Academic Catalog 2024-2025

Academic Catalog 2024 - 2025

HUM 3801 Humanities III: Human Condition and Future Humanity 3 credits In the third part of the Humanities series, students will investigate the ways in which the Humanities as a whole, and the courses which they have taken up to this point, discuss and treat the human condition. This course explores the central question of ‘What it means to be human?’ and considers it in light of prospective futures. Where are we going? Where ‘might’ we end up? How do we get there? (Prerequisite ENG 1101 or HUM 2700) HUM 3805 World Revolutions 3 credits The Age of Reason and Enlightenment helped birth the concept of political revolution. This course will begin by reaching a clear definition of "revolution" and examine how the conceptual development of the "citizen" encouraged disadvantaged or ignored groups to grab power for themselves. Beginning with the American Revolution in the 1770s, students will be guided through more than two centuries of revolutions. Employing a comparative approach, this course will challenge students to find common themes and differences between revolutions from Haiti in the 1790s to Eastern Europe in the 1990s. HUM 3830 Thinking Politically 3 credits This course will consider the major questions relating to how we already do, as well as how we ought, to live together. In doing so, this course explores the fundamental principles that determine the interaction between a given society and its members, through classic and contemporary social and political theories, as well as the application of these principles in society through social institutions, and themes such as justice, rights, and globalism. 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.

(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.

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