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This is an overview of the group of modules that I have produced for an interdisciplinary humanities course
that incorporates music, visual arts, literature, and philosophy.
The interdisciplinary course that I teach emphasizes the introduction of the various disciplines, but
there is no specific content material that students must master for the course. Instead, students are expected
to master, for instance, philosophical argumentation, elements of music, and theme and narrative in literature.
Selection of appropriate primary texts is left to the individual instructors. There is an emphasis on the depth
of understanding of key concepts in the various fields rather than a survey of material.
For the modules that I produced, I wanted to build on and add on to earlier understanding both of
technology and of content material, "scaffolding" from the easiest to the hardest as Bruna has suggested.
For this group, I focused on visual arts, but I have included modules for music, literature, and technology;
the latter are tutorials for students who may not be well-acquainted with such enhancements as graphic presentations.
Each module has a more explicit explanation attached to it.
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Outline of Modules
Visual Arts
Music
General
Literature
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A note about some of the PowerPoint presentations: Because of copyright issues, I do not include images or
music excerpts of the material that I would normally show, but I do give full citations. Wright College, the
school where I teach, does have, for instance, a site license for the images used in some of the modules, but
the license doesn't extend beyond the boundaries of the school. I am also in the process of getting musical clips
that can be used without the problems associated with licensing.
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