May 01, 2024  
2020-2021 Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Humanities

  
  • HUM 1020 - Introduction to the Humanities


    (3 Credit Hours)
    (A.A.)


    This course meets Area IV of the A.A./A.S. general education requirements and is part of the International/Intercultural requirement. This course is a basic introduction to the study of the Humanities intended to establish or broaden an appreciation of the arts. The course surveys the development, function, and influences of the various humanistic disciplines as they are expressed in different cultures across time through a chronological and interdisciplinary approach. The primary humanistic disciplines explored in the course include the visual arts, literature, performing arts, philosophy, history, and mythology/religion.


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  • HUM 2210 - Intercultural Humanities: The Ancient World


    (3 Credit Hours)
    (A.A.)


    Prerequisites: ENC 1101  with a grade of “C” or better.

    This course meets Area IV of the A.A./A.S. general education requirements, the Gordon Rule requirement and part of the International/Intercultural requirement. This course presents an intercultural survey of the humanistic arts and letters from the perspective of various cultures that may include the West, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas and the Far East from prehistory through the classical civilizations which may include Greece, Rome, China, Persia and India.


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  • HUM 2234 - Intercultural Humanities: Enlightenment Through Romanticism


    (3 Credit Hours)
    (A.A.)


    Prerequisites: ENC 1101  with a grade of “C” or better.

    This course meets Area IV requirements for the A.A./A.S. general education requirements and part of the six hour international/intercultural requirement and the Gordon Rule requirement. This course presents an intercultural survey of the humanistic arts and letters from the perspective of various cultures that may include the West, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas and the Far East from the 17th Century through the 19th century focusing on the intellectual and artistic eras of the Enlightenment and Romanticism.


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  • HUM 2235 - Intercultural Humanities: Medieval Period through Scientific Revolution


    (3 Credit Hours)
    (A.A.)


    Prerequisites:   with a grade of “C” or better.

    This course meets Area IV requirements for the A.A./A.S. general education requirements. This course presents an intercultural survey of the humanistic arts and letters from the perspective of various cultures that may include the West, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas and the Far East from the Medieval Period through the Scientific Revolution. This course meets part of the six-hour international/intercultural requirement and the Gordon Rule requirement.


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  • HUM 2250 - Intercultural Humanities: The Modern World


    (3 Credit Hours)
    (A.A.)


    Prerequisites: ENC 1101  with a grade of “C” or better.

    This course meets Area IV of the A.A./A.S. general education requirements, the Gordon Rule requirement and part of the International/Intercultural requirement. This course presents an intercultural survey of the humanistic arts and letters from the perspective of various cultures which may include the West, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas and the Far East from the 18th Century to contemporary times.


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  • HUM 2930 - Special Topics: Humanities


    (1 to 4 variable Credit Hours)
    (A.A.)


    This course is designed to meet the special needs of individuals or groups for whom regularly described courses may not be available.


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