthetic experience in the visual arts, performing arts and literature, as well as an examination of the varieties of aesthetic norms and standards.

IS/HUM 145

GREAT BOOKS I

(ANCIENT PERIOD)

T/Th, 9:00-10:10:30 am, CTC 304

Mr. Michael Mariano

This course introduces the students to the masterpieces of classical antiquity in the hope of civilizing their mind and broadening their vision. The Epics (Homer, Virgil), the Scriptures (the Bible, the Koran), the Greek dramas (Sophocles, Aeschylus), the Philosophers (Aristotle, Plato), and other enduring masterpieces of the ancient world will be read and discussed. The Course will explore the ideas embodied in these texts and the categories by which they have been canonized.

IS /HUM 146

GREAT BOOKS II

(MIDDLE PERIOD)

MWF, 3:30-4:30 pm, F116

Dr. Jonathan Chua

This second part of the Great Books series provides insights into the human reality through the reading of books that have endured the test of time. Selections

come from the works of Dante, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Goethe, Augustine and Machiavelli, among others. This course acquaints the students with the masterpieces of literature from the Middle Ages to the beginning of the nineteenth century.
IS/ HUM 147

GREAT BOOKS III

(MODERN PERIOD)

T, 4:30-7:30 pm, F116

Dr. Rofel Brion

This last of the Great Book series explores the traditional (“metaphysical”) concerns of “modern man” (e.g. alienation, fragmentation, secularization) and the more recent debates on race, gender, class, and the very existence of the canon of “great books”. Selections from 20^th century world literatures will read and discussed including Kafka, Camus, Faulkner, etc..The course also links specific texts to the Philippine literary situation. In this course students read and discuss the classics of the modern period.

IS 162.5

FILM AND THE OTHER ARTS

Th, 4:30-7:30 pm, Faura AVR

Dr. Nicanor Tiongson

This course investigates the multidimensional relations between film and the other arts (aside from literature), namely, architecture and the visual arts, the

performing arts and the media arts.
IS 163.1

NON-VIOLENCE

T/Th, 3:00-4:30 am, F116

Dr. Nikki Carsi Cruz

An interdisciplinary and experiential approach to the study of nonviolence. The course considers the actual violence in our present situation, the theoretical frameworks for nonviolence (theological, philosophical), and the historical experiences with non-violence (India, South Africa, United States).

IS 163.3

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES:

CULTURAL STUDIES OF TECHNOLOGY

(HYPERMEDIA, THE WORLD WIDE WEB, AND THE CONTEMPORARY CRITICAL THEORY AND

TECHNOLOGY)

W, 3:00-4:30 am, F116

Mr. George Peter Lorenzana

This is an introductory course on the cultural studies of technology from a global perspective. It can be used as an elective by social science, humanities, or interdisciplinary studies major. In this one semester course, we shall explore the rhyzomatics of technology in history of the present and highlight the multi-linear and non-narrative form of the World Wide Web and other hypermedia technologies. Issues such as the changing parameters of reading and literacy, the impact of an emerging network culture on the contemporary postcolonial, and many more besides are pursued through extensive readings and the experiencing of various hypermedia tools. Prospective students will explore hypertext non/fiction and other documents drawn from the World Wide Web.

IS 163.4

DYNAMICS OF GRIEF AND LOSS IN

A FAMILY CONTEXT

PRE-REQ: PSY 101

S, 9:00-12:00 am, F116

Ms. Cathy Guballa

The course examines the grief processes that take within families as they experience loss. This course will explore a variety of factors that facilitate and/or impede the ability to function after loss. An international component, drawing primarily on Asian and African materials, will broaden the understanding of loss and grief beyond the dominant cultural views of North America.

ALL subjects can be taken as

FREE ELECTIVES.

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