Humanities and the Arts: Course Descriptions

ART 102- Intro to 2D Designs

Exploration of the visual language used in two-dimensional design, emphasizing the fundamental elements and principles of composition and color through lecture and studio problems. Lab fee.

 

ART 103 - Intro to 3D Design

Exploration of the visual language used in three-dimensional design emphasizing the fundamental elements and principles through lecture and studio problems in a variety of sculptural processes. Lab fee.

 

ART 122 - Intro to Drawings

Exploration of the media and process of drawing to develop a visual language for representing visual imagery and cultivating perceptual and conceptual awareness. Lab fee.

 

ART 125 - Ancient to Medieval Art

A survey of art history from the prehistoric to the medieval eras with a western art emphasis. Development of the student’s critical abilities will be stressed.

 

ART 126 - Renaissance to Modern Art

A survey of western art history from the renaissance to modern eras. Development of the student’s critical abilities will be stressed.

 

ENGL 167 - Intro to Literature

Techniques of literary analysis and critical approaches to literature organized around examples of major genres (fiction, drama, and poetry) selected chiefly from English and American writers. Four-credit section will require intensive writing, library research, revision, and a higher level of analysis of literary texts.

 

ENGL 217 - British Literature 1800 - 1920

Survey of major writers such as Wordsworth, Keats, Tennyson, Dickens, Hardy, Conrad and principal developments from the Romantic movement to the end of World War I.

 

ENGL 227 - American Literature 1855 - 1920

Survey of major writers such as Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, James, Chopin, Frost and principal developments from the mid-19th century to the end of World War I.

 

ENGL 237 - Modern & Contemporary Literature: 1920 - Present

Survey of major writers such as Eliot, Yeats, Joyce, Faulkner, Hemingway, Woolf and Morrison and principal developments in literature, chiefly English and American, since World War I.

 

ENGL 246 - Intro to World Literature

Broad survey of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance, including nonwestern literatures, exclusive of English literature.

 

HUMA 101 - Intro to Humanities: World Cultures to 1500

A thematic and comparative approach to the history of world cultures, focusing on the West, but including significant material from a variety of non-Western cultures, with particular emphasis on political movements, literature, fine arts, religion, and philosophy from prehistory to 1500.

 

HUMA 102 - Intro to Humanities: World Cultures 1500 - Present

A thematic and comparative approach to the history of world cultures, focusing on the West, but including significant material from a variety of non-Western cultures, with particular emphasis on political movements, literature, fine arts, religion, and philosophy from 1500 to present.

 

HUMA 103 - Diversity in the United States (DV)

A thematic and comparative approach to the history and culture of the United States, focusing on one or more of the diverse groups that comprise that culture.

 

HUMA 252 - Intro to Film

An examination of the distinctive elements and techniques of film as art and the relationship of film to society. Cross listed with ENGL 252.

MUSIC 100 - World of Music

Introduces the many styles and types of music heard in America today; explores contributions made by cultures from around the world.

 

MUSIC 101 - Fundamentals of Music

Designed to acquaint the student with a basic music vocabulary. Includes study of notation, scales, melody and basic harmony. Open to all students.

 

MUSIC 102 - Large Music Ensemble

Study and performance of music in the genres and historical styles appropriate to a variety of choral and instrumental ensembles. Chorale, Master Singers, Jazz Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, Community Band, Parkside Symphony, and Community Orchestra are offered every semester. May be repeated for credit.

 

MUSIC 201 - Music Appreciation

A guide to musical enjoyment and understanding. Includes listening experiences in the various styles and forms of music, assigned readings and attendance at performances. Open to all students.

 

MUSIC 206 - Jazz Appreciation (DV)

Study of the stylistic periods of jazz from its beginning through the present. Emphasis on key performers and their styles. Recordings and live performance included. Open to all students.

 

PHIL 101 - Intro to Philosophy

An introduction to philosophical method and typical philosophical issues, such as the existence of God, life after death, freewill, the nature and sources of knowledge and the nature of justice.

 

PHIL 102 - Great Thinkers

A survey of the history of philosophical thought in the West from its beginnings to the 20th century, emphasizing its social and political context and its relations to the sciences.

 

PHIL 205 - Philosophy of Religion

Introduction to major philosophical issues in religion, including the existence of God, the supernatural, the problem of evil, life's meaning, faith, reason, religious belief, science and morality and the nature of religious commitment.

 

PHIL 206 - Intro to Ethics

Examination of the nature of ethics and its relationship to law and religion. Discussion and appraisal of typical metaethical challenges to the possibility of ethics, such as relativism, subjectivism, positivism, naturalism, and egoism. Discussion of the most important normative ethical systems: virtue ethics, deontology, and utilitarianism, with particular emphasis on the work of Aristotle, Mill and Kant.

 

PHIL 215 - Contemporary Moral Problems

Discussion of contemporary moral problems and related theoretical issues, focusing on such issues as sexual morality, punishment, abortion, racism, sexism, warfare and civil disobedience.

 

TEDU 200 - Art in Elementary Education

Lecture and discussion about art as it pertains to the child, individual and society. Art’s elements, functions and theories will be explored in relationship to a child’s perceptual and cognitive growth. Please note - this course is a required general education course for students seeking certification in Early Childhood and Middle Childhood to Early Adolescence teaching licensures. Cross-listed with ART 200.

 

THEA 110 - Theatre Appreciation

Introduction to the arts of the theatre. Examination of the nature, function, and basic theories of drama. Reading selected plays and attending live theatrical performances. Field trips to theatrical productions required. Additional fees required.