Humanities – Associate in Arts Degree
The study of humanities records and interprets the human experience in a variety of different cultural and historical contexts. As a whole, the discipline of humanities includes history, media studies, science and technology studies, philosophy, art history, cultural studies, literature, ethics, and many other related disciplines. The humanities examine the role of the arts, literature, and theory in everyday life, as means of knowledge production, and as tools of political power through time. These disciplines work to define and understand culture in order to better interpret the past and as well as to understand how present systems and one’s sense of self bears the imprint of the past. Hum
Courses
- ARBC 001 — ELEMENTARY ARABIC - LEVEL 1
- ARBC 002 — ELEMENTARY ARABIC - LEVEL 2
- ARCH 010A — ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS
- ARCH 011 — INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE
- ARCH 012A — VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS I
- ARCH 024A — HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE - PREHISTORY TO LATE MEDIEVAL
- ARCH 024B — HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE - RENAISSANCE TO CONTEMPORARY
- ARMN 001 — ELEMENTARY ARMENIAN - LEVEL 1
- ARMN 002 — ELEMENTARY ARMENIAN - LEVEL 2
- ART 001A — HISTORY OF WESTERN ART - PREHISTORIC THROUGH MEDIEVAL
- ART 001B — HISTORY OF WESTERN ART - RENAISSANCE THROUGH CONTEMPORARY
- ART 001C — ARTS OF AFRICA, OCEANIA, AND INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICA
- ART 003A — HISTORY OF ASIAN ART: INDIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
- ART 003B — HISTORY OF ASIAN ART: CHINA, KOREA, AND JAPAN
- ART 004A — HISTORY OF ANCIENT ART IN THE WEST
- ART 004B — HISTORY OF EUROPEAN MEDIEVAL ART
- ART 004C — HISTORY OF EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ART
- ART 004D — HISTORY OF MODERN ART
- ART 005 — ART FUNDAMENTALS
- ART 007 — PRE-COLUMBIAN ART HISTORY
- ART 008 — MEXICAN AND CHICANA/O ART HISTORY
- ART 009 — ISLAMIC ART HISTORY
- ASL 001 — ELEMENTARY AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
- ASL 002 — ELEMENTARY AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
- ASL 003 — INTERMEDIATE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
- ASL 004 — INTERMEDIATE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE - LEVEL 2
- CHIN 001 — ELEMENTARY CHINESE (MANDARIN) - LEVEL 1
- CHIN 002 — ELEMENTARY CHINESE (MANDARIN) - LEVEL 2
- CHIN 003 — INTERMEDIATE CHINESE (MANDARIN) - LEVEL 1
- CHIN 004 — INTERMEDIATE CHINESE (MANDARIN) - LEVEL 2
- CINE 007A — EARLY FILM HISTORY
- CINE 007B — CONTEMPORARY FILM HISTORY
- DANC 021A — DANCE HISTORY: CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HERITAGE
- DANC 021B — DANCE HISTORY: SPECTACLE AND PERFORMANCE ART
- DMA 002 — HISTORY OF DESIGN AND MEDIA ARTS
- ENGL 005A — CREATIVE WRITING
- ENGL 005B — CREATIVE WRITING
- ENGL 006 — SHORT STORY WRITING
- ENGL 008 — WRITING POETRY
- ENGL 009 — CREATIVE NONFICTION
- ENGL 010 — INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
- ENGL 025A — LITERARY MODERNISM AND MODERNITY
- ENGL 025C — WOMEN'S LITERATURE
- ENGL 026 — INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
- ENGL 030A — AMERICAN LITERATURE
- ENGL 030B — AMERICAN LITERATURE
- ENGL 030C — AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1945 TO THE PRESENT
- ENGL 044A — WORLD LITERATURE: ANTIQUITY TO LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
- ENGL 044B — WORLD LITERATURE: LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT
- ENGL 045A — LITERATURE OF THE BIBLE: THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES
- ENGL 045B — LITERATURE OF THE BIBLE: THE NEW TESTAMENT
- ENGL 046A — ENGLISH LITERATURE: BEOWULF TO JOHNSON
- ENGL 046B — ENGLISH LITERATURE: ROMANTIC MOVEMENT TO THE PRESENT
- ENGL 048 — ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
- ENGL 049A — FILM AS DRAMATIC LITERATURE - GENRE AND AUTEUR THEORY
- ENGL 053 — INTERPRETING POETRY
- ENGL 054 — CALIFORNIA LITERATURE
- ENGL 055 — NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION
- ENGL 058 — STUDIES IN QUEER LITERATURE
- ENGL 059 — CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
- ENGL 060 — INTRODUCTION TO DRAMATIC LITERATURE
- ENGL 061 — INTRODUCTION TO THE NOVEL
- ENGL 065 — AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
- ENGL 075 — ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE
- ENGL 078A — INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE
- ENGL 078B — SHAKESPEARE: PAGE TO PERFORMANCE
- ENGL 082A — INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
- ENGL 082B — INTRODUCTION TO MYTHOLOGY
- ENGL 085 — CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE
- ETH 051 — HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS
- ETH 055 — NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION
- ETH 061A — AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
- ETH 061B — AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
- ETH 065 — AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
- ETH 071 — ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
- ETH 075 — ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE
- ETH 081 — MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
- ETH 085 — CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE
- FRNC 001 — ELEMENTARY FRENCH - LEVEL 1
- FRNC 002 — ELEMENTARY FRENCH - LEVEL 2
- FRNC 003 — INTERMEDIATE FRENCH - LEVEL 1
- FRNC 004 — INTERMEDIATE FRENCH - LEVEL 2
- GRMN 001 — ELEMENTARY GERMAN - LEVEL 1
- GRMN 002 — ELEMENTARY GERMAN - LEVEL 2
- GRMN 003 — INTERMEDIATE GERMAN - LEVEL 1
- GRMN 004 — INTERMEDIATE GERMAN - LEVEL 2
- HIST 001A — HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION TO 1715
- HIST 001B — HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION FROM 1715
- HIST 002A — HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS TO 1500
- HIST 002B — HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS FROM 1500
- HIST 007A — UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876
- HIST 007AH — HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876
- HIST 007B — UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876
- HIST 007BH — HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876
- HIST 008 — HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA
- HIST 009A — LATIN AMERICA: PRE-COLUMBIAN TO 1825
- HIST 009B — LATIN AMERICA: 1825 TO THE PRESENT
- HIST 016 — HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
- HIST 018 — HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
- HIST 019 — HISTORY OF CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA
- HIST 025B — WOMEN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
- HIST 027 — AFRICAN HISTORY
- HIST 030 — HISTORY OF MEXICO
- HIST 051 — HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS
- HIST 061A — AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
- HIST 061B — AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
- HIST 071 — ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
- HIST 081 — MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
- HUM 001 — INTRODUCTION TO THE HUMANITIES
- HUM 002 — HUMANITIES, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- HUM 003 — HUMANITIES AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
- HUM 004 — HUMANITIES THROUGH THE ARTS
- ITAL 001 — ELEMENTARY ITALIAN - LEVEL 1
- ITAL 002 — ELEMENTARY ITALIAN - LEVEL 2
- ITAL 003 — INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN - LEVEL 1
- ITAL 004 — INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN - LEVEL 2
- JAPN 001 — ELEMENTARY JAPANESE - LEVEL 1
- JAPN 002 — ELEMENTARY JAPANESE - LEVEL 2
- JAPN 003 — INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE - LEVEL 1
- JAPN 004 — INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE - LEVEL 2
- LING 010 — INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
- MUSC 007A — MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE: ANTIQUITY TO 1750
- MUSC 007B — MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1750 TO THE PRESENT
- MUSC 021 — MUSIC APPRECIATION
- MUSC 022 — MUSIC IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
- MUSC 023 — MUSIC CULTURES OF THE WORLD
- MUSC 024A — THE JAZZ EXPERIENCE: EVOLUTION AND ESSENCE
- MUSC 024B — HISTORY OF ROCK MUSIC
- MUSC 025 — AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC
- PHIL 001 — INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
- PHIL 001H — HONORS INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
- PHIL 003 — ETHICS
- PHIL 007 — CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS
- PHIL 008 — PHILOSOPHY AND HUMANNESS
- PHIL 020A — HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
- PHIL 020B — HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY
- PHIL 025 — INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL THINKING
- PHIL 025H — HONORS CRITICAL THINKING
- PHIL 030 — LOGIC
- PHIL 033 — INTRODUCTION TO SYMBOLIC LOGIC
- PHIL 037 — PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
- PHOT 004 — IMAGE CULTURE
- PHOT 010 — HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
- PORT 001 — ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE - LEVEL 1
- PORT 002 — ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE - LEVEL 2
- PORT 003 — INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE - LEVEL 1
- PORT 004 — INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE - LEVEL 2
- RELG 001 — WORLD RELIGIONS
- RELG 002 — ASIAN RELIGIONS
- RELG 003 — WESTERN RELIGIONS
- RUSS 001 — ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN - LEVEL 1
- RUSS 002 — ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN - LEVEL 2
- RUSS 003 — INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN - LEVEL 1
- RUSS 004 — INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN - LEVEL 2
- SPAN 001 — ELEMENTARY SPANISH - LEVEL 1
- SPAN 002 — ELEMENTARY SPANISH - LEVEL 2
- SPAN 002A — SPANISH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS
- SPAN 003 — INTERMEDIATE SPANISH - LEVEL 1
- SPAN 004 — INTERMEDIATE SPANISH - LEVEL 2
- SPCH 004 — ORAL INTERPRETATION
- THRT 001 — INTRODUCTION TO THEATER
- THRT 002A — ACTING I
- THRT 002B — INTERMEDIATE ACTING
- THRT 002C — ADVANCED ACTING
- THRT 005A — THEATRE HISTORY I
- THRT 005B — THEATRE HISTORY II
- THRT 006 — PLAYWRITING
- THRT 008 — VOICE AND MOVEMENT FOR THE PERFORMER
- THRT 012A — TECHNICAL THEATER
- THRT 012B — ADVANCED TECHNICAL THEATER
- TVR 019 — MEDIA AESTHETICS AND CINEMATIC ARTS