WMNST 003
Women in the Arts and Humanities

Instructor: Mary Vollero (mcv2@psu.edu)

No Text Required

Course Goals:
This course will examine the work of women artists and explore gender issues women confront in the art world. We will discuss important women artists throughout history as well as contemporary American women artists of varying ethnic backgrounds.

Course Objectives:
Through exposure to artwork through slides, videos, and writings students will gain insight to gender issues concerning various women artists. Students will also consider what has typically been credited as “fine-art” and consider women’s contributions in folk art and crafts. In addition, this course will also explore how women have been portrayed in works of art and popular culture throughout history. We will look at how images of women have changed through the ages and how contemporary women artists explore these issues in their own artwork.

Course Expectations and Assignments:
Journal: Students will keep a journal. Students will be expected to take notes and write a thoughtful entry after each class. Some specific topics and assignments will be given for students to write in their journals outside of class.
Presentation: Students will present an artist to the class. Presentations are to be about a living woman artist, to last from 10 -15 minutes.
Participation and Attendance: Students will be expected to participate in class discussions. Attendance is necessary to accomplish that. Also, because we will not work from a book, attendance is very important.

Grading Policy

94-100 = A (Excellent)
90-93 = A- (Nearly Excellent)
88-89 = B+ (Very Good)
83-87 = B (Good)
80-82 = B- (Better than Average)
78-79 = C+ (Average plus)
70-77 = C (Average)
60-69 = D
0-59 = Failing
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SEE TENATIVE SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE!)

Academic Integrity:
DO NOT COPY any one else's work or take credit for someone else's artwork.
Do not hand in work that was done before this class or for another class.
It is understood that at this level of education, academic dishonesty of any type will not be tolerated and will result in immediate disciplinary action. It is further understood that cheating on examinations and out of class assignments will result in a failure grade (F) for that student in the course. Plagiarism and copying reports and assignments from other students, publications, or Internet resources will also result in disciplinary action that will seriously affect the student's grade for the course.
Academic Integrity: All students are expected to act with civility, personal integrity; respect other students' dignity, rights and property; and help create and maintain an environment in which all can succeed through the fruits of their own efforts. An environment of academic integrity is requisite to respect for self and others and a civil community.
Academic integrity includes a commitment to not engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or deception. Such acts of dishonesty include cheating or copying, plagiarizing, submitting another persons' work as one's own, using Internet sources without citation, fabricating field data or citations, "ghosting" (taking or having another student take an exam), stealing examinations, tampering with the academic work of another student, facilitating other students' acts of academic dishonesty, etc.
Students charged with a breach of academic integrity will receive due process and, if the charge is found valid, academic sanctions may range, depending on the severity of the offense, from F for the assignment to F for the course.
The University's statement on academic integrity, from which the above statement is drawn, is available at http://www.psu.edu/ Additional Information

Commonwealth College Disability Statement
Penn State is committed to providing access to a quality education for all students, including those with documented disabilities. If a student has a disability and wishes an accommodation for a course, it is the student's responsibility to obtain a University letter confirming the disability and suggesting appropriate accommodation. This letter can be requested from the campus Disability Contact Liaison, Janet L. Yates, Assistant Director of Student Affairs, room 101 Hiller Building.
Students are encouraged to request accommodation early in the semester so that, once identified, reasonable accommodation can be implemented in a timely manner.

Changes to Syllabus
I anticipate that we will follow the schedule outlined here, but adjustments may be made. Any changes will be announced in class and/or distributed or via Email. Be sure to check with a classmate after an absence to see if assignments have changed. I may also change basis for the course grade; if I do, I will inform everyone.
Remaining in the course after reading this syllabus will signal that you accept the possibility of changes and responsibility for being aware of them.

If you have any questions do feel free to contact me.

Thanks,
Mary Vollero
http://art.net/~mary/ART003.html
mcv2@psu.edu