The University ofBritish ColumbiaFaculty ofArts

ARTS ONE PROGRAMME

Arts One is a nine-unit, first-year programme of liberal education. It istaken in place of three other courses, and students are awarded creditfor English 100. (3 units), Philosophy 100 (3 units) and three units offirst-year History. Each Arts One Group studies a particular theme,and each theme is approached via a reading list which includes worksfrom a variety of fields. The format of Arts One (see below) and thetheme approach enables students to devote considerable time and'energy to each of the readings and to their essay assignments.

How is Arts One organized? An Arts One Group consists of a maxi­mum of 100 students and 5 faculty members. Each student participatesin three kinds of classes: group meetings, seminars and tutorials. Theentire Group meets once a week for two hours" in order to provide acommon core of experience. At these Group meetings lectures aregiven by the staff or by invited guests; sometimes student productionsare presented, panel discussions held or films shown. Secondly, eachstudent is a member of a seminar which consists of a faculty memberand a maximum of 20 students. The seminar meets twice a week, oneand half hours each time. In the seminars the texts are examined, ideasfrom the Group meetings are discussed and some student essays areread. Thirdly, each seminar is divided into tutorial groups consisting of3 ur 4 students and the instructor. Each student attends one tutorial aweek. Here student essays are read, discussed and evaluated. Inaddition to these three kinds of classes, individual conferences arearranged when required.

Who participates in Arts One? Any student' who is accepted into thefirst year in the Faculty of Arts or the Faculty of Education is eligiblefor admission to the Arts One programme. (Students planning to enrolin other faculties may be eligible; they should consult the Faculty con­cerned.) A pre-registration form for Arts One is included in this bro­chure. These should be returned to the Arts One office by Wednesday,5th September, but if a student has not submitted a form by Registra­tion Week he or she may still enrol, space permitting. Students areadmitted to Arts One on a first-come, first-served basis. There are nospecial requirements for admission.

Students report many benefits from Arts One: informal discussion inseminars; participation with professors from a variety of disciplines; agreat deal of individual attention; and learning how to master ideasand to express themselves in essays.

How are credits and grades assigned in Arts One? Students are re­quired to do at least as much writing as those taking English 100,

normally an essay every other week. This written work is submitted tothe instructor in tutorials, and is the primary basis of grades.

Nine units of credit are given for successful completion of Arts One. Inaddition, students must take two other courses (6 units) to complete anormal first year load. The Calendar for 1979-80 should be consultedfor the pre-requisites of other departments. Course counselling in Artsmay be obtained through the office of the Senior Faculty Advisor inthe Buchanan Building, Room 207, (Telephone 228-4028). Members ofthe Arts One faculty will be available during the summer to discussthe programme. Appointments for Arts One counselling may be madeby calling the Arts One Office (228-3430).

All Arts One classes are held in the New Arts One Building - a funkybut friendly structure just west of the Education Building. There is acoffee lounge in the building and students are- encouraged to use it, aswell as other facilities. In the past, students have organized socialactivities, film series and a literary magazine, among other things.

Timetable: Next year there will be two Arts One Groups. Thethemes and reading lists are described on this and the following twopages. Below are the timetables for both Groups. A student must pickONE Group and then two seminars in that group offered by the sameinstructor. Tutorials will be arranged during the first week of classes;they will be scheduled to fit in with your timetable.

TIMETABLE 1979/80

Group A

VARIETIES OF CREATIVE P'ROCESS

Staff: Paul Burns (Classics & Theology), Geoffrey Creigh (English),Geoffrey Durrant (English), Ian Slater (Political Science),Frank Whitman (English).

From Ancient Times to the present day a principal preoccupation ofWestern man has been, and remains, the ordering of his own conscious­ness and the imposition of order on the world around him. In Varietiesof Creative Process we shall consider some of the ways in whichoutstanding thinkers have defined the nature of human consciousnessand how these definitions are reflected in poetry, art, science andpolitical theory. In doing so we hope to come to a fuller awarenessof the nature of our own world and a more informed appreciation ofhow it has been constructed and how it remains constantly subject tomodification and re-interpretation.

In Arts One we have a unique opportunity to interrelate the variousdisciplines of humanistic study and to interpret experience in anintegrated fashion. Our reading list, which ranges from establishedclassics to contemporary drama and fiction, exemplifies our objectives.

PROPOSED READING LIST:

GROUP A - "Varieties of Creative Process" - Large Meeting, Blue Room, Tuesday, 10:30-12:30

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

9:30-11:00 Durrant LA3 Durrant LA3

10:30-12:00 Burns LA1 Burns LA1

10:30-12:30 Large Meeting

11:00-12:30 Whitman LA5 Whitman LA5

1:30-3:00 Crelgh LA2 Creigh LA2

2:30-4:00 Slater LA4 SiaterLA4

GROUP B - "The Quest for Certainty" - Large Meeting, Blue Room, Tuesday, 1:30-3:30

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

9:30-11:00 WinterLB4 Huzel LB2 Bourgeois LB1 Bourgeois LB1

10:00-11:30 Sinel LB3 WinterLB4 Sinel LB3

11:00-12:30

1:30-3:30 Large Meeting

2:30-4:00 Westergard-Thor LBSHuzel LB2. & LBSWestergard-Thor lBS

1. The Classical TraditionSophocles: The The ban PlaysPlato: The RepublicAristotle: The PoeticsVergil: The AeneidYeats: Selected Poems

3. The Way of ScienceKuhn: The Structure ofScientific

RevolutionsEinstein/lnfeld: The Evolution of

PhysicsWatson/Crick:Double HelixSnow: The New MenWordsworth: Selected Poems

2. The Individual and SocietyHobbes: Leviathan (Selections)Rousseau: The Social ContractSwift: Gulliver's TravelsOrwell: 1984Bolt: A Man for All SeasonsBurgess: A Clockwork Orange

4. The Role of ImaginationKant: SelectionsColeridge: SelectionsGombrich: Art and Illusion (Selec-

tions)Jung: The Essential JungShakespeare: The TempestFowles: The MagusHardy: The Woodlanders.

GroupB

THE QUEST FOR CERTAINTY

Staff: W. Bourgeois (Philosophy), J. Huzel (History), M. Sinel (Eng­lish), J. Winter (History), W. Westergard-Thor, (History).

Many cultures intime have had distinctive and cohesive views of theworld. Our purpose this year will be to examine how these world viewshave been, shattered and how, in following generations, attempts havebeen made to' reconstruct new moral, social and political certainties.We will trace the cycle of generation and decay of authority and valuesin literature; philosophy, history and art through the movement fromthe breakdown of a medieval world view in the 16th and 17th centuriesto the period of rebuilding which followed. This brings us to the brinkof our own age in which we reenact the cycle of breakdown and recon­struction.

PROPOSED READING LIST:

1. The Sceptical RevolutionAchebe: Things Fall ApartShakespeare:lla~let

Hobbes: The LeviathanMachiavelli: The PrinceMontaigne: Selections from. the EssaysDescartes: Discourse on MethodVoltaire: CandideRousseau: Social Contract.

2. A New OrderHardy: The Mayor of CasterbridgeSmith: Selections from The Wealth ofNationsMalthus: Essay on the Principle ofPopulationZola:L 'assommoirWordsworth: Selected PoemsChekov: "The Peasant"DeToqueville: Democracu in A~erica, VoL IIMarx: Sociology and Social Philosophy

3. The Cycle RepeatedDostoevski: Notes from UndergroundNietzsche: Beyond Good and EvilFreud: Civilization and Its Discontents

.Frost: Selected PoemsBeckett: Waiting for Godot

Art in Process

Pre-Registration for the Arts One Program1979-80

This form should be completed by each student who wants to enrol inArts One. The student must have clear admission to the first year,University of British Columbia. Students are admitted on a first-come,first-served basis. There are no special requirements for admission.

1. Name: Mr./Mrs./Ms. :: _

2. Permanent or Home Address:

3. Vancouver Address (ifknown): _

4. Telephone Number: _

5. Name of Parent or Guardian (state which): _

6. High School attended and year of Graduation: _

7. Name of High School Counsellor: _

8. Please indicate the group in which you would prefer to be enrolled.No guarantee can be given, but every effort will be made to placeyou in the group of your choice:

Group A: Varieties of Creative Process (Group B: The Quest for Certainty (

Signature: _

U.B.C.Student Number (See Authorization to Register form) _

Mail or bring this form to:

Officeof Arts One,U.B.C.Vancouver, B.C.V6T 1W5

(Those applying after 5th September will be accepted if there is spaceavailable.l