Humanities Studies

HUMANITIES COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

HUM 124—Humanities and the Search for Meaning. (3 credit hours) 

Seniors must have approval of the department chair.  No credit after earning nine or more hours of general education humanities.  Through study of works of literature, visual art, and music, this course introduces students to integrative thinking as a means toward affirming values for living meaningfully in today's world. 

HUM 226—The Search for Meaning: The Ancient World.  (3 credit hours) 

Through study of works of literature, visual art, and music, this course focuses on the ideals of ancient and medieval cultures and on integrative processes that gave rise to them with emphasis on the development of world views.

HUM 228—The Search for Meaning: The Modern World.  (3 credit hours) 

Through study of works of literature, visual art, and music of Europe since 1450 and of one other modern tradition, this course focuses on modern values with emphasis on the creativity and responsibility of the individual. 

HUM 300—The Individual in Contemporary Society.  (3 credit house) 

The major concern of this course is the problem of establishing and maintaining human dignity and personal worth in rapidly changing contemporary society.  This problem is explored in selected examples of contemporary literature, visual art, and music. 

HUM 302—Comparative Humanities.  (3 credit hours) 

An introduction to classic, formalist, structuralist, and post-structuralist approaches to the analysis of literature, visual culture, music, the dramatic arts, and design. Emphasis on integrative thinking.  

HUM 320—Classical Humanities.  (3 credit hours) 

Critical analysis of visual culture, literature, architecture, and thought from prehistoric, archaic and classical cultures: Egypt, Greece, and Rome reflecting the achievements and values of the ancient Mediterranean civilizations. 

HUM 330—Medieval Humanities.  (3 credit hours) 

Critical analysis of art, music, and literature from the Judaic, Christian and Islamic traditions emphasizing the confluence of these traditions in the European Middle Ages. 

HUM 340—Renaissance and Enlightenment.  (3 credit hours) 

Critical analysis of art, music, and literature from the Renaissance, Baroque, and Enlightenment periods reflecting the religious and secular energies of Western culture and the colonial world. 

HUM 350—Modern Humanities.  (3 credit hours) 

Science, globalization, and cultural diversity in the Modern World; critical analysis of art, music, and literature reflecting the modernization of culture and the human condition since the Enlightenment. 

HUM 360—Non-Western Traditions.  (3 credit hours) 

Studies in the literature, visual and dramatic arts, music, and design of non-Western cultures. This course may focus on a single or on multiple non-Western traditions in a given semester. Repeatable to 6 hrs with permission of department chair.

HUM 400 —Topics in Humanities.  (3 credit hours) 

Selected topics in Humanities. May be repeated with permission of the department for up to 6 hours.

HUM 450 —Humanities Thesis.  (3 credit hours) 

An in-depth thesis project, approved by the department chair, directed by a Humanities faculty member or approved affiliate faculty, and presented in the form of a research paper with appropriate visual or audio materials.

 

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