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for California State University, Fresno.
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for California State University, Fresno.
Humanities Interdisciplinary Minor
The College of Arts and Humanities Honors Program is designed to provide the opportunity for advanced interdisciplinary studies for upper-division students with outstanding scholarly and creative achievements. The program also provides interaction with a community of intellectual peers in arts and humanities and related disciplines. The program consists of a three-course commitment (10-12 units), beginning with the 3-unit Honors Seminar (Arts and Humanities 100H) taken in the second semester of the junior year. Each participating department will then provide courses or an independent study option for honors students for the subsequent two semesters of the senior year, culminating in the student's completion of a research/creative project. A one-unit Honors Colloquium (Arts and Humanities 101H) will serve as a culmination experience for students to present and discuss their research/creative projects. This program will encourage students to cross traditional disciplinary boundaries through discussion with faculty and fellow students in different departments and to work closely with faculty toward the completion of a research or creative project of the student's choice.
Application Criteria. Students with a 3.5 cumulative GPA in the last 60 units are eligible to apply. Application for the Honors Program includes the following: a current copy of transcript, a written personal statement, a substantial sample of the student's writing and/or creative work, and a letter of recommendation/nomination from a Fresno State faculty member willing to serve as mentor/adviser to the student for the honors thesis/project. The student must successfully complete and earn a grade of A in the Arts and Humanities Honors Seminar (AH 100H) to continue in the program.
Applications are accepted in December for the following spring semester
and in May for the following fall semester.
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 is 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 and 11 (6 units)
HUM 15 or 104 or 118 (3 units)
HUM 108 and 110 (6 units)
Approved Electives (select from remaining humanities courses or from other
pertinent courses approved by the faculty adviser) (6 units)
Total (21 units)
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Note: The Humanities Minor also requires a 2.0 GPA and 6 upper-division
units in residence.
COURSES
Arts and Humanities (AH)
AH 1T. Topics in Arts and Humanities (2-4)
Combination of relevant study of cultural and critical topics with strong
reasoning skills designed for high school students who are members of the
Academic Decathlon teams in Fresno and surrounding counties. (Formerly HUM
1T)
AH 100H. Arts and Humanities Honors Seminar (3)
Investigation of arts and humanities issues such as communication of ideas,
language, theatrical and musical expression, myth, memory, identity (gender,
race, nationality), reason and emotion, love and sex, violence and war,
nature and the environment, and happiness. (Formerly HUM 101T)
AH 101H. Arts and Humanities Honors Colloquium (1)
Refinement, completion, and presentation of honors thesis/project. (Formerly
HUM 101T)
AH 116. Humanities of the Modern Era (3)
An examination of art, literature, philosophy, and music and their interrelationships
in the Western world during the 19th and 20th centuries up to the present
day.
Humanities (HUM)
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. 1T- FS; 101T- SF (Formerly INTD 116)
HUM 10. Humanities from Antiquity to the Renaissance (3)
Prerequisite: G.E. Foundation A2. Interrelationships among art,
literature, music, and philosophy, from Greece and Rome through the Renaissance.
G.E. Breadth C2. FS
HUM 11. Humanities from the Baroque to the Modern (3)
Prerequisite: G.E. Foundation A2. Interrelationships among art,
literature, music, and philosophy, from the 17th century Age of Reason to
the present. G.E. Breadth C2. FS
HUM 15. Classical Myth and World Humanities (3)
Prerequisite: G.E. Foundation A2. A study of classical myth and its themes
and ideas in the context of modern world humanities. Study in the techniques
of analyzing myth in primary works, from diverse media and cultures. Two
thousand word writing requirement. G.E. Breadth C2. FS
HUM 20. Introduction to Hispanic Literature (3)
Prerequisite: G.E. Foundation A2. Reading of Hispanic fiction, poetry, and
drama with the goal of understanding the close relationship between Hispanic
literature and culture. Instruction in techniques of literary criticism.
Taught in English using English translations of important works of Hispanic
literature. G.E. Breadth C2. FS
HUM 21. Introduction to Literature of Portuguese-speaking Peoples
(3)
Readings of fiction and poetry from Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) countries
with the goal of understanding the close relationship between Lusophone
literature and culture. Instruction in techniques of literary criticism.
Taught in English using translations of representative works of Lusophone
literature.
HUM 104. Humanities in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (3)
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth Area C. An examination of art,
literature, philosophy, and music and their interrelationships in European
culture during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. G.E. Integration IC. SF
HUM 108. Humanities in Classical Athens (3)
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth Area C. 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. G.E. Integration IC. SF
HUM 110. Humanities in Republican and Imperial Rome (3)
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth Area C. 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. G.E. Integration IC.
SF
HUM 118. Folklore in Contemporary Life (3)
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth Area C. Interdisciplinary study
of the role of folklore in contemporary life, its power to communicate critical
issues through expressive culture, e.g., jokes, legends, folk songs, graphic
arts and festival; special focus on the intellectual currents influencing
the study of folklore. G.E. Integration IC. SF
HUM 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. (Formerly INTD 130)
HUM 140. Tradition and Change in China and Japan (3)
(See ANTH 125.)
HUM 150. Indic Cultures and Traditions (3)
(See LING 110.)
(See Catalog Numbering System.)
Humanities (HUM)
HUM 300T. Topics in Humanities
(1-3; max total 12 if no topic repeated)
Selected areas in humanities.
Courses
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