HS121 Introduction to the Humanities: Human Thought & Action
Introduction to the Humanities: Human Thought & Action introduces multiple ideas, disciplines, and forms of making meaning. It serves as an introduction to humanist inquiry, focusing on critical thinking, the analysis of ideas, formulating questions, and the interconnectedness of knowledge and the various disciplines. The philosophical, historical, theological, psychological, and sociological narratives created by humans form the structure of our lives. This course investigates the human meaning-making impulse and the articulation of human ideas and experiences through various disciplines.
Credits: 3.0
Prerequisites: EN100 HS220 The Introduction to Natural Sciences: Biology
The Introduction to Natural Sciences: Biology is a sophomore level course required of all students for graduation. In this course students will study the nature of the scientific method and examine basic biological, ecological and environmental concepts. These examinations are broadened through intensive reading, writing, research and oral assignments.
Credits: 3.0
Prerequisites: EN201 and HS121 HS320 Topics in Natural Sciences
HS 320 is an advanced - level course that examines one field of natural science. The fields of natural science will include Geography, Environmental Science, Conceptual Physics, Botany/Biology, and Anatomy/Physiology. These topics in natural science will rotate on a yearly basis.
Credits: 3.0
Prerequisites: HS220 HS321 Topics in Social Sciences: World Cultures
Topics in Social Sciences: World Cultures is an advanced-level course that provides students with the opportunity to investigate different cultures and subcultures from our global society. Investigations are broadened through intensive reading, writing, research and oral assignments. Recent offerings have included: The Peoples of Oceana, African Cultures and American Subcultures.
Credits: 3.0
Prerequisites: HS220 HS322 Topics in Culture and Psychology
Topics in Culture and Psychology provides students with the opportunity to undertake an in-depth study of one or more aspects of human behavior. In-depth study is enhanced through intensive reading, writing, research and oral assignments. Offerings include: Human Sexuality, Child Development and Psychology, Ecopsychology and others.
Credits: 3.0
Prerequisites: HS220 HS324 Topics in Culture Studies: Topics in History
HS324 is an advanced-level elective offering students a range of historical topics. These topics are offered on a rotating basis and topic investigation is broadened through intensive reading, writing, research and oral assignments.. Recent topics include Oscar Wilde and His Times, The History of the Mediterranean, The History of Books, and The Renaissance City, The History of Books, The History of American Thought, Florence: The Birthplace of Humanism, and The History of Craft and Technology.
Credits: 3.0
Prerequisites: HS220 HS335 Topics in Humanities: Film and the Performing Arts
HS335 is an advanced-level elective that permits students to engage in an in-depth examination of one or more aspects of film or the performing arts. In-depth investigation is broadened through intensive reading, writing, research and oral assignments. Recent offerings include World Cinema and Film Theory, Studies in Film Narrative, Women Film-makers: A Survey, The Films of Akira Kurosawa, and Shakespeare: Page and Performance.
Credits: 3.0
Prerequisites: HS220 HS338 Special Topics: Integrated Humanities and Sciences
HS 338 is an advanced-level course that examines a topic through both humanistic and scientific (and/or a social science) perspectives. The course challenges students to look across disciplines to determine relationships between them when examining an issue. Through intensive reading, writing, and research, students will analyze and interpret course material.
Credits: 3.0
Prerequisites: HS320 HS380 Topics in Social Sciences
HS 380 is an interdisciplinary course with a service learning component and is designed as the synthesis of a student's four year humanities and sciences experience. In HS 380, students will study a topic in depth (i.e. cities, families, borders, aging, food) and be presented with many opportunities for interdisciplinary investigation. Through intensive reading, writing, research and oral assignments students will analyze an issue in order to evaluate how social groups function and work towards resolution. Topics will be dealt with through scholarly and community investigations that may include sociology, psychology, anthropology, economics, political science, and history.
Credits: 4.0
Prerequisites: HS320 |
