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178 HUMANITIES
110
SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND HUMAN
INSIGHT
3.0 Units
HUMAN 110 is an interdisciplinary, inter-
cultural course in which students further
apply the principles of critical thinking and
comparative critical analysis in order to
better understand the relationships among
literature, science, and technology. Through
directed reading, class discussion, and
writing, students develop logical thought
processes enabling them to reason, induc-
tively and deductively, to distinguish fact
from judgment, to examine evidence and
credibility of sources, to propose new ideas,
and to reach logical conclusions. Through
their study of literature, students learn about
human values, behavior and motivations;
through their study of scientific and tech-
nological achievements, they learn about the
methods and limitations of science. Major
historical and contemporary themes link-
ing science and literature are presented for
evaluation. This course may be team taught.
Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: Eligibility for
ENGL 101. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
111
IRISH HISTORY, LITERATURE, AND
CULTURE FROM THE BEGINNING TO
THE PRESENT
3.0 Units
HUMAN 111 is a broad-based, interdisciplin-
ary team-taught course that covers the entire
history of Ireland: its mythology, folklore, art, ematics, and business and law. Examining
music, literature, and major political events.
The course also focuses on the impact of Irish
culture on England, Europe, Spain, Canada,
and the United States through the centuries.
Through assigned readings, discussions, and
writing, the students gain critical insights
into the causes and consequences of Ireland’s
turbulent history and struggle for indepen-
dence as well as its literary and sociopolitical
contributions to world culture and civiliza-
tion. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: ENGL
120 or ESL 151. Course Typically Offered:
Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
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115
WORLD MYTHOLOGY
3.0 Units
HUMAN 115 is an interdisciplinary course
in which students analyze ancient myths
in the context of the cultures from which
they arose. It provides a basis for increased
understanding of art forms from all over the
world, including literature, painting, sculp-
ture, and architecture. Students explore the
role myths play in answering the ultimate
questions of human life and in expressing
the values of the societies which developed
and/or perpetuated the stories. Students see
the impact of psychology, oral transmission,
and environment (social, geo-political, and
economic) on belief systems. Most impor-
tantly, students relate myths to questions
and issues of the present day, relevant to
their own lives and the lives of those with
whom they share the country and the planet.
Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: ENGL 120 or
ESL 151. Course Typically Offered: Winter/
Spring/Summer/Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU,
UC, USC
117
CREATIVITY AND CULTURE
3.0 Units
HUMAN 117 focuses on creativity and inno-
vation in a variety of cultures and periods,
including applications within literature, art, nonfiction, film, ethics, problem solving, and
drama, music, architecture, film, athletics,
dance and movement, as well as in science,
technology, engineering, education, math-
the relationships of creativity to other areas out their lives. Students analyze and discuss
of college study, the course recognizes that
creative works are components of larger
patterns. Students explore creativity theories discrimination on the basis of color, ethnic-
and concepts, “creatives,” and creative works
from a wide variety of media and appraise
the interrelationships of creativity and
surrounding cultures, exploring the creative
process and asking what has led to, as well
as what results from, field-specific creative
work as well as interdisciplinary expres-
sions. Students learn to analyze, synthesize,
draw inferences, propose new ideas, support
theses, reach logical conclusions, and become
active participants in creative processes.
This course may be team-taught. Lecture 3
hours. Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 101. tion: Eligibility for ENGL 120 or ESL 151.
Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
125
CROSSCURRENTS: AMERICAN
SOCIAL VALUES
3.0 Units
HUMAN 125 is an interdisciplinary course
designed to enrich students’ knowledge and
understanding of the cultural influences
of ethnic, racial and gender diversity in
the shaping of American society-past and
present-and to enable them to speculate
critically on American society in the future.
Students analyze materials from literature,
history, and other disciplines. The course
explores the development and current
reality of commonly held American ideals,
attitudes and institutions and their role in
the unique balance between freedom and
responsibility. Students are encouraged to
develop their critical thinking skills through
reading, writing, and discussion. This course
may be interactively team-taught. Lecture
3 hours. Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL
101. Course Typically Offered: Fall/Spring.
Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
135
HUMANITIES AND THE WORLD OF
WORK
3.0 Units
HUMAN 135 is an interdisciplinary course
that combines instruction in fiction and
decision making to help students examine
today’s multicultural society and workplace
and develop values that may influence their
personal and professional growth through-
contemporary issues, problems and trends,
and become familiar with the history of
ity, gender, and sexual orientation and the
impact of this discrimination on educational
opportunities, career choice, and employ-
ability. Students participate in group and
individual activities designed to develop and
reinforce analytical skills. They also keep
journals in which they react to assignments
and class presentations. Critical analysis
of course materials helps students learn to
deal with a variety of situation and tasks
they may encounter in their career fields.
Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Prepara-
Course Typically Offered: Winter/Spring/
Summer/Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU