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Humanities

Humanities courses explore landmark artistic, literary, and musical achievements from an intercultural and interdisciplinary perspective. Learn how these cultural milestones are interrelated and reflect their historical, philosophical, and social contexts. Courses emphasize linking human creative expression to roots in various global cultures to discover what makes us human.

HUM 107: Humanities Through the Arts

Introduction to humanities including film, drama, music, literature, painting, sculpture, and architecture.

General Education Tags: Humanities (HU)

HUM 108: Contemporary Humanities

An exploration of human expression in contemporary arts and sciences.

General Education Tags: Humanities (HU) and Historical (H)

HUM 201: Universal Themes

Study of worldviews in a variety of historical and contemporary world cultures, including analysis of origin and creation myths, artistic expression, spirituality, and the natural environment.

General Education Tags: Humanities (HU) and Global (G).

HUM 245: Introduction to Holocaust Studies

Introduction to essential information about the Holocaust. Provides theological, social and political background to establish contexts of anti-Semitism, especially in 19th and 20th centuries, with particular attention to National Socialist ideologies. Ghetto and camp life, including resistance, are explored. Emphasis is on texts of the Holocaust, including historical documents, participant testimonies, fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry, much of which involves theological and moral debate. Includes analysis of supplementary visual material and some performing arts.

General Education Tags: Humanities (HU)

HUM 250: Ideas and Values in the Humanities, I

An historical analysis of the interrelationships of art, architecture, literature, music, and philosophy from the early civilizations to the Renaissance, including western and non-western cultures.

General Education Tags: Humanities (HU), Historical (H), and Literacy and Critical Inquiry (L)

HUM 251: Ideas and Values in the Humanities, II

An historical analysis of the interrelationships of art, architecture, literature, music, and philosophy from the Renaissance to modern period, including Western and Non-Western cultures.

General Education Tags: Humanities (HU), Historical (H), and Literacy and Critical Inquiry (L)