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Humanities (HUM) 1 HUM 261 Honors: West Cult I: Origins 3 Credit Hours HUMANITIES (HUM) First in a series of four courses. An interdisciplinary course describing the nature of the Western classical and Biblical traditions. Will examine HUM 100 Introduction to Humanities 3 Credit Hours Western values, attitudes, history, art history, the roots of scientific An introduction to the visual arts, music, and drama in western and thought, logic, and social institutions such as the family and the state. world societies. Through study of individual works, the course teaches Included will be works of literature, history, philosophy, and art history. appreciation of the arts in their aesthetic and technical qualities, and (YR). understanding of the arts as expressions of diverse societies, varied Prerequisite(s): HIST 365 historical conditions, and shared human experiences. (YR). HUM 262 Honors: Western Culture II 3 Credit Hours HUM 170 Studies in Humanities 3 Credit Hours Second of four courses on Western Civilization required of all Honors An interdisciplinary examination of selected key ideas in contemporary students. Course covers the period of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, western thought. Emphasis will be placed upon how the issues and and Reformation. Focus is on ways in which the Biblical and Classical problems in question manifest themselves in popular and high culture. traditions are preserved, adapted, transformed, or discarded under the (YR). pressures of new social and political formations. Materials will be drawn HUM 171 Styles in 19th Century 3 Credit Hours from literature, philosophy, political theory, and art of the period. (YR). An introduction to the two principal styles of the 19th century, Prerequisite(s): HIST 365 romanticism and realism, viewed within the general evolution of HUM 263 Honors: Western Cult III 3 Credit Hours European civilization. After reading works of the classical tradition, the Third of four courses on Western Culture required of all Honors students. class will study masterpieces that illustrate the romantic and realist Course covers period from 17th to 19th centuries. Focus is on the movements. (OC). emergence of scientific thought, Enlightenment political theory, Romantic HUM 200 The Human Condition 3 Credit Hours individualism, and the great 19th-century intellectual revolutions of The human condition as seen in selected works of philosophy and Darwinism, Marxism, and feminism. Material will be drawn from literature, literature. Typical issues: the meaning of life, the existence of God, moral philosophy, and political and scientific writings of the period. (YR). responsibility for human actions, and the role of society in promoting or Prerequisite(s): HIST 365 hindering human excellence. (YR). HUM 264 Honors: West Cult IV: Mod Era 3 Credit Hours HUM 201 Religions of the World 3 Credit Hours Fourth of four courses in Western Culture required of all Honors students. A study of religion in essence, in manifestation, and in relationship with Course covers period from late 19th century to present. Focus is the other dimensions of culture; a treatment of man's religious interests on selected major issues of Western civilization in the modern era: and the various ways in which he has sought to pursue these interests. science and human values, bureaucratic and totalitarian societies, Surveys major world religions. (OC). psychoanalytical thought, feminism, nihilism, existentialism. (AY). Prerequisite(s): HIST 365 HUM 221 Great Books I: Ancient World 3 Credit Hours Introduction to masterpieces of Western world literature from the ancient HUM 270 Intro to Africana Studies 3 Credit Hours world. Readings include the Bible, Iliad, Odyssey, Greek drama, and This gateway course in the AAAS Minor will engage the students in the Roman authors. (YR). intellectual issues, historical perspectives and cultural debates in African and African American Studies. Using a trans-disciplinary approach HUM 222 Gr Bks II: Midd Ages and Ren 3 Credit Hours the AAAS faculty teaching this course as a team will draw from the Introduction to masterpieces of Western world literature from the Middle disciplinary strengths of the Humanities, the Social Sciences and the Ages and Renaissance. Readings include Dante, Chaucer, Wolfram, Behavioral Sciences. Texts will include literature, film, music, art, theater, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Moliere, and Racine. (YR). and other forms of popular and folk culture. The course will routinely HUM 223 Gr Bks III: Modern Era 3 Credit Hours invite speakers and performers to the class and engage the campus Introduction to masterpieces of Western world literature from the Modern community in these events. (YR) Era. Readings include Swift, Voltaire, Rousseau, English romantic poets, HUM 290 Topics in Humanities 1 to 3 Credit Hours fiction and drama of the 19th and 20th century. (YR). Examination of problems and issues in selected areas of the humanities. HUM 240 Film and Society 3 Credit Hours Title as listed in Schedule of Classes will change according to content. A survey of the major genres of film, chiefly in historical and political Course may be repeated when specific topics differ. (OC). perspective, but also in light of important intellectual frameworks (e.g., HUM 300 Intro to AAAS 3 Credit Hours feminism, psychoanalytical theory). The films selected, both Western and This gateway course in the African and African American Studies non-Western, will be examined both for their visual codes of meaning and Program introduces students to the intellectual debates, historical for their wider role in developing a powerful social language in various perspectives and cultural issues central to the field of African and African cultural contexts. (OC). American Studies. The course readings draw from the disciplinary HUM 248 Introduction to Screen Studies 3 Credit Hours strengths of the Humanities as well as the Social and Behavioral This course will introduce students to the development of world cinema Sciences. Course materials include selections from literature, film, music, by integrating the aesthetics of film with its technology, and its social art, drama, folk and popular culture. The course content is supplemented and economic milieu. It will train the students in analyzing the formalist by attendance at off-campus events and visits to institutions featuring qualities of the medium, and in understanding the evolution of its various significant aspects of African and African American history and culture. genres and styles. (YR). Restriction(s): Cannot enroll if Class is Freshman 2 Humanities (HUM) HUM 303 Intro to Women's & Gender Stud 3 Credit Hours HUM 315 Early Chinese Art and Archaeol 3 Credit Hours This course provides an interdisciplinary overview of the key theories An examination of the art and architecture of early China (Neolithic and topics in Women's and Gender Studies. Special attention is given to through Eastern Han). Recent excavations that have significantly how gender intersects with class, race, nationality, religion and sexuality changed our view of the early period will be given emphasis. Students will to structure women's and men's lives. Students are also introduced to analyze relevant literary and philosophical texts in translation to enhance methods of gender analysis and will begin to apply these methods to understanding of the cultural context. topics such as women and health, gender roles in the family, violence Prerequisite(s): ARTH 101 or ARTH 102 or ARTH 103 or ARTH 104 or against women, and gendered images in the mass media. ARTH 106 Restriction(s): HUM 321 Popular Culture 3 Credit Hours Cannot enroll if Class is Freshman This course examines the art forms of contemporary popular HUM 304 Studies in Det.Hist. & Culture 3 Credit Hours culture, including rock 'n roll, movies, television, advertising design, This interdisciplinary course explores the political, social, and cultural and commercial architecture. Our critical inquiry emphasizes the histroy of Detroit by examining ways various groups and classes have development of the aesthetics and the myths of our modern mass media interacted with and been shaped by structures of power and influence. environment, as well as relationships between popular and "high" culture. The course highlights trade and commerce, newcomers, and the (AY). influence of organizations and institutions within the contexts of labor, HUM 3335 Intro to Gospel Music 3 Credit Hours race, ethnic, and religous histories and current affairs, and examines how This course explores the history and aesthetics of Black sacred music these fit into the evolution of Detroit from the 19th century to the present. within cultural context. Major figures (Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Where pertinent the influence of national and international movements Jackson, The Winans Family, Kirk Franklin), periods (slavery, Great included. Migration, Civil Rights movement), and styles (folk and arranged Negro HUM 305 The Arts & Culture of Detroit 3 Credit Hours spirituals, congregational songs, and gospel songs - traditional to This interdisciplinary course explores the modern and contemporary contemporary) will be studied through recording, videos, film and at cultural history of Detroit, examining the ways in which various least one field experience. Underlying the course is the theory (Mellonee population groups have been creative from the nineteenth century to Burnim and Pearl Williams-Jones) that gospel music is an expression of the present. The course highlights the