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Humanities (Hum)
Humanities Program
College of Liberal Arts
Hum 1001. Humanities in the West
I. (4 cr; same as 3001)
Greek and Roman civilization, rise
of Christianity. Epic and lyric poetry, drama, architecture, sculpture,
philosophy religion. Integrative study of works by creative figures
such as Homer, Hesiod. Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes,
Plato, Aristotle. Caesar, Lucretius Virgil, Ovid, Petronius, Augustine,
Boethius.
Hum 1002. Humanities in the West
II. (4 cr; same as 3002)
Sixth to Fourteenth centuries: Growth
of Christendom; monasticism; feudalism and courtly love, rise of towns
and universities. Art and architecture: Byzantine, Romanesque and Gothic.
Music: Gregorian chant, minstrelsy, liturgical drama. Literature: epic,
romance, Dante. Islam. Scholastic philosophy: Abelard, Aquinas.
Hum 1003. Humanities in the West
III. (4 cr; same as 3003)
European civilization from 15th/16th
centuries. Religious/cultural reaction in northern Europe, humanism,
counter-reformation, religious wars, philosophy, literature, art, music.
Works by creative figures such as Petrarch, Machiavelli, Erasmus, Luther,
Michelangelo, Josquin.
Hum 1004. Humanities in the West
IV. (4 cr; same as 3004)
European civilization from 17th/18th
centuries. Old Regime through French Revolution/Napoleon, new science,
Enlightenment, cult of sensibility, art, music. Integrative study of
works by creative figures such as Cervantes, Descartes, Rembrandt, Bach,
Pope, Voltaire, Rousseau, Goethe, Watteau, David, Goya, Mozart.
Hum 1005. Humanities in the West
V. (4 cr; same as 3005)
Industrial Revolution, liberalism,
socialism, romanticism. Impact of science, especially evolution theory,
on religious/humanistic thought. Roots of existentialism: art, music.
Wordsworth, Adam Smith, Marx, Dostoevsky, Delacroix, Courbet, Beethoven,
Darwin, Nietzsche, Joyce, Monet, Wagner.
Hum 1006. Humanities in the West
VI. (4 cr; same as 3006)
The Western world, 1914-1970. Ideas
and forms of society and culture: Leninist, fascist-Nazi, Freudian.
Existentialism, "the absurd"; influence of oriental spiritual
traditions; art, music. Integrative study of works by creative figures
such as Lenin, Freud, Kafka, Picasso, Stravinsky, Bartok, Gropius, Sartre,
Ionesco, Jung, Watts, Pollock, Cage, Fellini.
Hum 1909W. Freshman Seminoar..
(3 cr [max 6 cr]; A-F only)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
Hum 3001. Humanities in the West
I. (4 cr; same as 1001)
Greek and Roman civilization, rise
of Christianity. Epic and lyric poetry, drama, architecture, sculpture,
philosophy of religion. Integrative study of works by creative figures
such as Homer, Hesiod, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes,
Plato, Aristotle. Caesar, Lucretius Virgil, Ovid, Petronius, Augustine,
Boethius.
Hum 3002. Humanities in the West
II. (4 cr; same as 1002)
Sixth to Fourteenth centuries: Growth
of Christendom; monasticism; feudalism and courtly love, rise of towns
and universities. Art and architecture: Byzantine, Romanesque and Gothic.
Music: Gregorian chant, minstrelsy, liturgical drama. Literature: epic,
romance, Dante. Islam. Scholastic philosophy: Abelard, Aquinas.
Hum 3003. Humanities in the West
III. (4 cr; same as 1003)
European civilization from 15th/16th
centuries. Religious/cultural reaction in northern Europe, humanism,
counter-reformation, religious wars, philosophy, literature, art, music.
Works by creative figures such as Petrarch, Machiavelli, Erasmus, Luther,
Michelangelo, Josquin.
Hum 3004. Humanities in the West
IV. (4 cr; same as 1004)
European civilization from 17th/18th
centuries. Old Regime through French Revolution/Napoleon, new science,
Enlightenment, cult of sensibility, art, music. Integrative study of
works by creative figures such as Cervantes, Descartes, Rembrandt, Bach,
Pope, Voltaire, Rousseau, Goethe, Watteau, David, Goya, Mozart.
Hum 3005. Humanities in the West
V. (4 cr; same as 1005)
Industrial Revolution, liberalism,
socialism, romanticism. Impact of science, especially evolution theory,
on religious/humanistic thought. Roots of existentialism: art, music.
Wordsworth, Adam Smith, Marx, Dostoevsky, Delacroix, Courbet, Beethoven,
Darwin, Nietzsche, Joyce, Monet, Wagner.
Hum 3006. Humanities in the West
VI. (4 cr; same as 1006)
The Western world, 1914-1970. Ideas
and forms of society and culture: Leninist, fascist-Nazi, Freudian.
Existentialism, "the absurd"; influence of oriental spiritual
traditions; art, music. Integrative study of works by creative figures
such as Lenin, Freud, Kafka, Picasso, Stravinsky, Bartok, Gropius, Sartre,
Ionesco, Jung, Watts, Pollock, Cage, Fellini.
Hum 3027. Lyric Song in Medieval
Culture. (3 cr)
Courtly, paraliturgical, and popular
song traditions, 1100-1500, in specific contexts: castle, palace, monastery,
nunnery, cathedral, theater, tavern, street and countryside. Social
roles of men and women as patrons, performers, poets, composers. Writing
historical narratives and recreating medieval performance traditions.
Hum 3029. Music in the Twentieth
Century. (3 cr)
Surveys music in European and American
culture from 1890s to present. Emphasizes interactions between high
art, popular and ethnic musics, contributions of men and women as composers
and performers, concurrent developments in the arts, dance, and literature,
music as social commentary.
Hum 3036. Islam: Religion and Culture.
(3 cr)
Religion of Islam, faith, practices,
sectarian splintering, expansion outside original home to status of
world religion. Institutions. Status in world societies: Asia, Europe,
Americas.
Hum 3256. Aesthetics, Arts, and
Society: France, 1848-1900. (2 cr)
Major movements in painting, literature,
and poetry in France during second half of 19th century. Aesthetic concepts
of artists and their critics, in context of historical events and social
and political changes.
Hum 3281. European Intellectual
History: the 18th and 19th Centuries. (3 cr)
First of a two-semester course dealing
with logical, philosophical and methodological issues in the historical,
social and natural sciences. The period covered is from the late seventeenth
century to the mid-nineteenth.
Hum 3282. European Intellectual
History: the Late 19th and 20th Centuries. (3 cr)
Second and concluding semester of
readings in fundamental texts dealing with issues in logic, philosophy
and the methodologies of the historical, social and natural sciences,
from the late nineteenth century to the present. There is no text. Readings
are from original sources.
Hum 3531. The Mysterious William
Shakespeare: Authorship and World View. (2cr)
Focuses on Shakespeare authorship
controversy through intensive study of Shakespeare, of Stratford, and
Edward De Vere. Brilliance of court of Queen Elizabeth, ideas of renaissance
England.
Hum 3635. Hinduism: From Guptas
to 13th Century. (2 cr)
Development of classical Hinduism
in its multiple cultural and social manifestations, from the 4th to
13th century C.E. Art, religion, mythology, literature, philosophy,
caste system.
Hum 3677. Self-Realization in 20th-Century
Western Literature. (2 cr)
Quest for meaning and process of
individuation. Works by Conrad, Kate Chopin, Joyce, Sartre, Hesse.
Hum 3837. Nietzsche. (3.0 cr;
prereq Jr or sr or #; same as 4837)
Nietzsche's contributions to philosophy, psychology,
and criticism of religion, culture, and society.
Hum 3910. Topics in the Humanities.
(2-4 cr; prereq Jr or sr or #)
Topics will vary from offering to offering and
will be specified in Class Schedule.
Hum 3920. Honors Course: Topics in the Humanities
. (2-4 cr; prereq Jr or sr or #)
Topics will vary from offering to offering and
will be specified in Class Schedule.
Hum 3970. Directed Studies. (1-4 cr; prereq
#)
Guided individual reading or study.
Hum 3971. Directed Studies. (1-4 cr; prereq
#)
Guided individual reading or study.
Hum 4837. Nietzsche. (3 cr; prereq Sr or
grad student or #, same as 3837)
Nietzsche's contributions to philosophy,
psychology, and criticism of religion, culture, and society.
Hum 4910. Topics in the Humanities. (2-4
cr; prereq Jr or sr or grad student)
Topics will vary from offering to offering
and will be specified in Class Schedule.
Hum 4920. Honors Course: Topics in the Humanities.
(2-4 cr; prereq Jr or sr or grad student)
Topics will vary from offering to offering and
will be specified in Class Schedule.
Hum 4970. Directed Studies. (1-4 cr; prereq
Jr or sr or grad student or #)
Guided individual reading or study.
Hum 4971. Honors Course: Directed Studies. (1-4
cr; prereq Jr or sr or grad student, #)
Guided individual reading or study.
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