General Studies Information

GENERAL STUDIES COURSES

III. HUMANITIES
(9-15 hours from three separate perspectives required; a maximum of 15 hours count as General Studies credit)

In addition to those objectives required of all General Studies courses, students will:

1. demonstrate the ability to comprehend primary texts, i.e., the work of literary figures, historical figures, philosophers, and critics; film and theatrical performance; works of art; music in performance and/or notation,
2. demonstrate the ability to form and support , in writing, coherent positions on issues relevant to primary texts,
3. demonstrate the ability to use, in speaking and writing, the forms of reference and the manners of discourse appropriate to the particular discipline,
4. demonstrate the ability to see primary texts as cultural descriptions as well as individual creation.

While not all courses in the Humanities focus exclusively on primary texts, students in every course will experience, through reading, seeing, or hearing, significant cultural works and documents.

Within the Humanities requirement, courses should be distributed among the perspectives listed below. At a minimum, students must take one course from Literary Perspectives, one from Aesthetic Perspectives and one from Historical Perspectives.

Literary Perspectives

(3 hours required; a maximum of 6 hours count as General Studies Credit)

ENG 234GS, Reading and Writing about Literature - 3 hours
ENG 235HGS, American Studies - 3 hours
ENG 240HGS, Literary Classics of the Western World - 3 hours
ENG 250GS, Introduction to Literature: British Literature - 3 hours
ENG 251GS, Introduction to Literature: American Literature - 3 hours
ENG 252GS, Introduction to Literature: Western Civilization - 3 hours
ENG 253GS, Introduction to Literature: Non-Western Civilization - 3 hours
ENG.254GS, Introduction to Literature: Special Topics - 3 hours
ENG/HIST 280H Variable Topics - 3 hours

Aesthetic Perspectives

(3 hours required; a maximum of 6 hours count as General Studies Credit)

ART 100GS, Art Structure - 3 hours
ART 120GS, Art Appreciation - 3 hours
MUS 100GS, Introduction to Music - 3 hours
MUS 106GS, Introduction to Jazz and Blues - 3 hours
MUS 107GS, Introduction to Rock and Blues - 3 hours
DANC 122GS, Dance Appreciation - 3 hours
THEA 120GS, Introduction to Theatre - 3 hours

Historical Perspectives

(3 hours required; a maximum of 6 hours count as General Studies Credit)

HIST 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours
HIST 215GS, Introduction to Latin America - 3 hours
HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours

Philosophic Perspectives

(0 hours required; a maximum of 6 hours count as General Studies Credit)

PHIL 100GS, Introduction to Philosophy - 3 hours
PHIL 120GS, Introduction to Ethics - 3 hours
PHIL 260GS, Philosophy of Culture - 3 hours
PHIL 314GS, Philosophy of Religion: Reason and Faith - 3 hours
PHIL 360GS, Philosophy of Science - 3 hours