Courses in the Humanities

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sophomore-level courses in the Humanities each semester: ... Study of significant ideas of Western and other cultures as manifest in history, visual arts,.
Spring 2012

Courses in the Humanities Faculty members of the Department of English and Languages currently teach most of the following sophomore-level courses in the Humanities each semester: HUM 2113 General Humanities I: Study of significant ideas of Western and other cultures as manifest in history, visual arts, architecture, music, literature, and philosophy from prehistoric times to the Renaissance. HUM 2123 General Humanities II: Study of significant ideas of Western and other cultures as manifest in history, visual arts, architecture, music, literature, and philosophy from the Renaissance to the present. HUM 2413 Responding to Literature: Introduces the understanding and interpretation of literature, with emphasis on Western literature from a variety of cultures. Poetry, fiction, drama, film, and non-fiction from a variety of eras are studied. Literary terms are introduced. HUM 2613 Philosophy: An Introduction: A study of the significant ideas of Western culture as reflected in philosophical thought from the earliest beginnings to the present. HUM 2813 Interpreting Film: A study of film from aesthetic, cultural, and historical perspectives. HUM 2313 Ethnic Literature: A study of the prose, poetry, drama, and film of ethnic American writers. The focus will be Native American, Asian American, African American, and Latino/American texts. HUM 2323 Non-Western Literature: A study of World Literatures outside the traditional western canon of European, British, and American Literatures. A study of Asian and African texts and cultures from their origins to the present. HUM 2633 World Religion and Thought: A study of the world's most influential religions and religiously oriented schools of thought, with an emphasis on those flourishing now. HUM 2713 Language and Culture: A study of the nature of language and of the relationships of language to society and to the individual. Students will explore both universal and cross-cultural aspects of language and will be introduced to at least three languages from three different language families.