Humanities

9 Credit Hours Required

Studying the Humanities develops responsible citizens by teaching students to recognize, interpret, and evaluate human action, thought, and expression. Courses in this area allow students to compare their thinking with that of persons from other regions and times, thus enabling them better to understand themselves, their society, and their world.

The learning outcomes for Humanities are as follows:

Students will analyze major primary sources of the humanities.
Students will examine the variety of human experience in humanistic media.
Students will recognize the continuity and change within the human experience as understood in the humanities.

Curriculum Requirements

All students must successfully complete three of the following courses:

ENGL 250 - British Literary Tradition Credit(s): 3
ENGL 251 - British Literary Tradition Credit(s): 3
ENGL 260 - American Literary Tradition Credit(s): 3
ENGL 261 - American Literary Tradition Credit(s): 3
ENGL 263 - African-American Literary Tradition Credit(s): 3
ENGL 270 - World Literature Credit(s): 3
ENGL 271 - World Literature Credit(s): 3
FREN 250 - France Today: The French People and Their Culture Credit(s): 3
GERM 250 - Germany Today: The German People and Their Culture Credit(s): 3
HIST 121 - Development of World Civilization I Credit(s): 3
HIST 122 - Development of World Civilization II Credit(s): 3
HIST 201 - History of the United States I Credit(s): 3
HIST 202 - History of the United States II Credit(s): 3
HNRS 101 - Great Works I - The Ancient World and Classical Antiquity Credit(s): 3
HNRS 102 - Great Works II - Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages Credit(s): 3
HNRS 201 - Great Works III - The Late Middle Ages to the Renaissance Credit(s): 3
JAPN 250 - Japan Today: The People and Culture of Japan Credit(s): 3
PHIL 110 - Adventure of Ideas: Historical Credit(s): 3
PHIL 120 - Adventure of Ideas: Contemporary Credit(s): 3
PHIL 160 - Exploring Ethics Credit(s): 3
RLST 201 - Introduction to Religious Studies Credit(s): 3
SPAN 250 - The Spanish-Speaking World Today: The Peoples and Cultures of Spain and Spanish America Credit(s): 3

Exceptions

No exceptions for any major