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  • 6.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): HUM 2500. Allows students to continue intensive study of the Ancient Greek language at the introductory level. Focuses primarily on Attic Greek. Focuses primarily on grammer and textbook exercises with some analysis of literary and/or philosophical selections in Ancient Greek. Relates particularly to students interested in studying Ancient Greek philosophy or Ancient Greek literature and an important grounding for students interested in studying the New Testament.
  • 1.00 - 6.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Approval of Cooperative Coordinator. Pre- or Corequisite(s): Completion of at least nine credits of class work in Humanities.. Allows pre-advanced Humanities students to receive credit for Humanities-related service as a paid or unpaid intern in a governmental, not-for-profit, or private agency. Provides practical and research development in the selected areas of service so as to further students' academic and professional interests and goals. Internship must be supervised by agency representative. Must be approved by Humanities internship advisor and department chair and written contracts must be completed and signed. Credit is determined by the number of hours a student works during the semester. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credits toward graduation. May be graded credit/no credit.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Provides independent study as directed in reading and individual projects. Request must be submitted for approval by the department. Students may do independent study for one, two or three credits with a limit of three credits applying toward graduation with an AA/AS degree.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Departmental approval. Provides an opportunity for second year students to do in-depth research within the Humanities. Offers students an opportunity to engage in advanced work beyond that which can be completed in existing, available classes. May be repeated for a maximum of 3 credits toward graduation.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2010 with a grade of C- or higher and University Advanced Standing. Investigates the growing academic and cultural interest in the rhetorical nature of visual texts. Teaches critical thinking about the consumption and productions of images and multimodal texts. Explores visual grammars and other theories of visual rhetoric as articulated by contemporary image, language, and scholars of rhetoric. Encourages the development of theoretical and practical knowledge through reading, discussion, and analysis as well as through the production of visual texts and written work.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 2010 or at least sophomore status) and University Advanced Standing. Studies varying topics such as a theme (e.g., death or story-telling), figure (e.g., John Cage or Michelangelo), or movement (e.g., DaDa or Pragmatism) in humanities. Involves study of more than one art form (e.g., film, literature, and music) or discipline (e.g., art, history, and biology). May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits toward graduation with different topics.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 2010 or at least sophomore status) and University Advanced Standing. Studies the literature, philosophy, and arts of a particular geographical area. Topics vary. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits toward graduation with different topics.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 2010 or at least sophomore status) and University Advanced Standing. Studies a particular period within the humanities (such as the medieval world, Romanticism, or Modernism). Involves study of more than one art form (e.g., music, art, and literature) or discipline (such as literature and philosophy) from the chosen period. Topics vary. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits toward graduation.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Surveys recent critical and aesthetic theory for each art form and teaches students how to apply theoretical approaches to the interpretation of individual texts, films, artworks, buildings, performances, etc. Includes readings of seminal works by philosophers, academic or professional critics, and practicing artists. Studies examples where the apparent divide between theory and practice is collapsed, where, for instance, an artistic product in itself may have provided a new approach for future artistic productivity and interpretation, or where a theoretical contribution has been made in such a way as immediately to demonstrate a certain creative practice.
    General Education Course
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Studies aesthetics as perceived by the disciplines of philosophy, psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, and others. Analyzes art forms, including the visual arts, literature, music, and theater from the perspectives of philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Hume, Dewey, Danto, Bell, Collingwood, Thoreau, and Dickie.