Getting InLiberal Arts with an Area of Emphasis in Arts and Humanities
Contact Information
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Dean: Al Taccone |
Office: 3711, (760) 795-6881 |
Full-Time Faculty
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Joanne Benschop |
Associate Degrees
Associate in Arts Degree Liberal Arts with an Area of Emphasis in Arts and Humanities
These courses emphasize the study of cultural literacy, humanistic activities and the artistic expression of human beings. Students evaluate and interpret the ways in which people through the ages in different cultures have responded to themselves and the world around them in artistic and cultural creation. Students also learn to value aesthetic understanding and incorporate these concepts when constructing value judgments. This area of emphasis prepares students for a variety of majors within the humanities disciplines, including creative writing, English, humanities and art, linguistics, literature and writing studies, museum studies, religious studies, and philosophy. It will also provide lower-division preparation for a wide range of majors with the communication discipline.
| Select a minimum of 18 units from the following: | ||
| ART 100 | Drawing and Composition | 3 |
| ART 101 | Design and Color | 3 |
| ART 103 | Beginning Sculpture | 3 |
| ART 157 | Art Orientation | 3 |
| ART 158 | Traditional Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas | 3 |
| ART 201 | Objects and Ideas in Contemporary Art | 3 |
| ART 254 | Understanding and Appreciating the Photographic Image | 3 |
| ART 258 | Ancient to Gothic Art | 3 |
| ART 259 | History of Renaissance to Modern Art | 3 |
| ART 260 | History of Modern Art | 3 |
| or ART 260H | History of Modern Art (Honors) | |
| ART 290 | Landmarks of Art | 3 |
| ASIA 105 | Asian Philosophy and Religion | 3 |
| CHNS 101 | Elementary Chinese (First Semester) | 4 |
| CHNS 102 | Elementary Chinese (Second Semester) | 4 |
| CHNS 201 | Intermediate Chinese (Third Semester) | 4 |
| COMM 101 | Oral Communication | 3 |
| COMM 106 | Group Communication | 3 |
| COMM 111 | Oral Interpretation of Literature | 3 |
| COMM 120 | Principles of Human Communication | 3 |
| COMM 207 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| COMM 212 | Argumentation | 3 |
| COMM 215 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| COMM 220 | Introduction to Mass Communication | 3 |
| DNCE 100 | Dance Appreciation | 3 |
| DNCE 101 | Dance History | 3 |
| DNCE 105 | Dance Cultures of the World | 3 |
| DRAM 105 | Introduction to Theatre | 3 |
| DRAM/FILM 106 | Study of Filmed Plays | 3 |
| DRAM 111 | Oral Interpretation of Literature | 3 |
| DRAM 120 | Dramatic Literature (Ancient Greeks to Shakespeare) | 3 |
| DRAM 121 | Dramatic Literature (Restoration to Present) | 3 |
| DRAM 130 | Acting I | 3 |
| ENGL 100 | Composition and Reading | 4 |
| ENGL 201 | Critical Thinking, Composition, and Literature | 4 |
| or ENGL 201H | Critical Thinking, Composition, and Literature (Honors) | |
| ENGL 202 | Critical Thinking and Composition | 4 |
| FILM 101 | Introduction to Film | 3 |
| or FILM 101H | Introduction to Film (Honors) | |
| FILM 110 | Film History | 3 |
| FREN 101 | Elementary French (First Semester) | 4 |
| FREN 102 | Elementary French (Second Semester) | 4 |
| FREN 201 | Intermediate French (Third Semester) | 4 |
| FREN 202 | Intermediate French (Fourth Semester) | 4 |
| GRMN 101 | Elementary German (First Semester) | 4 |
| GRMN 102 | Elementary German (Second Semester) | 4 |
| GRMN 201 | Intermediate German (Third Semester) | 4 |
| HIST 103 | Western Civilization | 3 |
| HIST 104 | Western Civilization | 3 |
| HUMN 101 | Introduction to the Arts | 3 |
| HUMN 201 | Humanities of the Western World: Pre-History Through the Middle Ages | 3 |
| HUMN 202 | Humanities of the Western World: The Renaissance to the Twentieth Century | 3 |
| HUMN 205 | Women in Western Art and Literature | 3 |
| HUMN 250 | American Studies | 3 |
| HUMN 251 | American Studies | 3 |
| ITAL 101 | Elementary Italian (First Semester) | 4 |
| ITAL 102 | Elementary Italian (Second Semester) | 4 |
| ITAL 201 | Intermediate Italian (Third Semester) | 4 |
| ITAL 202 | Intermediate Italian (Fourth Semester) | 4 |
| ITAL 210 | Intermediate Italian Conversation and Reading | 3 |
| JAPN 101 | Elementary Japanese (First Semester) | 5 |
| JAPN 102 | Elementary Japanese (Second Semester) | 5 |
| JAPN 201 | Intermediate Japanese (Third Semester) | 5 |
| JAPN 202 | Intermediate Japanese (Fourth Semester) | 5 |
| JAPN 210 | Intermediate Conversation I and Reading | 3 |
| JAPN 211 | Intermediate Conversation II and Writing | 3 |
| LIT 120 | Introduction to Literature | 3 |
| LIT 250 | American Literature | 3 |
| LIT 251 | American Literature | 3 |
| LIT 260 | English Literature | 3 |
| LIT 261 | English Literature | 3 |
| LIT 265 | Shakespeare Studies | 3 |
| LIT 270 | World Literature | 3 |
| LIT 271 | World Literature | 3 |
| MUS 105 | Music Fundamentals | 3 |
| MUS 109 | Beginning Music Theory Through Guitar | 3 |
| MUS 113 | Musics in Multicultural America | 3 |
| MUS 114 | History of Rock and Roll | 3 |
| MUS 115 | History and Appreciation of Western Music | 3 |
| or MUS 115H | History and Appreciation of Western Music (Honors) | |
| MUS 116 | A Survey of World Music | 3 |
| MUS 117 | Music Appreciation | 3 |
| MUS 118 | Music Appreciation | 3 |
| MUS 119 | History of Jazz | 3 |
| PHIL 100 | Informal Logic and Critical Thinking | 3 |
| PHIL 101 | Introduction to Philosophy: Knowledge and Reality | 3 |
| PHIL 102 | Contemporary Moral Problems | 3 |
| PHIL 105 | Asian Philosophy and Religion | 3 |
| PHIL 122 | World Religions | 3 |
| PHIL 221 | Philosophy of Religion | 3 |
| READ 100 | Critical Reading and Thinking | 3 |
| SPAN 101 | Elementary Spanish (First Semester) | 4 |
| SPAN 102 | Elementary Spanish (Second Semester) | 4 |
| SPAN 201 | Intermediate Spanish (Third Semester) | 4 |
| SPAN 202 | Intermediate Spanish (Fourth Semester) | 4 |
| SPAN 203 | Spanish for Native Speakers | 3 |
| SPAN 205 | Advanced Composition: Hispanic Film and Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 210 | Intermediate Conversation and Reading | 3 |
| SPAN 211 | Intermediate Conversation and Writing | 3 |
