HUMN 100 - Introduction to Western Culture4 Credit: (4 lecture, 0 lab, 0 clinical) 4 Contact Hours: [ENGL 100 or ENGL 101 ]
This course examines the artistic, literary and philosophical development of Western culture over the past five millennia. Regular assignments provide a survey of cultural history and expose students to examples of literature, music and the visual arts from each of the major periods.
OFFERED: summer semesters
Course Goals/ Objectives/ Competencies:
Goal 1: Differentiate the artistic, literary, and philosophical development of Western culture.
- Classify well-known visual artists and their art from ancient times to the present.
- Classify well-known writers and their literature from ancient times to the present.
- Classify well-known composers and their music from ancient times to the present.
Goal 2: Explore and implement appropriate vocabulary of the disciplines.
- Develop a vocabulary from which to discuss artistic concepts.
- Develop a vocabulary from which to discuss literary concepts.
- Develop a vocabulary from which to discuss cinematic and theatrical concepts.
- Develop a vocabulary from which to discuss musical concepts.
Goal 3: Examine cultures from various times and places.
- Characterize culturally bound philosophies.
- Summarize various characteristics of religions.
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