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  • HUM 3820: Philosophy through Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): (PHIL 1000 or PHIL 1000H or PHIL 2050 or PHIL 2050H or PHIL 2050G or PHIL 2110 or PHIL 2150 or instructor approval) and University Advanced Standing. Provides students with an interdisciplinary approach to the study of philosophy through literature. Gives students the opportunity to read some of the most engaging thinkers and how they offer differing perspectives through a variety of texts. Breaks down some of the strict divisions placed between philosophical and literary texts.
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  • HUM 4000R: Humanism and Posthumanism

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): At least junior standing and University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): ENG 2010. Explores Humanism or Posthumanism across the arts and their diverse cultural history. Defines humanism as varieties of the traditional view that Man is the measure of all things, and Posthumanism as an umbrella term for recent theoretical approaches within the humanities that challenge this view, for instance by placing humanity in the context of global or universal, intrinsically diverse and self-generating, scientific, technological, or ecological systems. May compare aspects of humanism throughout space and time, in its diverse cultural manifestations, or may focus on a twenty-first-century view of these long traditions. May also choose the example of the humanistic or posthumanistic aspects of a single time period, culture, or interdisciplinary oeuvre. Offers an opportunity to advanced students to synthesize, critique, and strengthen their own viewpoints, and to expand their interdisciplinary understanding of human expression, in response to the most fundamental or recent currents within intellectual history. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits toward graduation.
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  • HUM 4010R: Forms and Genres Across the Arts

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): At least junior standing and University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): ENGL 2010. Explores forms and genres of imagery, narrative, drama, composition, or performance, across all art forms. Fosters analytical and interpretative skills in reading all kinds of texts. Highlights the inextricable interrelations among all realms of sensual, intellectual, aesthetic, and cultural experience. Illuminates the polar dynamics of tradition and innovation, continuity and change, and departure and return throughout the history of human creativity. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits toward graduation.
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  • HUM 4140R: Advanced Topics in Humanities

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): At least junior standing and University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): ENGL 2010. Studies a topic relevant to cross-disciplinary humanities at an advanced level of critical engagement. Involves more than one art form or discipline of humanistic inquiry. Requires study of secondary literature and theoretical texts. May be repeated, with different topics, for a maximum of 6 credits toward graduation.
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  • HUM 4300: Environmental Aesthetics

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): (PHIL 1000, PHIL 1000H, PHIL 2050, PHIL 2050H, PHIL 2050G, HUM 1010, HUM 1010H, HUM 1010G, or HUM 3500) and University Advanced Standing. Introduces students to emerging themes in environmental aesthetics. Evaluates concepts and attitudes toward nature including, but not limited to, the concept of beauty in natural and human-made environments from a cross-cultural perspective. Studies environmental formalism, cognitivism and non-cognitivism, as well as divergent spiritual, ecological, religious, and moral approaches to the appreciation of nature.
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  • HUM 4810R: Internship

    1.00 - 6.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): Departmental chair approval and University Advanced Standing. Allows 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 or professional interests or 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.
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  • HUM 4900R: Directed Readings

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): Department Chair Approval, Instructor Approval, and University Advanced Standing. Designs reading and writing assignments in consultation with a faculty member to meet special needs or interests not available through regular course work. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits toward graduation.
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  • HUM 4910: Humanities Capstone I

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): Senior Standing and University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): HUM 3500. Instructs Humanities majors in their last year of the program on how to conduct research, develop a complex critical argument, and draft a senior thesis, to be completed and defended in Capstone II the following semester. Encourages students to explore their desired professional or graduate research interests.
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  • HUM 4920: Humanities Capstone II

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): HUM 4910, Senior Standing, and University Advanced Standing. Completes work begun in Capstone I. Instructs Humanities majors in their last year of the program on how to conduct research, develop a complex critical argument, and write and defend a senior thesis. Encourages students to explore their desired professional or graduate research interests, helping them generate professional documents like CV/resume and personal statement/cover letter.
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  • ICCS 1010: Self Determination I

    2.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Introduces self-management and self-determination skills contributing to personal effectiveness in the workplace, academic environments, and independent living. Addresses understanding of differences among people, disability disclosure, expressing preferences, making informed choices, goal setting, and self-advocacy.
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