Arts & Humanities - General

Arts and Humanities courses will promote the development of critical thinking and inquiry through the study of the arts and humanities. Students will reflect on the relationship between the course content and their lived experience. Creative expression is a fundamental human activity that results in the production of objects, environments, and experiences that engage the senses, emotion, and/or intellect. The humanities grapple with a range of human experiences through time and across cultures. The arts and humanities include knowledge of history, philosophical traditions, major religions, diverse cultural legacies, performing arts, literature, film, the visual arts, and music.

  • The courses for each Arts & Humanities category must be from two different designators (subject codes) per Academic Regulation 25.

Schedule of Classes

Use the schedule links below as a guide to future term offerings only and check back to the Schedule of Classes regularly for updated information. Term data is published several months prior to the start of the term to provide guidance but is continuously revised.

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Approved Courses

CourseTitleCredits
ANTH 211+*INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF NORTH AMERICA3
ANTH 212+*EUROPE BEYOND THE TOURISTSCAPE3
ANTH 250+LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND SOCIETY4
ANTH 261+*FOOD IN AMERICAN CULTURE3
ART 101+*INTRODUCTION TO THE VISUAL ARTS3
ART 204+*INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN ART: PREHISTORY TO HIGH MIDDLE AGES3
ART 205+*INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN ART: GOTHIC TO BAROQUE3
ART 206+*INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN ART: NEOCLASSICISM TO CONTEMPORARY3
ENG 104*INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE: FICTION3
ENG 104Z+*INTRODUCTION TO FICTION4
ENG 108+*INTRODUCTION TO SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY3
ENG 215+*CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY4
ES 275+*ARTS & SOCIAL JUSTICE4
FCSJ 261+*FOOD IN AMERICAN CULTURE3
FILM 145+*INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1968-19993
FILM 145H+*INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1968-19993
HST 101+*THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN: ORIGINS OF THE WEST I4
HST 101H+*THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN: ORIGINS OF THE WEST I4
HST 102+*EUROPE IN THE WORLD: ORIGINS OF THE WEST II4
HST 102H+*EUROPE IN THE WORLD: ORIGINS OF THE WEST II4
HST 103+*MODERN CONFRONTATIONS: ORIGINS OF THE WEST III4
HST 103H+*MODERN CONFRONTATIONS: ORIGINS OF THE WEST III4
HST 201+INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, EMPIRES, AND REVOLUTIONS: MAKING EARLY AMERICA4
HST 201H+INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, EMPIRES, AND REVOLUTIONS: MAKING EARLY AMERICA4
HST 202+*CIVIL WARS AND CIVIL RIGHTS: MAKING US CITIZENSHIP4
HST 202H+*CIVIL WARS AND CIVIL RIGHTS: MAKING US CITIZENSHIP4
HST 203+CONTESTING FREEDOMS: MAKING THE MODERN UNITED STATES4
HST 203H+CONTESTING FREEDOMS: MAKING THE MODERN UNITED STATES4
HST 238+HITLER, STALIN, MUSSOLINI4
MUS 109+NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE3
PHL 203+*THE MEANING OF EXISTENCE4
PHL 205+*INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS4
PHL 205H+*INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS4
PHL 207+*POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY4
PHL 251+*KNOWERS, KNOWING, AND THE KNOWN4
PHL 251H*KNOWERS, KNOWING, AND THE KNOWN4
PS 206+*INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL THOUGHT4
QS 275+*ARTS & SOCIAL JUSTICE4
REL 216+NEWER RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD4
TA 147+*INTRODUCTION TO THE THEATRE3
TA 147H+*INTRODUCTION TO THE THEATRE3
WGSS 110+*GENDER, RACE, AND POP CULTURE3
WGSS 110H+*GENDER, RACE, AND POP CULTURE3
WGSS 275+*ARTS & SOCIAL JUSTICE4
WLC 231+*GERMAN DICTATORSHIPS: NAZIS AND COMMUNISTS3
WLC 231H+*GERMAN DICTATORSHIPS: NAZIS AND COMMUNISTS3
WLC 241+GRIMMS' FAIRY TALES3
WLC 241H+GRIMMS' FAIRY TALES3
WR 224+*INTRODUCTION TO FICTION WRITING3
WR 224H+*INTRODUCTION TO FICTION WRITING3
WR 240+*INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING3
WR 241+*INTRODUCTION TO POETRY WRITING3