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Humanities
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Academic Director, Professor P. Narayanan. Faculty: Because the humanities program is an interdisciplinary pursuit, contributing faculty members come from a variety of departments.
The Bachelor of Arts in Humanities is an interdisciplinary liberal arts degree program in which students combine study in English (including work in professional writing and rhetoric), history (including work in public history and western history), digital technology and culture (including multimedia authoring and electronic research), fine arts, Spanish, or to women’s, gender, and sexuality studies with study in a second humanities field, a social science field (including anthropology, political science, psychology, sociology, and criminal justice), business, or human development.
The program offers students, in consultation with their advisors, the flexibility to shape courses of study that meet a wide range of educational goals and that can prepare students for a variety of careers and graduate and professional programs.
The Bachelor of Arts in Humanities emphasizes analysis, synthesis, and communication–skills increasingly in demand in southwest Washington's rapidly evolving economy.
All students must complete the University-level General Education Requirements as described elsewhere in this catalog. Entering students must have at least a 2.0 transfer GPA. Above and beyond the General Education Requirements, the College of Liberal Arts requires an additional six semester hours of arts and humanities or social science course work, two semester hours of science with a lab, and a foreign language requirement (either two years of the same language in high school or one year of the same language in college. All humanities majors must complete a minimum of 39 semester hours of departmental course work, 21 of which must be upper-division. Students may organize these 39 departmental credits in one of two ways:
- Earn at least 24 semester hours (of which 15 semester hours must be upper-division) in a chosen primary concentration and at least 15 semester hours (of which 6 semester hours must be upper-division) in a chosen secondary concentration; or
- Combine three closely-related humanities areas, earning at least 9 credits in each. Beyond the credit distribution requirements, there are no specific course curriculum requirements.
Beyond the credit distribution requirements, there are no specific course curriculum requirements.
Courses
The online catalog includes the most recent changes to courses and degree requirements that have been approved by the Faculty Senate, including changes that are not yet effective. Courses showing two entries of the same number indicate that the course information is changing. The most recently approved version is shown first, followed by the older version, in gray, with its last-effective term preceding the course title. Courses shown in gray with only one entry of the course number are being discontinued. Course offerings by term can be accessed by clicking on the term links when viewing a specific campus catalog.
Humanities (HUMANITY)
101 [HUM] Humanities in the Ancient World 3 Integrated humanities: literature, philosophy, history, and art of the ancient world.
103 [HUM] Mythology 3 The theory of mythology and use of myths in art, literature, and music; Greco-Roman and one other.
120 Traditional Chinese Culture 3 Cultural development of China from early times through the golden age of Chinese civilization. Taught in English. (Crosslisted course offered as CHINESE 120, ASIA 120, HUMANITY 120.)
130 [HUM] Global Literature in Translation 3 Taught in English. An introduction to the study of international literature; stories, cultures, and literary devices. (Crosslisted course offered as FOR LANG 130, HUMANITY 130.)
131 Masterpieces of Asian Literature 3 Introduction to Asian literature. Taught in English. (Crosslisted course offered as CHINESE 131, ASIA 131, HUMANITY 131, JAPANESE 131.) Cooperative: Open to UI degree-seeking students.
205 [HUM] Introduction to Shakespeare 3 Shakespeare plays with emphasis on stage productions and film adaptations in various cultural contexts. (Crosslisted course offered as ENGLISH 205, HUMANITY 205.)
219 [HUM] Introduction to the Environmental Humanities 3 An introduction to the Humanities, as an interdisciplinary field, and how Humanities methods and research contribute to, intersect with, and can learn from, environmental thought and action. (Crosslisted course offered as ENGLISH 219, HUMANITY 219.)
301 Diversity Lecture Series 1 Guest lecturers in the humanities explore themes in cultural diversity.
302 [HUM] [M] Humanities in the Middle Ages and Renaissance 3 Integrated humanities; exploring great works and themes of the European Middle Ages and Renaissance, including art, architecture, music, philosophy, and literature.
304 [HUM] Humanities in the Modern World 3 Literature, philosophy, art, architecture, film, music since World War I; major works reflecting influential movements and concerns of the modern world. Typically offered Fall.
322 [DIVR] Ecology in East Asian Cultures 3 Major ecological issues in East Asia through cultural representations, and analysis of their implications to the U.S. (Crosslisted course offered as ASIA 322, CHINESE 322, HUMANITY 322, JAPANESE 322.)
335 The Bible as Literature 3 Historical and literary approach to texts of the Jewish and Christian scriptures; emphasis on history, interpretation, and influence.
338 Topics in Humanities 3 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 6 credits. Interdisciplinary, international topics in the humanities (art, architecture, music, literature, philosophy, film).
350 Sacred Texts and Cultures of World Religions 3 Sacred and literary texts, spiritual practices, and cultural origins and values of six world religious traditions from an intercultural perspective.
410 Love in the Arts 3 Course Prerequisite: Junior standing. Concepts of love around the world and in history through literature, art, music, dance, and theater. Typically offered Even Years - Summer Session.
450 Representations of the Holocaust 3 Course Prerequisite: Junior standing. How the Holocaust is represented and enters public memory through documentaries, memoirs, works of fiction, poetry, film, museums and monuments. (Crosslisted course offered as HUMANITY 450, HISTORY 465.) Typically offered Even Years - Spring.
499 Special Problems V 1-4 May be repeated for credit. Independent study conducted under the jurisdiction of an approving faculty member; may include independent research studies in technical or specialized problems; selection and analysis of specified readings; development of a creative project; or field experiences. S, F grading.
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