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Status: Active
SUNY ID: 148580
Full Title: Western Humanities I
Level: Lower Division (UG)
CIP: 2401 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

HUM 101
Western Humanities I

3 credits

Critical analysis of western culture through a thematic investigation of literature, philosophy, music, and the arts as found in the ancient Near East, classical Greece and Rome, and Medieval Europe.

Credits: 3
Hours: 3 Class Hours

Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1. Describe some of the fundamental principles in understanding the humanities.
2. Identify some of the major periods in the history of Western humanities from the Ancient world to the Renaissance.
3. Identify some of the major stylistic conventions in the humanities.
4. Identify some of the influences of the humanities from the Ancient world to the Renaissance on the contemporary world.