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Humanities Interdisciplinary Minor
The School of Arts and Humanities
Office of the Dean
Music, Room 186A
(559) 278-3056
BRUCE THORNTON, Coordinator
(559) 278-2386
http://www.csufresno.edu/forlang/hum/
Humanities Interdisciplinary Minor
Faculty
Bruce S. Thornton, Coordinator
George E. Diestel, Victor Hanson , Ralph Hennings, David T. Natharius
Humanities Interdisciplinary Minor
The Humanities Interdisciplinary Minor surveys relationships among philosophy,
literature, music, architecture, sculpture, and painting. It also makes
some use of science, popular culture, contemporary events, and whatever
else relevant that may come to hand in order to explore as richly as possible
the interrelationships among arts and ideas. And it does so for entire cultures,
subdivided, of course, into their major periods.
Humanities Interdisciplinary Minor
Hum 10, 11, 12, or 14 (3 units)
IntD 104, 108, 110, or 116 (6 units)
IntD 123, 124, or 130 (3 units)
Hum 140 or 150 (3 units)
Electives (select from remaining humanities courses or from other pertinent
courses approved by the faculty adviser) (6 units)
Total (21 units)
COURSES
Humanities (Hum)
1T and 101T. Topics in Humanities (1-4; variable; max total
12 if no topic repeated)
Selected topics in the humanities not normally covered by regular course
offerings.
10. Introduction to the Humanities I (3)
Interrelationships among art, literature, music, and philosophy, from
Greece and Rome through the Renaissance. General Education BREADTH, Division
6.
11. Introduction to the Humanities II (3)
Interrelationships among art, literature, music, and philosophy, from
the 17th century Age of Reason to the present. General Education BREADTH,
Division 6.
14. Introduction to the Humanities: Pre-Columbian America (3)
Interrelationships among the visual arts, literature, myth, and philosophy
in the Pre-Columbian civilizations of the Americas. General Education BREADTH,
Division 6.
140. Tradition and Change in China and Japan (3)
(Same as Anth 186.) Examines the current aspirations and problems of
the Chinese and Japanese in terms of their traditional cultures, and explains
how their histories, values, world views, and intellectual traditions affect
their life-styles and their international relations today. General Education
CAPSTONE Cluster course.
150. Indic Cultures and Traditions (3)
(Same as Ling 110.) Study of the cultures and traditions of the Indian Subcontinent
as part of the common human heritage, and for informed perspectives on international
issues. Understanding of peoples of South Asia: their lifestyles, world
views, and experiences; the development of their intellectual, aesthetic,
and spiritual traditions; and their current aspirations and problems. General
Education CAPSTONE Cluster course.
190. Independent Study (1-3; max total 6)
See Academic Placement -- Independent
Study. Approved for SP grading.
CAPSTONE: Interdisciplinary (IntD)
104. Humanities in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (3)
An examination of art, literature, philosophy, and music and their interrelationships in European culture during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
108. Humanities in Classical Athens (3)
An examination of the unique cultural environment of the ancient city, its art, architecture, literature, social and political structures, and their interrelationships as manifested in fifth century Athens.
110. Humanities in Republican and Imperial Rome (3)
An examination of the unique cultural environment of the ancient city, its art, architecture, literature, social and political structures, and their interrelationships as manifested during Republican and Imperial Rome.
116. Humanities in the Modern World (3)
An examination of art, literature, philosophy, and music and their interrelationships in the Western world during the 19th and 20th centuries.
118. Folklore in Modern Life (3)
An examination of the role of folklore in modern life, its power to communicate critical issues through expressive culture, e.g., jokes, legends, folksongs, graphic arts, and festival; focus on the intellectual currents influencing the study of folklore provides interdisciplinary perspective.
123. The American Experience: Beginnings to World War I (3)
Survey of the principal experiences and intellectual movements that have formed the American character, as illustrated through American literature, music, and the arts, serious and popular, from the formation of the colonies to the outbreak of World War I.
124. The American Experience: World War I to the Present (3)
Survey of the principal experiences and intellectual movements that have formed the American character, as illustrated through American literature, music, and the arts, serious and popular, from World War I to the present time.
130. Latin American Cultures and Traditions (3)
A study of Hispanic cultural and aesthetic trends and practices as seen in the popular and formal arts and other styles of Hispanic thought, feeling, and expression.
IN-SERVICE COURSE
(See Course Numbering System.)
Humanities (Hum)
300T. Topics in Humanities
(1-3; max total 12 if no topic repeated)
Selected areas in humanities.
