Summer 2022

Humanities Courses

In this interactive course, students will use a humanities lens to explore questions about what it means to be human: How and why have individuals throughout history and around the globe sought to make sense of their world through creative expression? How do our interactions with society and the environment around us shape our sense of self? How do we in turn shape society and our environment? Throughout the course, students will engage with examples of cultural products from a range of humanities disciplines, such as art history, literature, religion, music history, theater, film, philosophy, and language and linguistics. In the course of this engagement, students will practice skills that are not only essential for humanities classrooms but extend to any workplace: thinking critically, interpreting evidence, and communicating effectively, all while striving towards a deeper understanding of diversity in order to respond creatively and constructively to the challenge of difference.

Course/Section Session Days/Times Instructor
HUM 105-20 Summer 2 (May 31–July 6) MTWThF 11:20am–12:50pm R. Ismaila
HUM 105-50 Summer 2 (May 31–July 6) DISTANCE EDUCATION S. Dave
HUM 105-51 Ten Week (May 31–August 10) DISTANCE EDUCATION J. Richie
HUM 105-52 Summer 3 (July 7–August 10) DISTANCE EDUCATION D. Wilder

The study of the principal world religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and indigenous traditions) in their cultural contexts.

Course/Section Session Days/Times Instructor
HUM 216-50 Ten Week (May 31–August 10) DISTANCE EDUCATION M. Hagan

Analysis of sex roles as embodied in classic works in philosophy, literature, history, drama, and art in ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary times.

Course/Section Session Days/Times Instructor
HUM 331-50 Summer 1 (May 9–May 27) DISTANCE EDUCATION S. Bertacco
Note: Cross-listed with WGST 303-50.

Mythology of Greek gods and goddesses through the study of ancient texts, major sites of worship, and ancient representations of these deities.

Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.

Course/Section Session Days/Times Instructor
HUM 338-50 Summer 2 (May 31–July 6) DISTANCE EDUCATION S. Watkins

The varieties of religious experience in the United States: native traditions, manifestations and adaptations of Christianity, and other religions practiced in the United States.

Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.

Course/Section Session Days/Times Instructor
HUM 344-51 Ten Week (May 31–August 10) DISTANCE EDUCATION T. Burden

Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.

Course/Section Session Topic Days/Times Instructor
HUM 362-51 Summer 2 (May 31–July 6) Race, Gender, and Human Behaviors DISTANCE EDUCATION L. Anthony

The course is an elective that examines human behaviors in relation to race and gender from psychological, sociological, and technological perspectives. These perspectives will be viewed in terms of contemporary societies throughout the African diaspora. At the end of the term, students will demonstrate their knowledge by creating a presentation for an adverse audience while taking a supportive position of a social issue relating to race and/or gender.

Note: Co-listed with PAS 300-50 and WGST 390-51.

The study of major systematic views of the development on Western culture.

Prerequisite: Completion of 75 undergraduate hours.

Notes: (1) Approved for the Arts and Sciences upper-level requirement in written communication (WR). (2) Credit may not be received for this course and HIST 595.

Course/Section Session Days/Times Instructor
HUM 595-20 Summer 2 (May 31–July 6) MTWThF 11:20am–12:50pm M. Johmann