EKU Comparative Humanities
Comparative Humanities Course Offerings:
General Education Courses / Upper Division Courses
HUM 124 Humanities and the Search for Meaning (3 credit hours): An introduction to the comparative and interdisciplinary study of culture. 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. Gen. Ed. IIIA/ IIIB
HUM 226 The Search for Meaning: The Ancient World (3 credit hours): Comparative and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of culture in the ancient world. 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. Gen. Ed. IIIA/IIIB.
HUM 228 The Search for Meaning: The Modern World (3 credit hours): Comparative and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of culture in the modern world. 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. Gen. Ed. IIIA/IIIB.
HUM 300 The Individual in Contemporary Society (3 credit hours): Comparative and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of culture since 1945. 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. Credit will not be awarded to students who have credit for HUM 300W. Gen. Ed. IIIA/IIIB or VII (AH)
HUM 300W Humanity in the Postmodern Age: Writing Intensive (3 credit hours): Comparative and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of culture since 1945. Prerequisites: ENG 102 or 105 (with a grade of “B” or better) or HON 102; HUM 226 or ENG 211; HUM 228 or ENG 212. Credit will not be awarded to students who have credit for HUM 300. Gen. Ed. IIIA/IIIB or VII (AH).
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, with emphasis on integrative thinking.
HUM 320 Classical Humanities (3 credit hours): Critical analysis of visual culture, literature, architecture and thought from the prehistoric, archaic and classical cultures of 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): Secularism, 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; may focus on a single or on multiple non-Western traditions in a given semester; repeatable to 6 hours.
HUM 395 Independent Work in Humanities. (1-3 credit hours): Prerequisite: HUM 226 or 228. Student must have the independent study proposal form approved by faculty supervisor and department chair prior to enrollment. May be retaken to a maximum of six hours if topic is different.
HUM 490 Topics in Humanities (3 credit hours): Selected topics in Humanities; may be repeated to 6 hours.
HUM 499 Humanities Thesis (3 credit hours): An in-depth thesis project directed by a Humanities faculty member or approved affiliate faculty, and presented in the form of a research paper to the Humanities faculty.
