Course Catalog Humanistic Studies (HUM STUD)


HUM STUD  101 - Foundations of Western Culture I
Comprehensive chronological survey of major events, people, and ideas that have influenced the history, literature, art, and culture of Western Civilization. This course covers ancient civilization through the Renaissance.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Fall and Spring
General Education: Humanities 1
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  102 - Foundations of Western Culture II
Comprehensive chronological survey of major events, people, and ideas that have influenced the history, literature, art, and culture of Western Civilization. This covers the Renaissance up to the present.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Fall and Spring
General Education: Humanities 2
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  103 - Introduction to Religious Studies
An introduction to the discipline of religious studies, focusing on the psychology, sociology, history, and philosophy of religion.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Fall Odd
General Education: Humanities 3
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  160 - Introduction to Language
Study of language and linguistics, including basic principles and methods in structural linguistics, social and regional variation in language, historical change and introductory study of meaning.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Spring
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  201 - Introduction to the Humanities I
Major methods and ideas of the western humanities, examined in selected works of literature, philosophy and fine arts, from Classical world through Renaissance.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Fall and Spring
General Education: Humanities 1
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  202 - Introduction to the Humanities II
Major methods and ideas of the western humanities, examined in selected works of literature, philosophy and fine arts, from Baroque through the Modern Period.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Fall and Spring
General Education: Humanities 2
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  213 - Ethnic Diversity and Human Values
This course will explore some of the most fundamental questions of human values and meaning by studying the rich literature, history, and culture of one or more of the following groups of the United States: African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Latino.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Fall and Spring
General Education: Ethnic Studies
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  220 - ESL: Listening and Speaking Across Cultures
Global and discrete listening and speaking skills for ESL students based on content in intercultural communication. Emphasis on note-taking, listening for main ideas and key details, organizing and delivering speeches, and participating effectively in debates and small and large group discussions.
P: International student status or permission of instructor.
Typically offered in Fall
3 units min / 6 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  225 - Introduction to First Nations Studies: The Tribal World
This introductory course to First Nations Studies presents the American Indian tribal cultural context through both information and class structure. A core value is personal sovereignty supported by respect, reciprocity, and relationship.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Fall and Spring
General Education: Ethnic Studies
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  226 - Introduction to First Nations Studies: Social Justice
This introductory course in First Nations Studies will examine the impact of European and American political, economic, and social systems upon American Indian nations in the U.S.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Fall and Spring
General Education: Ethnic Studies
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  319 - Second Language Acquisition
Overview of issues in second-language acquisition, including linguistic, cognitive, social, and affective factors. Students will examine and think about learner language, read research on learner language, and consider implications for second-language teaching.
Rec: Hum Stud 160.
Typically offered in Spring
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  320 - Second Language Assessment
An exploration of policies, procedures, and instruments in assessing English language proficiency. Focus will be on practical assessment strategies and their incorporation into instructional planning.
P: Hum Stud 160 or Educ 311 or 315.
Typically offered in Spring Odd
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  321 - Language and Society
The study of language in relation to society, including social and regional dialects, bilingualism and language contact, speech communities, the ethnography of language, and applications such as language policy and planning.
P: None. REC: Hum Stud 160.
Typically offered in Fall
General Education: World Culture
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  323 - The Writings of the Old Testament
The Old Testament as literature and as part of the literary heritage of the Western world. Examines the books of the Old Testament by genre(narrative, poetry, idyll, drama) with techniques of literary analysis as appropriate relative to theme, character, plot, symbolic order and structure.
P: none; REC: jr st.
Typically offered in Fall Even
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  324 - The Writings of the New Testament
The origins of the Christian tradition as reflected in the primary texts of that tradition in the New Testament: The major divisions of the writings of the New Testament, the life of Jesus as recorded in the gospels, the importance of St. Paul and the apocalyptic writings of St. John.
P: none; REC: jr st.
Typically offered in Spring Odd
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  326 - Non-Western Religions
The two major religions of the East, Hinduism and Buddhism: the richness, variety and flexibility of the faith and practice of Hinduism, with its belief in a multiplicity of gods and goddesses; and the various sects and schools of Buddhism--Theravadic, Mayahana, Zen and Tantric.
P: none; REC: jr st.
Typically offered in Spring Even
General Education: World Culture
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  327 - Religion and the Social Order
This course considers sociological, class, and economic analyses of religion. Exploring how these approaches challenge religious belief, it also examines how modern religious thinkers respond to this challenge.
P: jr st; REC: Hum Stud 201 and 202
Typically offered in Spring Even
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  334 - Perspectives on Human Values: The Classical World
Focuses on the values of the world of classical Greece and Rome as reflected in its texts and fine arts.
P: jr st.
Typically offered in Fall
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  335 - Perspectives on Human Values: The Medieval World
Focuses on the history, society, culture and values of the middle ages as reflected in its literature and fine arts.
P: jr st.
Typically offered in Spring
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  336 - Perspectives on Human Values: The Renaissance
Explores human values as they appear in texts and fine arts in the 15th and 16th century European Renaissance.
P: jr st.
Typically offered in Fall
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  337 - Perspectives on Human Values: The Age of Reason
Study of human values in seventeenth and eighteenth century European and American history, literature, science, philosophy and the arts.
P: jr st.
Typically offered in Spring
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  350 - Interdisciplinary Study of Great Works
Interdisciplinary study of one or more works central to the Humanistic tradition. Variable content.
P: jr st.
Typically offered in Fall and Spring
Course is repeatable for credit.
1 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  351 - Interdisciplinary Themes in Humanistic Studies
Interdisciplinary examination of a single important theme in the Humanities. Variable content.
P: jr st.
Typically offered in Fall and Spring
Course is repeatable for credit.
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  355 - Spanish and Latin American Cinema
Historical and critical introduction to the work of prominent Spanish and Latin American filmmakers and to thematic representations of Spanish and Latin American Cultures.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Spring Even
General Education: World Culture
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  356 - German Culture
The culture of the German-speaking world from the earliest periods to the present with a focus on how contemporary Germany has been shaped by issues of history, religion, art, music, philosophy, and commerce.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Fall Odd
General Education: World Culture
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  357 - German Cinema
Historical and critical introduction to the work of prominent German filmmakers and to cinematic representations of German culture.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Fall Even
General Education: World Culture
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  372 - Indigenous Nations Oral and Storytelling Traditions
Study of the cultural values of Indigenous Nations in North America reflecting the indigenous intellect. Indigenous elder knowledge, story telling methodology, and literature (poetry, and novels) are explored.
P: FNS 225 or 226 or one literature course.
Typically offered in Spring
Course is repeatable for credit.
General Education: Ethnic Studies
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  374 - Wisconsin First Nations Ethnohistory
An in-depth examination of one American Indian nation now located in Wisconsin: Anishinabe (Ojibway), Oneida (Iroquois), Menominee, Potowatomi or Mohican. This course explores the culture and history of one of these nations.
No Prerequisites
Typically offered in Spring
Course is repeatable for credit.
General Education: Ethnic Studies
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  382 - Perspective on Human Values: Romanticism to Modernism
Studies the challenge to tradition and reason and the response to that challenge from the development of romanticism in the late 18th century to the flowering of modernism in the early twentieth century.
P: Hum Stud 102 or 202; REC: jr st.
Typically offered in Fall
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  383 - Perspectives on Human Values: The Contemporary World
A study of values shaping the contemporary world through reflection on historical, literary, philosophical, artistic, and other cultural products from the Second World War to the present.
P: Hum Stud 102 or 202; REC: jr st.
Typically offered in Spring
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  384 - Perspectives on Human Values in Other Cultures
Study of values and worldview of a culture other than those of Western Europe and the United States.
P: none; REC: jr st.
Typically offered in Fall Even
Course is repeatable to 12 credits.
General Education: World Culture
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  385 - Perspectives on Human Values: First Nations
Drawing upon American Indian oral traditions and Elder epistemology, this course will examine the diverse traditional, cultural, spiritual, and political values and world views of American Indian Nations.
P: Hum Stud 225 or 226.
Typically offered in Spring Odd
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  391 - First Nations Studies Seminar
This course is designed for students who already have a background in American Indian Studies. It is a variable content course which includes such topics as contemporary issues, environmental justice, American Indian law, and repatriation.
P: Hum Stud 225 and 226.
Typically offered in Fall Odd
Course is repeatable for credit.
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  392 - First Nations Justice and Tribal Governments
This course explores the pre-contact justice systems and constructions of "justice" among American Indian nations. The impact of colonization upon these structures will be examined as well as the formation and operation of contemporary tribal governing structures.
P: Hum Stud 225 or 226 or Soc C D 204 or 325.
Typically offered in Spring Even
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  393 - First Nations and Education Policy
Basic background and vocabulary necessary to understand, discuss, and analyze the complex variables and important common denominators that affect Tribal and U.S. citizens, particularly through education policy at the federal/state levels.
P: Hum Stud 225 or 226.
Typically offered in Fall Even
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  480 - Humanities Seminar
A capstone seminar for humanities majors, examining basic questions and issues in the humanities. Course will emphasize student participation and a substantial term paper. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit when different topics are covered.
P: 2 cses from Hum Stud 334, 335, 336, 337, 382, 383, 384, 385; REC: 2 addl cses from above list.
Typically offered in Fall and Spring
Course is repeatable for credit.
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  497 - Internship
Supervised practical experience in an organization or activity appropriate to a student's career and educational interests. Internships are supervised by faculty members and require periodic student/faculty meetings.
P: jr st.
Typically offered in Fall and Spring
Course is repeatable for credit.
1 units min / 12 units max, Field Experience


HUM STUD  498 - Independent Study
Independent study is offered on an individual basis at the student's request and consists of a program of learning activities planned in consultation with a faculty member. A student wishing to study or conduct research in an area not represented in available scheduled courses should develop a preliminary proposal and seek the sponsorship of a faculty member. The student's advisor can direct him or her to instructors with appropriate interests. A written report or equivalent is required for evaluation, and a short title describing the program must be sent early inthe semester to the registrar for entry on the student's transcript.
P: fr or so st with cum gpa > or = 2.50; or jr or sr st with cum gpa > or = 2.00.
Typically offered in Fall and Spring
Course is repeatable for credit.
1 units min / 4 units max, Independent Study


HUM STUD  519 - Second Language Acquisition
Overview of issues in second-language acquisition, including linguistic, cognitive, social, and affective factors. Students will examine and think about learner language, read research on learner language, and consider implications for second-language teaching.
P: gr st.
Typically offered in Spring
Writing Emphasis: Writing Emphasis
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  520 - Second Language Assessment
An exploration of policies, procedures, and instruments in assessing English language proficiency. Focus will be on practical assessment strategies and their incorporation into instructional planning.
P: gr st.
Typically offered in Spring Odd
3 units min / 3 units max, Lecture


HUM STUD  521 - Language and Society
The study of language in relation to society, including social and regional dialects, bilingualism and language contact, speech communities, the ethnography of language, and applications such as language policy and planning.
P: gr st.
Typically offered in Fall
3 units min / 3 units max, Practicum