HU 210 - Introduction to the Humanities

Description
This course explores a wide range of experiences, ideologies and beliefs in terms of personal identity, philosophy, religion, literature, the visual arts, and the performing arts. Through exposure to diverse presentations and provocative readings, learners are challenged to step outside their current world and life view and wrestle with the interrelationship of all these forms, as they are manifest in both western and non-western traditions.

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corequisite(s): None
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Course is a Requirement:
None

General Education Requirement:
Humanities
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
3. Critical Thinking: Gather and synthesize relevant information, evaluate alternative perspectives, or understand inquiry as a means of creating knowledge, 4. Cultural Competence: Understand diverse interpersonal and cultural perspectives through analysis of scholarly or creative works
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Utilize the terminology associated with Humanities in the analysis of both western and non western literature, philosophy, religions, visual arts, and performing arts so as to understand one’s personal myth.

2. Demonstrate an understanding of the foundational roots of cultures contributing to the rich tradition of thought and human ingenuity encountered within both the western and non- western traditions.

3. Compare and contrast the literature, philosophy, religion, performing arts, and visual arts, from both western and non-western.

4. Analyze and discuss the interrelatedness of literature, philosophy, religion, performing arts, and visual arts, from both the western and non-western traditions.

5. Identify and investigate well-known leaders, composers, artists, writers, theologians, and philosophers.

6. Synthesize and apply ideologies presented in the Humanities so as to better understand his or her own Weltanschauung (world and life view).

7. Present analyzed and applied practices/principles gained from research in both written and oral formats.

8. Exhibit understanding and tolerance of others’ world and life views. (GELO 4)

9. Translate or explain what written information means and/or how it can be used.

10. Use rules or frameworks to provide context for and understand problems or issues. (GELO 3)
Course Outline:
I. What are the Humanities? How to appreciate them.

II. Personal Identity

A. Personal myth and personal storytelling

B. World literary readings about personal identity

III. Philosophy

A. The Western tradition and The non-Western tradition

B. Readings in Western and non-Western philosophy

IV. Religions around the world

A. Prehistoric religion

B. Indigenous religion

1. Hinduism

2. Buddhism

3. Confucianism and Taoism

4. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

C. Readings in the world religion

D. Literary works concerning religion

V. Literature

A. Poetry and prose

B. Literary, criticism, and appreciation

C. Readings from Western and non-Western tradition

VI. Visual Arts

A. Painting, sculpture, and architecture

B. Photography and film

C. Criticism and appreciation of the visual arts

D. Western and non-Western works

VII. Performing Arts

A. Drama, dance, and music

B. Western and non-Western performances

Approved for Online and Hybrid Delivery?:
Yes
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 30-40%

Facilitated discussion: 20-35%

Video and mediated instruction: 20-35%

Group work: 20-40%
Mandatory Course Components:
Tests, quizzes, and/or exams

Minimum of one short analysis paper and/or project
Equivalent Courses:
None

Accepted GRCC Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Course prepares students to seek the following external certification:
No
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with ARW/IRW Pairing: IRW 99

Mandatory Department Assessment Measures:
None

Course Type:
General Education- Offering designed to meet the specific criteria for a GRCC Distribution Requirement. The course should be designated by the requirement it fulfills.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1
Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 3
People Soft Course ID Number: 100720
Course CIP Code: 24.0103
Maximum Course Enrollment: 30
General Room Request: None

High School Articulation Agreements exist?: No
If yes, with which high schools?: NA
Non-Credit GRCC Articulation Agreement With What Area: No
Identify the Non Credit Programs this Course is Accepted: NA

School: School of Liberal Arts
Department: Language & Thought
Discipline: HU
First Term Valid: Fall 2019 (8/1/2019)
1st Catalog Year: 2019-2020
Faculty Credential Requirements:
18 graduate credit hours in discipline being taught (HLC Requirement), Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details:
Eighteen graduate credit hours or a Master’s Degree in Humanities or a related field.

Major Course Revisions: General Education Review
Last Revision Date Effective: 20230223T14:28:11
Course Review & Revision Year: 2027-2028