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All-University Courses and
Descriptions
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Catalog Home | Humanities Program |
All-University Courses and
Descriptions
College-Program Codes: 2-28. Check with coordinator for semester when these courses are offered. Read each course description for prerequisites.
1100 HUMAN
CULTURE AND IDEAS (3 credits) An examination of the basic ideas which have
shaped humanity's conception of itself and society as seen in classical and popular
literature and the arts. Liberal Education Categories
6 & 7
2100 EUROPEAN CULTURE AND
CIVILIZATION (3 credits) An analysis of the European perception of nature
and humanity's relationship to it with the focus on a particular period. Liberal
Education Categories 6 & 8
2120 AMERICAN CULTURE AND
CIVILIZATION (3 credits) A study of the American view of individualism and
its impact on American culture, especially as it was influenced by the pastoral
movement, the frontier, industrialization and the rise of cities. Liberal Education
Categories 6 &
7
2130 NON-WESTERN CULTURES
AND CIVILIZATION (3 credits) A survey of Asian and African cultures to see
the relationship of the individual to the community in such traditional societies.
Also covers other aspects of these cultures, such as the Asian perception of
religion. Liberal Education Categories 7
& 8
2140 THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
EXPERIENCE: 1492 TO THE PRESENT (3 credits) Provides students with an opportunity
to analyze the concerns, interests, and problems that have confronted African-Americans
from their involuntary uprooting in Africa to their legalized freedom after
slavery. This course will also analyze how the presence of African-Americans
has profoundly affected the nature and direction of American life and culture.
Note: This course is not a requirement or an elective in the Humanities major.
Liberal Education Categories 7 & 9
2200 COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES (3 credits) An introduction to Communication from a multi-disciplinary perspective. This course explores verbal and nonverbal communication through art, music, literature, drama, language, philosophy and the mass media. Examines how differing mediums of expression affect the content and meanings of messages.
4920 DIRECTED GROUP STUDY (3 credits) When taken as Senior Seminar the following description may apply: An integrative seminar involving readings, discussions, and student presentations centering on the study and articulation of relationships between disciplines. A problem, event, movement or concept will be used as the focus of the course. Designed for senior year.