Academic Catalog 2023-2024

Academic Catalog 2023 - 2024

HUM 4301 From Fire to Factories 3 credits Science and technology has played a crucial part in the development of complex societies and major civilizations. Bringing new and original ideas to fruition often requires the development of new technologies. This course will explore key moments of innovation, from the development of fire to the creation of the modern assembly line, as a way of revealing the significant impact that technology has on how we live as individuals and co-exist as societies. HUM 4459 Reading Oppression and Freedom 3 credits This course explores both theory and dynamics of narratives with themes of oppression and freedom. This course considers the experiences of oppression and freedom as structural features of institutions that focus on race, class, gender, and their intersections. The course will take an unvarnished look at institutions of “unfreedom,” and at those groups who rose to combat with them, including women, African Americans, poets, and freethinkers. Through primary sources and critical studies, students will be introduced to a range of transformative figures and texts. HUM 4823 Gender, Race, and Class 3 credits This course examines the ways in which gender, race, and class have been constructed, reinforced, and used to categorize, divide, and unite people. What are the functions, limitations, and powers of these categories? As we consider these ideas, we will look at manifestations of gender, race, and class in various print and visual sources. HUM 4933 Humanities IV: Research Methods 3 credits The course is intended to introduce students to the interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research methods that are used in the Humanities that commonly fall into two groups: contextualist and isolationist. It is multi-disciplinary in nature and features readings from across the humanities and social sciences. Throughout the course, students will be required to accomplish two major tasks: 1) the writing and defense of research topic proposal, and 2) the writing of a Literature Review on their selected topic. HUM 4935 Humanities IV: Capstone 3 credits The Humanities Capstone aims at synthesizing the themes, ideas, and skills, learned throughout the course of the program. The result of this synthesis will be an individualized capstone project centered on the student’s interest. LIT 2855 World Literature 3 credits This course examines the cultural, aesthetic, and historical development of world culture as reflected in literature. (Prerequisite: ENG 1102) LIT 2901 Film Literature and Analysis 3 credits Examines a variety of cinematic productions by applying the same methods traditionally used to analyze and discuss printed literary texts. This class is designed to introduce students to the study of the relationships between literary and cinematic forms and works from the premise that films are narratives with all the basic elements of literature. (Prerequisite: ENG 1102) LIT 3220 The Graphic Novel as Literature 3 credits This course will examine various graphic novels from a literary perspective. Both pictorial and textual elements will receive considerable attention. Additionally, the course will review the history of the graphic novel and its larger place in literature and contemporary society. (Prerequisite: ENG 1101) LIT 3305/ENG 3305 Creative Writing 3 credits This is a writing workshop designed to help students develop creative writing skills. Genres may include journals, character sketches, short drama, short stories, poems, articles and/or creative essays. There will also be substantial reading of literary models. (Prerequisite: ENG 1101) (Prerequisites HUM 2801, HUM 2802, HUM 3801) HUM 1833/2833/3833/4833 Topics in Humanities 3 credits An advanced examination of selected topics in specific areas of study in Humanities. LITERATURE

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