Humanities

Courses in the humanities focus on the ways individuals and cultures have interpreted and understood themselves, others, and the world. Courses may explore the nature and meaning of artistic forms (across the spectrum of the fine arts and literature of the past and present), human values and value systems (including current and historical ideas in philosophy and religion), and other expressions of human aspiration, belief, and creation. Courses in this area teach verbal, analytic, perceptual, and imaginative skills needed to interpret and examine culture,community, identity formation, and the human experience.

All students must complete at least 3 s.h. of course work in this area. Students may use a second 3 s.h. of course work approved in this area to partially complete the Distributed General Education component of the General Education Program.

Course List

045:001 has been renamed Understanding American Cultures. Students who have taken the course in the past under the old title should not retake the course.

Unless otherwise indicated, all courses are offered for 3 s.h.

01H:001 Art and Visual Culture
01H:002 Arts of Africa
01H:003 Art of Pre-Columbian America, Native America, and Oceania
01H:004 Masterpieces: Art and Cultural Paradigms
01H:066 Introduction to American Art
08C:001 Creative Writing Studio Workshop
08G:002 Biblical and Classical Literature
08G:003 Medieval and Renaissance Literature
08G:004 Heroes & Villains
08G:005/149:005 Literatures of Native American Peoples
08G:006 Fictions
08G:007 Poetry
08G:008 Drama
08G:009 American Lives
08G:011 Literature and Sexualities
08G:012 Comic and Tragic Literature
08G:014/129:008 Literatures of the African Peoples
08G:015 Women and Literature
009:030 Cultural Misunderstandings: France and the U.S.A.
009:055/033:055 Revolutions in 19th Century France
010:131/036:143 Classical Rhetoric and Greek Culture

(010:131 removed from GE status effective August 24, 2009)
13E:017 Medieval German Literature: Heroic and Erotic, 3-4 s.h.

13E:066 Pact with the Devil (effective Spring 2009)
13E:075 Scandinavian Crime Fiction (effective Spring 2009)

13E:080 King Arthur through the Ages
13E:118 The Third Reich and Literature
13E:119 German Film

018:132 Images of Modern Italy, 3-4 s.h.
20E:014 Hero, God, Mortal: Literature of Greece
20E:015 Love and Glory: Literature of Rome
20E:112/008:125 Classical Mythology
20E:115/032:164 Greek Religion and Society
20E:116/032:118 Roman Religion and Society
024:102/07S:112/097:115/113:103 Introduction to Museology
025:013 Concepts and Contexts of Western Music
025:014 Great Musicians
025:104 Music of Latin America and the Caribbean
026:061 Introduction to Philosophy
026:102 Introduction to Ethics
030:030 Introduction to Political Thought and Political Action
032:002 Religion and Society
032:003 Quest for Human Destiny
032:006/039:006 Introduction to Buddhism
032:016 Religion and Liberation
032:034/129:050 Introduction to African-American Religions
032:051 Religious Thinkers of the West
032:052/131:060 Woman and Islam in the Middle East
032:111/131:111 Religion and Women
032:155 Human Rights and Islam
033:154 Human Nature and the Impact of Science
035:020 Contemporary Spanish American Narrative
038:020 Contemporary Brazilian Narrative

039:018/032:008 Asian Humanities: India

039:019/032:009 Asian Humanities: China

039:020 Asian Humanities: Japan

041:093 Slavic Folklore
045:001 Understanding American Cultures
048:002 Survey of Film
048:010 Contemporary Cinema
048:021 Introduction to European Film
048:040/008:040 Major Texts in World Literature I
048:041/008:041 Major Texts of World Literature II
049:001 Art of the Theatre
129:061/045:030 Introduction to African American Culture
137:080/188:080 Dance and Society
143:050 Honors Seminar in Humanities

169:040/033:040 The Good Society
169:050/033:050 Making Choices: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
169:072 Leisure and the Liberal Arts

188:161/049:161/137:161 The Arts in Performance