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4 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 200The Holocaust: Past, Present, and Future3

[GSR] This course is a team-taught, multidisciplinary course examining the Holocaust through the perspectives of history, psychology, sociology, art, music, language, and literature. It will include discussions and activities with students and faculty teams dealing with the historical and social conditions leading up to the Holocaust, the resulting dehumanization and death, and well as the strategies for survival. The course will also examine the post-war dangers of neo-Nazism, totalitarianism, racism, and intolerance in our own times. Students will be asking themselves difficult, often painful, questions about their own feelings on these subjects by reading, writing, inquiring, and interacting as they work toward becoming more informed and humane members of society. 3 Credit(s). This course has been identified in the General Education Curriculum as meeting the Global and Social Responsibility [GSR] requirement.

Subject
HUM
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hour(s)
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Source
ferrum.catalog.acalog.com
Prerequisite
ENG 112 - Composition & Research with a grade of “C” or higher. (Please see HUM 300 if you are seeking 300-level credit.) Course Session Cycle: Spring Semester Course Yearly Cycle: Even Years
HUM 300The Holocaust: Past, Present, and Future3

This course is a team-taught, multidisciplinary course examining the Holocaust through the perspectives of history, psychology, sociology, art, music, language, and literature. It will include discussions and activities with students and faculty teams dealing with the historical and social conditions leading up to the Holocaust, the resulting dehumanization and death, and well as the strategies for survival. The course will also examine the post-war dangers of neo-Nazism, totalitarianism, racism, and intolerance in our own times. Students will be asking themselves difficult, often painful, questions about their own feelings on these subjects by reading, writing, inquiring, and interacting as they work toward becoming more informed and humane members of society. 3 Credit(s).

Subject
HUM
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hour(s)
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Source
ferrum.catalog.acalog.com
Prerequisite
ENG 112 - Composition & Research with a grade of “C” or higher and junior standing. Course Session Cycle: Spring Semester Course Yearly Cycle: Even Years
HUM 302African-American Studies: Forty Years and a Dream3

This is an interdisciplinary course examining African-American history and culture for the last forty years, from King’s “I Have a Dream” speech to the present. A team of faculty and guest speakers from English, sociology, religion, history, criminal justice, education, and athletics will analyze developments in African-American life in their fields. Students will seek to answer questions regarding the accomplishments and failures of the ideals of the Civil Rights movement and begin to understand the forces shaping black life today, particularly in regard to young people. 3 Credit(s).

Subject
HUM
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hour(s)
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Source
ferrum.catalog.acalog.com
Prerequisite
ENG 112 - Composition & Research with a grade of “C” or higher. Junior standing. Course Session Cycle: Spring Semester Course Yearly Cycle: Even Years
HUM 333Intercultural Conflict Mediation3

This course engages intercultural differences that have led to major conflict in our time, examining causes and considering approaches to mediation and possible resolution. Designed exclusively for the 3-week term, the course will at each offering focus on one particularly compelling conflict in which students will become immersed in a culturally divisive setting and become personally involved in a mediating function. 3 Credit(s).

Subject
HUM
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hour(s)
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Source
ferrum.catalog.acalog.com
Prerequisite
ENG 112 - Composition & Research with a grade of “C” or better and a letter of recommendation from the student’s faculty advisor.

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