Explore and Understand the Fine and Performing Arts (ARTS)

The fine and performing arts rely on both cognitive and intuitive thinking, a balance of knowledge and creativity, technical skills and insight, all employed in an effort to express that which cannot be conveyed through words alone. The fine and performing arts entertain, move, and stimulate, and to comprehend their power and complexity one must understand the particular skills and materials employed, as well as the cultural, historical, and intellectual context of that employment. Consideration of the arts also enables us to explore the nature of creativity. Experiencing, studying, and practicing the arts sensitize us to the ideas, emotions and values of different individuals, peoples, and times. Art is thus a powerful vehicle through which societies examine, challenge, express, and shape themselves.

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SBC Learning Outcomes