2005-2006 UNIVERSITY CATALOGUE

HUMS - Humanities

100 First Year Seminar
2 crs (2-0). F.
GE-IVE
S/U grade basis not allowed
For new first semester freshmen only
Coordinating department: Mathematics
A seminar introducing first semester students to liberal arts education through critical thinking, reading, writing, and discussion as it relates to an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary topic.

101 Arts and Ideas in Early Modern Times
3 crs (4-0). F.
GE-IVE
Coordinating department: Art & Design
An interdisciplinary course interrelating human activity in history, philosophy, the visual arts, and music during the 16th through to late eighteenth century.

102 An Interconnected World: Views from the Humanities
3 crs (3-0).
GE-IVE
Coordinating department: English
Hold on to your hats! This team-taught course draws on history, literature, drama, philosophy, art, and music in order to examine selected issues or problems which have faced humankind around the world during the past two centuries.

103 Important Works: Conflicting Perceptions and Change Since 1960
3 crs (3-0). Sp.
GE-IVE
Coordinating department: Philosophy and Religious Studies
A cross-disciplinary introduction to important contemporary works on art, cultural diversity issues, gender issues, history, mathematics, political science, philosophy and religious studies, dealing with conflicting perceptions and resulting change since 1960.

110 Hmong Civilization and Culture
3 crs (3-0). Sp, even-numbered years.
GE-IVE; CD3
Coordinating department: Foreign Language
An interdisciplinary look at Hmong civilization and culture. Faculty and staff from several disciplines will present various aspects of the Hmong, including history, social and political organization, philosophy and religion, health, music, language, etc.

120 World Cultures I
3 crs (3-0).
GE-IVE
Not available for juniors or seniors
Coordinating department: English
An interdisciplinary course introducing four cultures from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe focusing on such themes as land, space and time, individual and community, gender roles, traditions, power, and authority.

210 Voices of Color in America
3 crs (3-0).
GE-IVE; CD3
Coordinating department: English
Examines intersections of themes and concerns expressed in music, literature, language, film, folklore, history, and art in the U.S.: American-Indian, African-American, Hispanic-American, and Asian-American, especially Hmong.

301 Responses to Colonialism
3 crs (3-0). Sp.
GE-IVE
Minimum junior standing
Coordinating department: History
Historical, literary, and geographical perspectives on the encounters between Europeans and the indigenous peoples of the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East since 1492. Emphasis on the dialogues between the colonizers and the colonized.