19 courses with the subject HUM, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
HUM 1103Introduction to Film Studies3
Catalog Description This course is a study of the main elements and art of film. It is designed to create more sophisticated, aware, and critical film viewers. The course incorporates film screenings, weekly readings, writing assignments, and discussions. Students must be prepared to access and view all course films outside of class.
Catalog Description This course will focus on the prospect of living a meaningful life and how that life intersects with nature and society. It will do this primarily by bringing students to a greater awareness of their inner world and how it relates to and shapes the outerworld they will navigate through life. In particular, it will involve introspection on two important considerations in the development of a meaningful life: mindfulness and values. The former focuses attention on the lived experience in the social and natural world, while the latter explores what is desirable and worthwhile in life. Through selected readings, guided reflection, and experiential learning, students will develop greater mindfulness of their own lived experience in the world and identify the values that are significant to their understanding of a meaningful life.
HUM 1112Spanish and Latin American Culture: Conquest to present3
Catalog Description An introduction to the culture of the Spanish-speaking world from the time of the Spanish Conquest to the present with respect to politics and social life, literature, religion, music, and the arts. Through assigned readings and multi-media presentations students will discover the rich variety of Hispanic cultures that exist today and how have they developed over the past 500 years. This course is taught in English; no previous knowledge of Spanish is required.
Catalog Description In this course, students will study the development and transformation of Western culture that began in the 17th century and climaxed in the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment of the 18th century. The course emphasizes ideas in their time frame; illustrates how creative achievements like music, art, literature, philosophy, architecture, science, and society influence one another; and provides an understanding of how people inherit as well as create culture.
HUM 1151Humanities in the Era of Romanticism and Realism3
Catalog Description In this course, students will primarily study 19th century Western culture, emphasizing ideas associated with the age of romanticism and the development of socialism, feminism, industrialization, and evolutionary theory. It will illustrate how 19th century creative achievements like music, art, literature, philosophy, architecture, science, and society influence one another and reflect their times. It also provides an understanding of how people inherit as well as create culture.
HUM 1161Humanities in the Modern to Postmodern World3
Catalog Description This course covers the development and transformation of Western culture that began in the 19th century and continues in the 21st century. It illustrates how creative achievements like music, art, literature, philosophy, architecture, science, and society respond to, and reflect, the 20th century experiences of totalitarianism, mass society, modern technology, and world war. In addition, this course provides an understanding of how people inherit, as well as create, culture, and how new ideas contribute to a continuing dialogue about the human condition.
Catalog Description This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of global studies. The student will learn to see the world as a global citizen with an understanding of how economics, politics, religions, cultures, and the arts all interact across regions and nations to address issues critical for our well-being.
Catalog Description Introduction to the civilization and culture of the German-speaking world, with emphasis on the comparison of cultures and on present trends in political and social life, literature, and the arts. This course is taught in English; no previous knowledge of German is required.
Catalog Description Introduction to the civilization and culture of the French-speaking world, with emphasis on the comparison of cultures and on present trends in political and social life, literature, and the arts. This course is taught in English; no previous knowledge of French is required.
Catalog Description This course aims to foster an accurate and nuanced understanding of Islam in its influence upon, and development within, many cultures. The course will introduce students to the foundational events and historical development of Islam as a religion and a culture within diverse political structures throughout the Muslim world. Special attention will also be given to the contemporary Muslim world and its dialogue with Christianity, Judaism, and Western culture.
Catalog Description This course presents an overview of Arab history and cultures. Students will explore the developments and experiences of Arabs through a study of geography, governance, religion, ethnicity, gender, class, the arts and humanities, and daily life. In addition to a historical context, the course will include current political and social issues pertaining to relations between Arabs and non-Arabs throughout the world.
Catalog Description This course is designed to introduce students to Africa. It examines the geographic, historical, and cultural diversity of North, East, West, and Southern Africa societies and provides an understanding of modern Africa by exploring African literature, art, music, political and economic structures, and social structures. This course applies to world and global studies requirements.
Catalog Description This course offers the study of women within the cultural history of Western civilization. It examines significant events and ideas from antiquity to the present that have affected women’s lives and position in society and studies the artistic and intellectual contributions of women to the development of the Western World.
Catalog Description This course will introduce students to the varied experiences of women in the United States, as well as changing ideas about women and gender itself, through an interdisciplinary study within the arts and humanities. It examines the cultural legacies and traditions which have influenced the lives of women, and recognizes the creative contributions American women have made, and continue to make, within these contexts to the country’s development.
Catalog Description This course will introduce students to varied experiences of women in countries outside the U.S., as well as changing ideas about women and gender itself, through an interdisciplinary study within the arts and humanities. Students will examine issues of cultural diversity, race, class, religious and social structures, literature, the arts, politics, and economic development as they affect and reflect the historical and contemporary experiences of women around the globe.
HUM 2241Heritage of the Western World: Greek World3
Catalog Description In this course, students will study, in historical context, the literature and art produced during the ancient Greek world that has proved of enduring value or influence in molding contemporary culture. Works will be read either in their entirety or in part (e.g., The Iliad, The Odyssey, Oedipus, Aeschylus, Euripides, The Poetics, Aristophanes’ The Clouds). Art and architecture of the period will also be considered.
HUM 2251Heritage of the Western World: Rome and Christianity3
Catalog Description In this course, students will study, in historical context, the literature and art produced during the ancient Roman world that has proved of enduring value or influence upon contemporary culture. Works will be read either in their entirety or in part (e.g., Satires of Juvenal, Catullus’ Odi et Amo, Vergil’s Aeneid, Metamorphoses of Ovid, Pseudolus of Plautus, New Testament, Confessions of St. Augustin). Art and architecture from the period will also be considered.
HUM 2261Heritage of the Western World: Medieval World3
Catalog Description In this course, students will study, in historical context, the literature and art produced during the ancient and medieval world that has proved of enduring value or influence in molding contemporary culture. Works will be read either in their entirety or in part (e.g., Beowulf, Song of Roland, Dante’s Divine Comedy, Decameron, Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight). Art and architecture of the period will also be considered.
HUM 2271Heritage of the Western World: Renaissance and Reformation3
Catalog Description In this course, students will study, in historical context, the literature and art produced during the Renaissance and Reformation that has proved of enduring value or influence in molding contemporary culture. Works will be read either in their entirety or in part (e.g., Christine de Pisan’s Book of the City of Ladies, Pico’s Oration on the Dignity of Man, More’s Utopia, Luther’s Address, Shakespeare). Art and architecture of the period will also be considered, as well as cross-cultural encounters between Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans.
