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HUMAN 1 – INTRODUCTION TO THE HUMANITIES – 3 UNITS
Humanities seen through various forms of expression: The arts and society, such as dance, painting, music, sculpture, and mythology; theory and practice in artistic creation to stimulate personal awareness. 1599.00
3 Units, 3 hrs lecture (GR or P/NP). Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU AA/AS area 3; CSU area C2; IGETC area 3B; UC Berkeley 7-Course Breadth Requirements Area 1: Arts and Literature
HUMAN 5 – STORYTELLING IN AMERICAN CULTURE – 3 UNITS
Storytelling among different ethnic groups within the United States: How collective memories are selected, organized, transformed, contested, and retold as origin myths, multicultural histories, family lore, heroic epics, trickster tales, traumatic experiences, slave narratives, immigrant testimonies, spectacular events, war memorials, celebrity biographies, urban legends, animated fairy-tales, or science fiction films. 4903.00
NOTE: This course is only offered once per year during the Fall semester.
3 Units, 3 hrs lecture (GR or P/NP). Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU AA/AS area 3; CSU area C2; IGETC area 3B; UC Berkeley 7-Course Breadth Requirements Area 1: Arts and Literature OR Area 7: Social and Behavioral Sciences
HUMAN 15 – POPULAR CULTURE – 3 UNITS
Meaning and impact of American popular culture in the twentieth century: The cultural evolution of consumerism, amusement, leisure, media, and entertainment industries. 1599.00
NOTE: This course is now offered during the Fall and Spring semester.
3 Units, 3 hrs lecture (GR or P/NP). Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU AA/AS area 3; CSU area C2; IGETC area 3B; UC Berkeley 7-Course Breadth Requirements Area 1: Arts and Literature.
HUMAN 30B – HUMAN VALUES / AESTHETICS – 3 UNITS
Analysis of the nature of the beautiful as expressed in visual arts, music, and literature of Western and other cultures: Integration of various aspects of daily and transitory activities of the individual to permanent, recorded expression of the human spirit through the use of major works of art. 1599.00
3 Units, 3 hrs lecture (GR or P/NP). Acceptable for credit: UC/CSU AA/AS area 3; CSU area C2; IGETC area 3B. A restricted elective for the AA-T in Philosophy and Art History.