HUMS 1000 - Humanities through the Arts

4.5 Credits

Students explore humanity’s creative responses to the fundamental intellectual and artistic questions that have continually preoccupied reflective individuals. Those creative responses may include the fine arts, such as painting, sculpture, and public art; performing arts such as dance, theatre, and film; music and musical performance; religion, philosophy, and culture.

Lecture Hours: 4.5
Lab Hours: 0.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives

Explain the role of the humanities in expressing human thoughts, values, and beliefs.

Describe basic artistic concepts and techniques.

Apply a variety of critical approaches to works of art.

Explain the interrelationships of the arts and the humanities.

Participate in the diversity and vibrancy of our local arts and humanities community.

Explain how the arts explore and transform what it means to be human.

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