Humanities (HUM)

A multi-disciplinary introduction to a global perspective on the arts and humanities concentrating on individual expressions of painting, sculpture, poetry, literature, philosophy, music, dance, and drama. Introduction to the Humanities explores how the humanities, through many varied types of creative works, comment on human experiences and raise questions of value and meaning.

Through a series of in-class lectures, discussions, on-site visits and interactive activities, this course explores cultures and civilizations through an interdisciplinary approach centered in the humanities. Students are introduced to the distinct thought, life, and society of the host nation, as they examine key historical, political, social, literary, and artistic features geared to the understanding of their present-day world. As part of this course, students are required to travel to a nation outside the United States to observe, understand, and participate in the way of life of the host nation.

A study of the concepts of positive and negative peace, nonviolent strategies of resistance, human rights, social justice, restorative justice, conflict transformation, and methods of conflict resolution. Students will analyze contemporary conflicts in a multidisciplinary context -- environmental, historical, political, socio-cultural, psychological, and economic. Students will reflect on issues that may trigger conflict and the types of conflict prevalent in the 21st century.

A study of the Black American experience using material from history, sociology, and literature. A primary focus is the search for a viable identity. The course will engage students in the ideas of black social thought, political protest, and efforts to initiate social change.

The 12,000-year-old legacy of indigenous peoples' art, music, oral story telling traditions, and written literatures from Chile to the Arctic Circle will be experienced and studied in this class. In addition, texts about indigenous peoples will be read.

The study and analysis of a topic from the humanist tradition, examined and presented with an interdisciplinary approach. The course focuses on special areas of study within the broad scope of the Humanities. HUM *198 will examine the impact art, literature, drama, philosophy, religion, architecture, music, film, and/or other similar achievements has had on human history and human society.

A study ofthe conflicting and competing socio-historical,literary, and artisticdefinitions of what it means to be anAmericanthrough film, historical documents, novels, short stories, and other printed sources. Topics may include and are not limited to theProtest Tradition, environmental spaces such as urban life and the AmericanWest, Black Feminist resistance, Black Protest Traditions, abolitionist identities, indigenous experiences, Latinx identities, Asian-American identities, and border identities among others.