Getting InHumanities
Humanities is an interdisciplinary study of human thought and culture, such as philosophy, literature, and the arts. Students take humanities courses to explore the discipline and to satisfy general education requirements. With a bachelor's degree in humanities, students pursue careers in education, communication, art, and public relations as well as professional positions in museums, theatres, and art centers.
Contact Information
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Department Chair: Susan Herrmann Dean: Dana Smith |
Department: Letters, Transfer Office: Building 3600, 760.795.6874 |
Courses
HUMN 101: Introduction to the Arts
Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 100.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours. (1504.00)
A general introduction to interdisciplinary humanities, this course explores at least six humanities subjects, such as literature, music, architecture, theater, dance, film, art, philosophy, photography, and/or landscape design. An entree to cultural literacy, this course studies how the humanities reveal and sustain both the framework of society and culture and some essential elements of our individual humanness, including creativity and a sense of the aesthetic.
HUMN 201: Humanities of the Western World: Pre-History Through the Middle Ages
Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 100.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours. (1504.00)
This course surveys major works, figures, styles, and events in the liberal and fine arts from the Early Mediterranean, Hellenic, Hellenistic, Roman, and Medieval eras. Students will study a wide range of examples of creative genius from such fields as art, literature, music, philosophy, history, theater, and architecture to better understand the past and widen their cultural horizons.
HUMN 202: Humanities of the Western World: The Renaissance to the Twentieth Century
Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 100.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours. (1504.00)
This course surveys major works, figures, styles, and events in the liberal and fine arts from the Renaissance, Neo-Classical, Romantic, and Modern eras. Students will study a wide range of examples of creative genius from such fields as art, literature, music, philosophy, history, film, theater, and architecture to better understand the past and engage themselves more intelligently in the humanities of today.
HUMN 205: Women in Western Art and Literature
Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours. (1504.00)
A survey and examination of the art and literature of western civilization from a feminist theoretical viewpoint, with an emphasis on the construction of gender and the framework of historiography throughout the centuries.
HUMN 250: American Studies
Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 100.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours. (1504.00)
This course is an interdisciplinary study of American identity as expressed through culture. It explores materials from American philosophy, religion, music, art, architecture, history, and literature. Special attention is given to ideas that have shaped American self-identity and experience in the past and that continue to do so in the present. Survey - roughly 1588 to 1877.
HUMN 251: American Studies
Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 100.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours. (1504.00)
This course is an interdisciplinary study of American culture. It explores materials from American philosophy, religion, music, art, architecture, history, and literature. Special attention is given to ideas and problems that have shaped American self-identity and experience in the past and that continue to do so in the present. Survey - roughly 1877 to 1989.
HUMN 292: Internship Studies
Units: 0.5-3
Prerequisites: None
Corequisite: Complete 60 non-paid or 75 paid hours of work per unit.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU
(1504.00)
This course provides students the opportunity to apply the theories and techniques of their discipline in an internship position in a professional setting under the instruction of a faculty-mentor and site supervisor. It introduces students to aspects of the roles and responsibilities of professionals employed in the field of study. Topics include goal-setting, employability skills development, and examination of the world of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students must develop new learning objectives and/or intern at a new site upon each repetition. Students may not earn more than 16 units in any combination of cooperative work experience (general or occupational) and/or internship studies during community college attendance.
HUMN 296: Topics in Humanities
Units: 1-3
Prerequisites: None
Acceptable for Credit: CSU
Lecture 1 hour.
Lecture 2 hours.
Lecture 3 hours. (1504.00)
A study of relevant topics in the discipline not covered in the current selection of courses. Designed to meet special needs; content determined by participating faculty members in consultation with students and the community.
HUMN 298: Directed Study in Humanities
Units: 1-3
Prerequisites: None
Enrollment Limitation: Instructor and department chair approval and successful completion of 12 units of college work with at least a 3.0 grade-point average.
Repeatability Rule: May be taken for a total of 3 units.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU
Laboratory 3 hours.
Laboratory 6 hours.
Laboratory 9 hours.
This course allows students to pursue a special area of interest in order to achieve specific goals beyond the scope of existing courses within the discipline. Students work independently and interact directly with an instructor on an individual basis and as prescribed by the Directed Study Agreement.
