Arts & Humanities Major

I. Major Requirements: Arts & Humanities

Students will complete a minimum of 40 semester credits in Arts & Humanities. Arts & Humanities include the Linfield departments of Art, Communications, English, Modern Languages, Music, Philosophy/Religion (identified as one department for purposes of this program) and Theatre and Communication Arts.

Students must complete at least 21 semester credits of their major through Linfield coursework. The Senior Seminar (IDS 485, 3 credits), the Senior Project (IDS 490, 3 credits) and IDS 320/321 Western Thought I & II (6 credits) may count toward the 21.

A minimum of 15 semester credits (5 courses) in the major will be in Linfield courses numbered 300 and above. These courses will concentrate in the disciplines proposed for the research project, with a minimum of two upper division Linfield courses in each of the disciplines proposed for the research project.

Courses counting toward the 40 semester credits required in the major may be from no less than two and no more than three departments. No more than 20 credits from any one department may be counted toward the 40 semester credit minimum for the major.

Students must complete ENG 377 Fundamentals of Research Writing prior to enrolling in the senior seminar.

The Senior Seminar is offered fall semester on the McMinnville campus. Students need to plan their programs to include this capstone experience after all prerequisites are met.

II. Prerequisite for IDS 485 Arts & Humanities Senior Seminar

Students must submit the following material to the instructor prior to the first class meeting:

• A one-half page written preliminary proposal that indicates the areas of interest proposed. It is expected that all Arts & Humanities proposals will be multi-disciplinary in concept engaging at least two, but not more than three, disciplinary approaches.

  Rationale:
  Since the coursework in the Arts & Humanities draws on many humanities disciplines with no one discipline currently offering a full range of courses to warrant in-depth study in one discipline, this major will capitalize on multiple perspectives offered by the program. The preliminary proposal will also give the coordinator/instructor of the seminar a sense of whether or not the proposal is achievable given the resources of the program.

• A recommendation from a Linfield humanities professor with whom the student has taken a Linfield humanities course commenting on the student's preparedness to do independent work.
• One graded writing sample from a Linfield humanities course already taken, plus a self appraisal from the student identifying writing skills needing further work.

  Students must have completed the following coursework prior to the senior seminar:

• ENG 377 Fundamentals of Research Writing
• Six semester credits for History of Western Thought/History of Western Culture/History of World Civilizations.

Rationale:
Since this is Linfield's introduction to the humanities, it provides the student with an experience of what the humanities are all about. The above-listed courses are multi-disciplinary in approach and thus consistent with the ADP Arts & Humanities major course work.

• Fifteen hours of Linfield upper-division credit (5 courses numbered 300 and above) with a minimum of two Linfield upper-division courses in each of the areas in which a student will propose a research project.

  Rationale:
  Students must have done preliminary work in the proposed areas of his/her project to test his/her interest and capability to do further work in the areas.

III. Project Proposal Portion of IDS 485

Pick a Topic.
A topic is what the project will be about. It needs to be in the general area of the arts and humanities. It will be a topic that would normally be engaged in two of the following disciplines: Art, English, Modern Languages, Music, Communications, Philosophy/Religion or Theatre. It could also include History as it applies to the humanities: History of Art, History of Literature, History of Civilization, History of Culture, History of Religion, History of Philosophy, etc.

Pick two humanities disciplines in which you wish to work.
You should have completed at least two Linfield courses at the 300-level or above in each of the disciplines you choose. You may choose a third discipline if it is appropriate; however, make sure you do not spread yourself so thin that you cannot enter your project in depth.

Pick a cultural artifact that will be the focus of your study.
This can be a portion of a text, a painting, a character in a play. Make your artifact as concrete as possible: something that is identifiable and has boundaries. An idea or value would be a bit too abstract. If you wish to work with an idea, find a text in which it is treated and offer the text as the cultural artifact.

Prepare an annotated bibliography related to your cultural artifact.
The bibliography should center in the disciplines in which you have chosen to work. You may wish to organize your bibliographic entries according to discipline. The Extended Services Librarian will also evaluate the bibliography. Be sure to give evidence of having explored relevant journal articles.

Formulate a thesis position about your artifact.
You should be able to express your thesis as one idea, in the affirmative, no conjunctions, no dependent clauses, no prepositional phrases. This thesis may be revised as you work on your project. The thesis represents what you personally want to convince your readers about in your project.

Formulate a defense of your thesis within the two or three disciplines in which you have chosen to work.
This means your thesis should lend itself to the disciplines, and a statement of your methodology should include how you see the disciplines contributing to your defense.

For the IDS485 project proposal, write an introduction.
The introduction should be 10-15 pages typed, double-spaced. Normally an introduction is written last so that it will prepare the reader for what you finally conclude. The project introduction will be written after you have done steps 1-6 and therefore concludes your work for the IDS 485 Arts & Humanities Seminar. It becomes, then, a road map for IDS 490, the work on the project itself. After you finish your work for IDS 490, you will write a new introduction. The content of the IDS 485 introduction will summarize and organize the material you have worked on in steps 1-6 above.

IV. IDS 490: Arts & Humanities Senior Project

By passing the seminar, it is assumed that you are now ready to work independently on your project.
It will have been approved by the two readers who will evaluate the final project, and the Extended Services Librarian will have confirmed that you can work independently in the library. Should you have questions along the way, your project mentor is available for consultation. The Extended Services Librarian is available in the library.

Send a copy of your first draft to each of your two readers.
I would recommend doing this around April 1 so there is time for feedback. The project need not be completed. Send what you have.

Send a copy of your second draft to each of your readers.
I would recommend doing this around May 1 so there is time for feedback. The project by this time should be nearing completion.

If you envision completing the project in the spring, the due date is during finals week.

Individual presentations of your project will be scheduled shortly thereafter.
You will be asked to summarize your findings orally for about ten minutes to a group, including those who will evaluate your project and any other interested persons, and then allow opportunity for those gathered to discuss the project.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Arts & Humanities

• A minimum of 40 semester credits in Arts & Humanities. Arts & Humanities include the Linfield departments of Art, Communications, English, Modern Languages, Music, Religion/Philosophy, and Theater.
• Courses counting toward the 40 semester credits may be from no more than three departments. No more than 20 semester credits from any one department will count toward the 40 required credits.
• Students must complete a minimum of 21 semester credits in the major through Linfield coursework (includes ENG 377, IDS 320 and 321)
• A minimum of 15 semester hours in the major will be from courses numbered 300 and above.
• The 40 credits in the major will include a senior seminar and project. ENG 377 Fundamentals of Research Writing and IDS 320 & 321 History of Western Thought I & II are prerequisites to the senior seminar. Ask your advisor for further information on the seminar and project.
• All Arts & Humanities majors must complete coursework to fulfill the Bachelor's program requirement (one year of college-level foreign language).

Linfield Courses Offered in the Arts & Humanities Major

Note: Lower-division courses will be offered only on weekends, as guided studies or on the Portland, Eugene or McMinnville campuses. Students may not take both PHI 315 Business, Ethics and Society and PHI 403 Professional Ethics for credit.