Courses
Humanities Courses
ADVISE: ENGL 88 or ESL 188 or readiness for college-level English
A survey of some major world religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. An analysis of the origins of these religions as well as their cultural contexts and present-day issues.
ADVISE: ENGL 88 or ESL 188 or readiness for college-level English
A close reading of the sacred scriptures of six of the world's great religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), including their influences on their cultures and today's world.
ADVISE: ENGL 88 or ESL 188 or readiness for college-level English
An introduction to traditional concepts in the humanities, embracing the visual arts, music, literature, and the cross-cultural life of the community, including exposure to the Bay Area's artistic communities.
ADVISE: ENGL 88 or ESL 188 or readiness for college-level English
An introduction to modern, cross-cultural concepts in the humanities, embracing the visual arts, music, and literature. The course not only presents many classic works of the Western canon but also shows the influence of non-Western cultures on them.
ADVISE: ENGL 88 or ESL 188 or readiness for college-level English
Explores how Bay Area artists' achievements in architecture, arts, music, literature, and other aesthetic expressions define our regional culture and our position in the broader international field of the arts.
ADVISE: ENGL 88 or ESL 188 or readiness for college-level English
A cross-cultural survey of women's achievements in the visual, literary, and performing arts made through examination of current and historical examples. Student understanding is informed by original, biographical, and critical texts and enhanced by cultural theories of aesthetics, sex, gender, and race.
ADVISE: ENGL 88 or ESL 188 or placement in ENGL 1A
The evolution of Western consciousness from Paleolithic times to the through the High Middle Ages. Emphasis on the creations of those artists and thinkers whose styles and modes of thought reflect the cultural temper of their times.
HUM 41A not prerequisite to 41B.
ADVISE: ENGL 88 or ESL 188 or readiness for college-level English
The evolution of Western consciousness from the Renaissance to the modern era. Emphasis on the creations of those artists and thinkers whose styles and modes of thought reflect the cultural temper of their times.
HUM 41A is not a prerequisite to 41B
ADVISE: ENGL 88 or ESL 188 or readiness for college-level English
A study of significant works in African-American literature, philosophy, art, and music, including their roots in African cultures.