Humanities
CONTACT PERSON
Chair: Mary Flores, MA
e-mail: mflores@lcsc.edu
Division Offi ce: SPH 111-A
Phone: 792-2307Fax: 792-2324
Web:
http://www.lcsc.edu/humanities
FACULTY
• Terryn Berry, MA. SPH 313 tlberry@lcsc.edu 792-2736; English
• Sean Cassidy, PhD, SPH 110 scassidy@lcsc.edu 792-2284:
Communication Arts, Video Production
• Harold Crook, PhD, SPH 300B hcrook@lcsc.edu 792-2852:
Linguistics, Nez Perce Language
• Claire Davis, MFA, SPH 112 cdavis@lcsc.edu 792-2050: Creative
Writing, English
• Ray Esparsen, MFA, Art Building esparsen@lcsc.edu 792-2255:
Art
• Mary Flores, MA, SPH 204 mfl ores@lcsc.edu 792-2826: Chair,
Humanities; English
• Okey Goode, PhD, SPH 217 ogoode@lcsc.edu 792-2434: English
• Lawrence W. Haapanen, PhD, SPH 105 haapanen@lcsc.edu 792-2464:
Communication Arts
• James Hepworth, PhD, SPH 309 hepworth@lcsc.edu 792-2336:
English, Creative Writing
• William Johnson, PhD, SPH 309A wjohnson@lcsc.edu 792-2267:
English, Creative Writing
• Patricia Keith, PhD, SPH 215 pkeith@lcsc.edu 792-2292:
English, Video Production
• Nancy Lee-Painter, MFA, SPH 208 nclee-painter@lcsc.edu
792-2345; Theatre
• Rita McAdoo, MAT, SPH 307 rmacadoo@lcsc.edu 792-2083: English
• Christopher Norden, PhD, SPH 213 cnorden@lcsc.edu 792-2445:
English
• William Perconti, DMA, New Music Building bpercont@lcsc.edu
792-2334: Music
• Joseph Pergola, PhD, SPH 114 jmpergola@lcsc.edu 792-2118;
Philosophy
• Jill Rossiter, MA SPH 300B jrossite@lcsc.edu 792-2079: English
• Mark Sanders, PhD, SPH 110 mesanders@lcsc.edu 792-2301;
Creative Writing, Publishing Arts
• James Tarter, PhD, SPH 204-A jjtarter@lcsc.edu 792-2864:
Director of Writing, English
• Roberto Wagner, MS, MAT, SPH 205 rwagner@lcsc.edu 792-2296:
Spanish
• Kathie Wilcox, PhD, SPH 214 kwilcox@lcsc.edu 792-2337:
Communication Arts
OVERVIEW
The Humanities Division offers a BA/BS degree in Communication
Arts, and a BA in English, English: Creative Writing, and
English: Secondary Education. The division offers an AA in
Liberal Arts or Liberal Arts: Humanities, as well as minors in
Art, Communication, Creative Writing, English, Music, Nez Perce
Language, Publishing Arts, Spanish, Theatre, and a certificate
program in Video Production. Students in Humanities programs and
courses receive a rich exposure to both theoretical and
practical knowledge, preparing them for professional success as
well as further education. Humanities students have many
opportunities to demonstrate what they learn in the classroom to
the public: through student music and theater performances,
video productions, Talking River (a literary journal),
internships in the schools, peer consulting in the Writing
Center, fi lm festivals, art showings, and regular open mic
events.
The Humanities Division also
provides leadership for Writing Across the Curriculum, and is
deeply engaged in delivering General Education Core courses, as
well as foreign and heritage language courses, Philosophy,
professional preparation courses, and developmental courses.
These programs and courses help students achieve their
educational and professional objectives. Humanities faculty
invigorate their teaching and service with their scholarly and
creative endeavors, often in collaborative partnerships with
students.
MAJORS AND MINORS OFFERED
MAJORS
COMMUNICATION ARTS
Communications is an academic discipline that studies all forms
of human communication and encompasses a broad range of
communicative skills that are important for success in any
career or activity. Graduates with a degree in Communications
have entered a wide variety of occupations, including radio and
television broadcasting, public relations, technical editing,
sales, government and academic administration, teaching, etc.,
and a number have gone on to graduate and professional schools.
The degree is designed to give students an understanding of
communication in a variety of contexts (e.g., interpersonal,
intercultural, organizational, political and mass communication)
as well as prepare them to be effective, well-rounded
communicators. Opportunities exist for participation in such
co-curricular activities as the Communications Student
Association, video production, and debate and forensics.
ENGLISH
The major in English is a versatile degree, valued in the
growing segment of the job market where critical thinking, clear
communication, and writing skills are a priority; for these same
reasons it is also a recognized gateway to many professional
graduate programs such as law school and medical school.
Students who enjoy literature and are interested in growing as
writers will fi nd a major in English both an enjoyable and a
marketable degree. Culminating in a senior research project
developed in close consultation with one or more faculty
members, the major is designed to ensure broad familiarity with
major periods and genres of American, British, and International
literature, and is therefore a way of studying history and human
cultures as well. Sense of community is strong amongst LCSC
English majors, who provide a number of services to the campus
community, including staffing our campus Writing Center.
ENGLISH: SECONDARY EDUCATION
This program acquaints students with a wide array of literary
works as well as thematic, critical, and cultural perspectives
that will enable graduates to teach literature and writing in
diverse contexts. Methods courses in teaching composition and
literature enable students to integrate theory and practice in
the classroom. Many English Secondary Education majors gain
valuable experience as Peer Consultants in the LCSC Writing
Center. Additional study in Spanish or Nez Perce language (both
of which offer minors and teaching endorsements) and in creative
writing enhances prospective teachers’ professional preparation.
ENGLISH: CREATIVE WRITING
This is a program with a tradition of excellence in which
students have the opportunity to work with all genres of
literary writing: poetry, fiction and nonfiction, from beginning
classes through intermediate and advanced. Students become
familiar with a wide array of writing, both published work and
peer review. Classes engender critical discussion on content and
the specific ways that craft can enhance or resolve problems in
their work. These classes are taught in a supportive, yet
constructively critical workshop format that builds the kind of
community most conducive to a successful learning and writing
experience. These classes are geared for a wide array of student
interests: from those who are seriously pursuing a creative
writing career, to those who just wish to explore creative
expression. In addition to the English requirements, students
are required to complete three workshops in any (or all) of the
three genres, as well as an editing class in which they will
work on the creative writing program’s literary magazine.
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
The Interdisciplinary Studies major permits students the
opportunity to design a course of study to satisfy personal and
career goals. Students interested in an academic area within the
Interdisciplinary option MUST contact the division office of the
discipline they intend to pursue as their primary area of study.
See the Academic Dean section for additional information on this
major.
SPEECH/DRAMA: SECONDARY
EDUCATION ENDORSEMENT
Students enrolled in a Secondary Education program may also opt
to complete the requirements, including coursework and required
Praxis II exams, for an Idaho state subject endorsement in
Communication (Speech) and/or Communication (Drama).
ASSOCIATE DEGREES
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE IN
LIBERAL ARTS
A two-year program, requiring 64 credits, which allows students
to explore different areas of study, complete the general
education core and transfer into a 4-year baccalaureate program.
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE IN
LIBERAL ARTS:
HUMANITIES
This program, requiring 64 credits, allows students to focus on
the humanities for their two-year degree. The Humanities
emphasis includes choices from the following areas: Art,
Communication Arts, English, Music, Nez Perce, or Spanish.
Students focus their emphasis credits in three of these areas.
Students who graduate with a two-year degree in the Humanities
can market both oral and written communication skills and some
may have a second language skill.
MINORS
ART
A minor in art is dedicated to promoting the development and
implementation of visual literacy. We strive to cultivate
analytical thinking by examining historical attitudes toward
art. The art minor is an introduction to the world of fine and
performing arts. In studio courses, an art minor offers students
excellent technical capabilities as well as a descriptive
vocabulary, concepts and theories that are universal to the
study of the humanities. In conjunction with the importance of
success within the humanities, an art minor offers a strong link
to a continuing study of the fine arts and may spawn a career in
the arts through an eventual MFA. The principles of art
criticism, aesthetics, and techniques are foundations that
engage independent thought.
COMMUNICATION ARTS
Communication Arts gives students the skills they need to be
effective communicators in a wide range of social and
professional contexts. Employers consistently rank these skills
among the most important for success in any career, making the
Communication Arts minor the perfect complement to any course of
study. Students work with faculty advisors to choose courses
that meet their career goals within the framework of a sound
liberal arts education. The minor in Communication Arts also
provides exciting opportunities for students to gain “hands-on”
experience via internships and co-curricular activities.
CREATIVE WRITING
This minor enables students to explore and develop their
creative writing skills in fiction, poetry and nonfiction.
ENGLISH
A minor in English has value to anyone seeking a deeper
awareness of the interplay of thought, emotion, cultural
attitudes, and artistic expression. Moreover, students who want
to enhance their job opportunities as well as opportunities for
advancement in any fild should consider an English minor, which
will help them develop skills that employers seek: strong,
sophisticated thinking, writing, and speaking abilities. The
English minor lays a foundation in reading, writing, and
thinking that will give students a basis for active engagement
in their communities and bring them personal satisfaction and
pleasure.
MUSIC
The music minor provides an excellent opportunity to add an
exciting dimension to your education. Consisting of two main
areas—performance and academics—the music minor challenges
students to become better musicians, to join others in
community-music making, and to learn more about music in
general. Performance includes Applied Music (private lessons)
and music ensembles such as choir and jazz band. The academic
side of the minor includes courses such as Conducting, Music
Fundamentals and Music Survey.
POLICIES FOR FOREIGN/HERITAGE
LANGUAGE MINORS
Because all lower-division courses in foreign and heritage
languages are intended for nonnative speakers and because
students’ levels and types of proficiency vary widely, a
prerequisite for each language course above the 101 course
number is the permission of the instructor. Students with
proficiency apparently adequate for a given course may challenge
the course for credit or enroll in a more advanced course and,
upon successful completion, thereby receive credit for the
course earlier in the sequence. Credit for laboratory courses
may not be gained through examination or placement. Minor
programs in languages aim to achieve language proficiency at the
standardized level of intermediate-high as defined by the
Proficiency Guidelines of the American Council on the Teaching
of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).
NEZ PERCE LANGUAGE
LCSC and the Nez Perce Tribe have partnered to develop the Nez
Perce Language minor. The goal of this program is for students
to develop considerable fluency in Nez Perce, as well as
competency in the culture. In the first year, students learn the
foundations of the language and participate in cooking, root
digging, and other cultural activities. In the second year, they
continue their learning through reading the original Coyote
stories told by the elders. This provides students with a strong
foundation in the oral literature. In the third year, students
are mentored one-on-one with elders to develop conversational
fluency and increase their cultural knowledge. Students should
note that the labs (109 and 209) must be taken each semester the
first two years. Those who complete the minor may apply for
certification to teach in the public schools by completing an
additional class in teaching methods given in the Education
Division (see advisor for qualifying classes) and by
successfully completing a certification process that includes a
mentorship program, and oral and written examinations.
PUBLISHING ARTS
This minor helps prepare students for careers in publishing fi
elds by introducing them to theory and practice in the
publishing arts, from writing, editing, design, and printing, to
technical production, marketing, and distribution of
publications.
SPANISH
This program requires 24 credits in the Spanish language; these
credits can be obtained by completing the succession of Spanish
courses from Beginning Spanish 101 through the 300 level. A
minimum of 3 credits must be completed at LCSC. Up to 12 credits
may be obtained by advanced placement, and up to 16 credits by
the course challenge process (SPAN 101 through SPAN 202). At all
levels of Spanish instruction in language and literature,
emphasis is placed on building communication skills and
developing greater cultural awareness and appreciation. The
Spanish courses are designed to prepare students to enter a
competitive workforce in which bilingual communication skills
are becoming more and more crucial, regardless of a student’s
major field of study.
THEATRE
The Theatre minor provides students with opportunities to
develop an holistic understanding of the human psyche through
live-story-telling on stage. Theatre classes and productions
emphasize awareness and acceptance of socio-economic, racial,
religious, and ethnic differences within a global society.
Students who seek to take risks through developing a character,
or who seek to learn how to organize, design, and/or direct a
theatrical production will benefit from the Theatre minor.
Because theatre encompasses many disciplines, it is an excellent
way for students to enhance their education by encouraging
artistic sensitivity and teaching them to work collaboratively
with fellow artists.
VIDEO PRODUCTION CERTIFICATE
The video production program teaches students the fundamentals
of video production. Students learn the technical aspects of
operating video equipment, the processes involved in creating
video projects and the theoretical principles underlying video
as a medium for communication. This certificate program requires
hands-on production work with digital video. All students in the
program develop a portfolio and demo reel.
ASSESSMENT
COMMUNICATION ARTS
Students majoring in Communication Arts are expected to gain
and demonstrate the following abilities:
1. Conduct research with
originality and creativity.
2. Orally present an argument
logically, succinctly, and clearly.
3. Prepare well-documented
reports.
4. Write with
grammatical correctness and verbal conciseness.
5. Form aesthetic/critical
judgments of oral discourse.
6. Communicate effectively
with other people.
7. Adapt to cultural
diversity.
8. Analyze and solve complex
problems.
9. Continue learning and
training.
ENGLISH
Students majoring in English are expected to gain and
demonstrate the following abilities:
1. Analyze and interpret
texts.
2. Write effectively.
3. Speak effectively.
4. Practice both imaginative
and intellectual modes of understanding.
5. Be conversant with major
literary texts and movements.
6. Conduct specialized
research in literature, writing, language, or cultural
studies.
7. Think critically about
individual and collective systems of value and belief.
8. Communicate in a second
language.
9. Apply knowledge of
literature, research, and writing to other disciplines.
NEZ PERCE OR SPANISH LANGUAGE
Students minoring in either the Nez Perce or Spanish language
are expected to gain and demonstrate the abilities to:
1. Understand long stretches
of connected discourse on fa-miliar topics pertaining to
different times and places.
2. Speak with enough skill to
handle most communicative tasks and social situations.
3. Read simple connected
texts on topics about which the reader has personal interest
or knowledge.
4. Write with sufficient
skill to meet most practical needs and limited social
demands.
5. Be conversant about
aspects of the cultures where the language is spoken: social
and cultural institutions, customs and conventions of
interpersonal communication, geography, achievements in the
arts (especially literature), and current events.
ADVISING
Advisors work with students to ensure they make satisfactory
progress towards meeting degree requirements as well as their
personal goals and career objectives.
CLUBS
• Alpha Psi Omega
• LCSC Concert Choir
• LCSC Jazz Band
• Spanish Club
• Talking River Writers Association
• Theatre Club PREPARATION FOR FUTURE
PREPARATION FOR FUTURE
GRADUATE STUDIES
Faculty advisors are available to help Communication Arts and
English majors prepare for graduate study in these disciplines.
THEATRE AND MUSIC PROGRAMS
Theatrical productions are an important activity at LCSC, with
on-campus productions each semester. All students, regardless of
previous experience, are encouraged to audition.
Concerts and recitals are
prepared each year by the Music Department. The jazz band and
choir provide performance opportunities for students with
previous experience.
