Humanities

+ HUMN2100 Script Analysis and Dramatic Criticism (Also THTR2100) 3 s.h.
An interdisciplinary investigation of theatre and literature. Explores a variety of analytic methods for examining dramatic literature from both performance and design perspectives. Critical theory is used to critique, analyze, and produce plays. Prerequisite: ENGL1410 Modern Rhetoric. Goals 2b, 4b, 10 (Goal 3A or 3C or 10 Catalog 0809+)

+HUMN2200 Multicultural Theatre (Also ENGL/THTR2200) 3 s.h.
Survey of literature, artists, and performance including, but not limited to, African-American, Asian-American, Kabuki, Hispanic, Native American, Feminist, and Gay & Lesbian Theatre; history of each movement and its contribution to the American Theatre; consideration of historical, sociological, and aesthetic contexts. Examination of sociological issues and challenges faced by minority artists. Prerequisite: ENGL1410 Modern Rhetoric or THTR2100 Script Analysis and Criticism. Goal 2b, 3, 10 (Goal 3A or 3C or 10 Catalog 0809+)

HUMN2220 Frankenstein in Text and Film 3 s.h.
Examines the history of the Frankenstein myth by studying several significant film representations as well as Mary Shelley's text. Addresses psychoanalytic, feminist, historicist, and Marxist interpretation of Shelley's important text. (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)

HUMN2300 Humanities I: Ways of Seeing 3 s.h.
An interdisciplinary foundation course in the shared and unique approaches to human experience of the visual artist, musician, creative writer, and philosopher. Course content draws freely on major cultural landmarks from each discipline. Goal 2b, 10 (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)

HUMN2330 Honors Humanities: Ways of Seeing 3 s.h.
An interdisciplinary foundation course in the shared and unique approaches to human experience of the visual artist, musician, creative writer, and philosopher. Course content draws freely on major cultural landmarks from each discipline. Prerequisite: Honors Program or instructor consent. Goal 2b, 10 (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)

Humanities II
An interdisciplinary investigation of a major topic of humanistic concern designed to broaden and sharpen the student’s critical and aesthetic capacities. Courses offered in Humanities II may include, but are not limited to the following:

HUMN2310 Humanities II: Music in the Church (Also MUSC/RELG2310)
The historical and present role of music in worship, and methods of improving musics ministry in the congregation. Orientation to the philosophy, psychology and practice of church music. Hymnology, ordering worship, and practical aspects such as service playing, choir organization and leadership. Goal 2b, 3, 10 (Goal 3A or 3C or 10 Catalog 0809+)

HUMN2340 Humanities II: Jazz in the American Experience 3 s.h.
History of jazz in the United States will be studied from the perspective of the performers, personalities, and social/historical context. Emphasis on listening and understanding styles including swing, bebop, blues, Dixieland, ragtime and fusion. Students with performance ability may be invited to demonstrate improvisation as an aid to its cognitive understanding. Goal 2b, 3, 10 (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)

HUMN2370 Humanities II: Literature and Philosophy - Ways of Thinking (also PHIL2370) 3 s.h.
Designed to familiarize students with the ideas, issues and influences important to the literary and philosophical processes and traditions, such as the concept of self, the problem of evil, and the nature of reality. Goal 2b, 4c1, 10 (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)

HUMN2450 Humanities II: Vietnam in Literature and Film 3 s.h.
An exploration of the depiction of the Vietnam War in several books and films. The course focuses
(1) on the technical elements of fiction, nonfiction, and film that create aesthetic response and meaning,
(2) on issues of genre and historical representation, and
(3) on the meaning of the Vietnam experience for individual writers/film makers, for American society, and for the generations that come after the war. Goal 2b, 10 (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)

HUMN2460 Humanities II: Science Fiction & Philosophy (also PHIL2460) 3 s.h.
The class integrates philosophy and literature (science fiction). Students are introduced to a range of traditional philosophical issues using science fiction short stories, videos, and novels, as well as philosophical essays, to raise and illustrate these problems. The topics include problems of knowledge, religion, freedom, social structures, and especially, reflection on the question, “What is a person?” Goal 2b, 10 (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)

HUMN2470 Humanities II: Literature by Women 3 s.h.
This interdisciplinary class offers close, careful readings of a range of literary works by women writers from the English-speaking world. These texts describe their authors’ sometimes problematic, sometimes triumphant relationships to culture and society. The material is arranged chronologically from the middle ages to the present in order to suggest a general historical overview of women’s experiences in western culture. Also this structure should help readers see that there is an important female literary tradition that, for several centuries, has coexisted with, revised, and influenced male literary models. We will explore both the diversity and commonality of women’s experiences, as expressed in issues like culture, race, class, sexual preference, education, geography, and religion. Goal 2b, 3, 10 (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)

HUMN2480 Dramatic Theory and Criticism (Also THTR2480) 3 s.h.
Theatre, literature, and scientific methodology converge in the aesthetic theory and criticism of the contemporary theatre. An interdisciplinary investigation of theatre and literature designed to broaden and sharpen students’ critical and aesthetic evaluation skills. Goal 2b, 3, 10 (Goal 3A or 3C or 10 Catalog 0809+)

HUMN2490 Humanities II: Suffering and Meaning (also RELG2490) 3 s.h.
The first Noble Truth of Buddhism is that all life involves suffering. Much of human life, religion, and the arts is an effort to create meaningful responses to our suffering. This course will examine some of those responses. Goal 2b, 5, 10 (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)

HUMN2500 Humanities II: Holocaust in Literature and Film 3 s.h.
Explores the Holocaust as depicted in literature and film. Focus on the pervasive social climate in the shadow of the Holocaust, as well as the human experience of life in the concentration camps. Both fictional and nonfictional accounts are examined. Goal 2b, 3, 10 (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)

HUMN2510 Humanities II: Faith in a Secular Age (also RELG2510) 3 s.h.
An exploration of the quest for spiritual meaning in the context of a “secular world.” The course focuses on contemporary challenges to the faith journey as well as new forms of faith expression in today’s theological enterprise. Goal 2b, 10 (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)

HUMN2530 Humanities II: Postmodernism (also PHIL2530) 3 s.h.
“Postmodern” thinkers like Richard Rorty are challenging “foundationalism,” the claim that our social beliefs and values — in ethics, the arts, language, and even science — have eternal and universal foundations. Beginning with ancient clash between mythology and the earliest Greek philosophers, but focusing on the 20th century, this course will historically review the interplay of our struggles with truth and meaning, leading to current postmodernism, with special attention to Rorty’s work in Neopragmatism. Goal 2b, 10 (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)

HUMN2550 Humanities II: The Politics in/of Cinema 3 s.h.
An analysis of films that take politics as their narrative topic. "Politics" will be defined in two ways. The first way examines the various and sometimes conflicting ways films portray politics, politicians, criminals, the law, and government. The second way examines how films question or reinforce stereotypes centering on issues of race, gender, class, and sexuality. Ultimately, the course foregrounds such questions as "how stable is the boundary between politics and art," and "what does it mean to call a work of art political." Goals 2b, 10 (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)

HUMN2560 Humanities II: Korea - The Forgotten War 3 s.h.
An interdisciplinary exploration of the Korean War. After establishing the historical context for the conflict, the course examines diverse perspectives on the war. Depictions of the war through memoirs, fiction, poetry, and film are all examined, analyzed, and discussed. The course focuses (1) on the technical elements of fiction, non-fiction, and film that create aesthetic response and meaning, (2) on issues of genre and historical representation, and (3) on the meaning of the Korean War experience for participants, individual writers/filmmakers, and for American society. Goal 2b, 10 (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)

HUMN2570 Humanities II: Protest and Propaganda
An investigation of propaganda and social protest films, novels, and art of the 20th century. Analysis of how political or social struggle is fused into a creative, entertaining, or aesthetic product for purposes of affecting social change. Issues pertaining to the use of culture as a political tool will be discussed. Goal 2b, 10 (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)

HUMN2580 Humanities II: American Civil War in Literature and Film 3 s.h.
An exploration of the depiction of the American Civil War in representative contemporary and modern literature and films. The course focuses on the (1) technical elements of fiction, nonfiction, and film that create aesthetic response and meaning, on (2) issues of genre and historical representation, and on the (3) meaning of the Civil War experience for individual writers/film makers, for American society, and for the generations that come after the war. Goal 2b, 10 (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)