HUMANITIES

School of Humanities and Liberal Arts

HUMANITIES (HUM)

HUM-01 STUDIES IN HUMANITIES: ANCIENT THROUGH RENAISSANCE

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 3B)
Advisory: ENGL-01A.

The principal aims of this course are to examine human existence and cultural endeavors from earliest ancient civilizations through the Renaissance. Students will examine the continuities of human endeavors through fine arts, literatures, philosophies, religions, and the sciences with an integration of certain non-Western cultures. (04/20)

HUM-01H HONORS STUDIES IN HUMANITIES: ANCIENT THROUGH RENAISSANCE

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 3B)
Limitation on enrollment: Enrollment in the Honors Program.
Advisory ENGL-01A.

The principal aim of this course is to examine human existence and cultural endeavor from the earliest ancient civilizations through the Renaissance. Students will examine developments in the fine arts, literature, philosophy, religion, and the sciences from a variety of cultures, both Western and non-Western. There will be an emphasis on collaborative learning, research, and writing. (04/20)

HUM-02 STUDIES IN HUMANITIES: RENAISSANCE TO PRESENT

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 3B)
Advisory: ENGL-01A.

The principal aims of this course are to examine human existence and cultural endeavors from the Renaissance to the present. Students will examine the continuities of human endeavors through fine arts, literatures, philosophies, religions, and the sciences, with an integration of certain non-Western cultures. (04/20)

HUM-02H HONORS STUDIES IN HUMANITIES: RENAISSANCE TO PRESENT

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(CSU breadth area C2) (IGETC area 3B)
Limitation on enrollment: Enrollment in the Honors Program.
Advisory ENGL-01A.

The principal aim of this course is to examine human existence and cultural endeavors from the Renaissance to the present. Students will examine developments in the fine arts, literature, philosophy, religion, and the sciences from a variety of cultures, both Western and non-Western. There will be an emphasis on collaborative learning, research, and writing. (04/20)

HUM-15 ETHNICITY AND CULTURE (ALSO: ETHN-15)

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(CSU breadth area C2/D/F) (IGETC area 3B/4/7)
Advisory: ENGL-01A.

Ethnicity and Culture examines the legacy of racial and ethnic inequalities in the United States, the sources of resistance and transformation, and the contemporary impacts of these changes on society. This is an interdisciplinary course that surveys and facilitates meaningful conversations about specific disadvantaged groups and encourages active engagement in overcoming the social struggles of these historically disadvantaged groups in the United States. It focuses on the experiences of Native Americans, African Americans, Latinx Americans, and Asian Americans, spanning from past to present, from politics to social reform, allowing students to identify similar patterns underlying the dynamics of discrimination. (07/22)

HUM-21 HUMANITIES AND FILM

3 units: 2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab.
CSU & UC Transferable
(CSU BREADTH AREA C2) (IGETC AREA 3A)
Advisory: ENGL-01A.

This course is an introduction to the humanities through the study of film. Film criticism will be combined with the analysis of philosophical, literary, and/or artistic themes. Feature-length films will be screened. (09/19)