Humanities & Fine Arts |
Credits |
ART100 |
Drawing I
Students apply various graphic approaches that may include drawing from still life, landscape, and human figure. Emphasis is on individual creative expression with the objective being the development of perception and understanding of natural phenomena and translation of this information to a two-dimensional surface. Examples of contemporary drawing are appraised in the context of diversity and cultural differences.
Prerequisite: ENL025 or satisfactory basic skills assessment score
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ART101 |
Design I
Basic design elements including line, shape, color, texture, value, and composition and their integration on a two-dimensional surface are studied and applied. Students examine the nature and effect of color in its full utilization as a design element in conjunction with the interaction of positive and negative space, optical phenomena, and theories of harmony and visual dynamics. Cultural, ethical, and environmental influences on design from a global perspective will be understood.
Prerequisite: ENL025 or satisfactory basic skills assessment score
Offered: Fall, Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ART103 |
Painting I
This is an introductory course in painting, exploring a variety of approaches and painting media. A series of landscape, still life, and personal imagery paintings are investigated as both descriptive and imaginative forms of creative expression. The ethical, multicultural and international contributions of painting are evaluated.
Prerequisite: ART100
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ART109 |
Art Appreciation
This course provides an introduction to the visual arts made by cultures throughout the world from prehistory to the present. It includes European art as well as art from Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Emphasis is placed on how and why art is created, its nature, and the role it plays in society. By studying the fundamental principles, elements, techniques, styles, and vocabulary of art, students explore significant artistic creations ranging in character from the personal, to the political, and religious. Students are required to make an independent visit to a museum.
Prerequisite: ENL025 or satisfactory basic skills assessment score
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Note: Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ART125 |
History of Art: Stone Age to Gothic
This course provides an interdisciplinary approach to the art of the western world from the magical creations of the Old Stone Age to the magnificent works of the Gothic era. Illustrated lectures deal with such topics as ideas guiding artistic creations, general stylistic trends, important methods, materials, and techniques used.
Prerequisite: ENL025 or satisfactory basic skills assessment score
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ART134 |
History of Art: Renaissance to Modern
Students explore the art of the western world from the Renaissance to the Modern eras. Illustrated lectures cover general aesthetic trends, the life and work of key artists, ideas guiding their creations, the vocabulary of art, as well as important methods, materials, and techniques the artists have employed. Significant artistic creations ranging in character from the personal, to the political, and religious are examined. Students are required to make an independent visit to a museum.
Prerequisite: ENL025 or satisfactory basic skills assessment score
Offered: Varies
Note: Satisfies the Humanities & Fine Arts General Education requirement.
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3 |
ART136 |
Three-Dimensional Design
This course is an introduction to the elements of visual language (line, shape, tone, texture, color, light, volume, negative space) in 3D form. Students solve 3D design problems by creating modeled and constructed forms both in relief and free-standing form. Historical references are made to support the development and understanding of the work. This course can inspire students to explore their creative expression in sculpture.
Prerequisite: ENL025 or satisfactory basic skills assessment score
Offered: Fall, Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ART170 |
Introduction to Computer Graphics (Adobe Photoshop®, Illustrator®, InDesign®)
Students learn software, hardware, and operating system basics using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe InDesign. This course introduces fundamental concepts and terminology for creating and editing basic electronic images. The student successfully utilize these applications in graphic design, publication design, and preparation of documents for the web.
Prerequisite: ENL025 or satisfactory basic skills assessment score
Offered: Fall, Spring.
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement
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3 |
ART205 |
Illustration (Adobe Illustrator®)
Illustration I (Adobe Illustrator) is a detailed exploration of a variety of drawing, painting and design concepts and techniques using Adobe Illustrator. Development of personal expression is addressed as students use various techniques to illustrate book, poster, periodical and editorial designs.
Prerequisite: ART170
Offered: Fall, Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ART207 |
Graphic Design I
Introduction to the field of graphic design, including typography, layout and general graphic techniques. The use of technology and computational skills are applied in studio projects to support creativity and proficiency in handling media and preparing graphic designs. Ethical principles and concepts in communication design are explored in multicultural and global contexts.
Prerequisite: ART170
Offered: Fall, Spring
Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ART209 |
Printmaking Techniques
The study and development of the fundamental elements of printmaking techniques using a variety of approaches to edition and unique printing. Students cover all aspects of plate preparation and printing.
Prerequisite: ENL025 or satisfactory basic skills assessment score
Offered: Fall, Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ART214 |
Digital Imaging (Adobe Photoshop®)
This introductory course covers Adobe Photoshop software and scanning techniques and their relationship to graphic design. Students learn from hands-on projects the features of Adobe Photoshop. Assignments are tailored to a wide variety of users from graphic designers, artists, photographers, and web page designers. From the first pixel to the finished picture, students gain imaging proficiency and a strong understanding of the program.
Prerequisite: ART170
Offered: Fall, Spring
Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ASL101 |
American Sign Language I
An introductory-level course in American Sign Language intended to give an overview of both the language and the culture of the Deaf community. The course focuses on everyday interaction, frequently used signs, basic rules of grammar, and cultural features within the Deaf community.
Prerequisite: Satisfactory basic skills assessment score or co-requisite ENL108
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Note: Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ASL102 |
American Sign Language II
The continued study of American Sign Language with emphasis on increasing vocabulary usage both receptively and expressively. A detailed look into the grammar and structure of American Sign Language with continued exposure to Deaf culture.
Prerequisite: ASL101
Offered: Fall, Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
COM103 |
Human Communication
This course fosters and improves competence in intrapersonal, interpersonal, group and public communication situations. Students demonstrate skills necessary to communicate effectively through exercises and presentations that reflect practical, real-world situations. The purpose of the course is to improve the student's skill in communication by providing relevant knowledge and opportunity to apply that knowledge.
Prerequisite: ENL025 or ESL102 or satisfactory basic skills assessment score
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
COM105 |
Survey of Mass Communication
This course explores the history, social impact, forms, and techniques of such media as newspapers, film, books, radio, television, and other expressions of mass culture. The aims of the course are to enable the student to better understand the new media-oriented environment in which we find ourselves and to explore various options available as a consumer of public information.
Prerequisite: ENL025 or satisfactory basic skills assessment score
Offered: Fall, Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
COM120 |
Introduction to Film
This course provides the student with an appreciation of the film experience. Particular attention is given to important techniques, theories, and genres which influenced the technical and aesthetic development of the medium. Concepts are illustrated through the viewing of classic American and international cinema. (4 contact hours)
Prerequisite: ENL101
Offered: Fall
Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
COM201 |
Interpersonal Communication
This course is designed to improve human relationships through an understanding of the principles of effective interpersonal communication. Students participate actively in listening, perceiving, interpreting words and meanings, conflict resolution, assertiveness, nonverbal awareness, developing trusting relationships, and considering the role of the self-concept.
Prerequisite: COM103 or ENL101
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
COM203 |
Public Speaking
A study of elements of public communication through various one-to-many speaking situations. Emphases includes communication theory, speaker-audience relationships, speaker resources, speech construction and delivery.
Prerequisite: COM103 or ENL101 or ENL108
Offered: Fall, Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
COM204 |
Persuasive Communication
A study of the process of persuasion, focusing on the formation of beliefs, attitudes and values, fundamentals of attitude change, audience analysis, the persuasive message, effects of channel and setting, and source credibility. Opportunities are offered for classroom application of the principles and theory discussed.
Prerequisite: COM103 or ENL101 or ENL108
Offered: Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
COM207 |
Argumentation and Debate
This class provides an overview of the study of argumentation. Students learn argumentation theories and approaches while gaining skills in critical thinking and public speaking. By the end of the semester, students understand how to research and build an argument; how to anticipate, construct, and refute arguments; and how to evaluate the political, moral, and cultural contexts of argumentation.
Prerequisite: COM103 or ENL101 or ENL108
Offered: Fall, Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
Note: May be repeated once for credit.
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3 |
COM221 |
American Film
This course provides the student with an appreciation of the film experience through a survey of American film from historical, aesthetic, economic, technological, critical, and appreciative viewpoints. Particular attention is given to important techniques, theories, and genres. Concepts are illustrated through viewing classic American cinema. (4 contact hours)
Prerequisite: ENL101
Offered: Fall, Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
COM222 |
International Cinema
This course is a survey of the development of international cinema from historical, aesthetic, economic, technological, critical, and appreciative viewpoints. Particular attention is given to important techniques, theories, and genres. (4 class hours)
Prerequisite: ENL101
Offered: Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
DAN120 |
Modern Dance Techniques
This course provides students with a fundamental knowledge of modern dance techniques and composition. Participation in dance exercises, observation, and discussion of various modern dance styles enables students to develop a physical awareness and understanding of modern dance. Emphasis is placed on participation.
Prerequisite: ENL025 or satisfactory basic skills assessment score
Offered: Fall, Spring
Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ENL102 |
English Composition II
A continuation of ENL101, this course is required of all Associate in Arts students and a prerequisite to all upper level English courses. It focuses on reading, analyzing, and writing about literature and is designed to help students refine writing skills developed in ENL101.
Prerequisite: A grade of "C-" or higher in ENL101
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Note: Satisfies either an English Composition/Writing or Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ENL108 |
Critical Reading and Thinking
This course guides students enhance their comprehension of written, spoken, and visual information by improving their critical thinking abilities. Through practicing habits of mind to strengthen analytical and reasoning skills, students learn to form well-supported arguments, draw thoughtful conclusions, make responsible decisions, and transfer acquired skills to their academic, professional, and personal life.
Prerequisite: ENL025 or satisfactory basic skills assessment score
Offered: Fall, Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ENL120 |
Introduction to Children's Literature
Students survey works drawn from the rich variety of children's literature. They analyze selections from major genres, discuss historical and contemporary issues, and develop practical ways of involving children in literature.
Prerequisite: ENL101
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ENL131 |
Technical Writing
This course introduces students to technical and professional writing within a career setting. Students learn to write reports, instructions, summaries, e-mails, and memos using content and language appropriate to the reader. Students use technology tools to create document layout and design, and to report, interpret and organize statistical information and data.
Prerequisite: ENL101
Offered: Fall
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ENL135 |
Short Stories & Human Values
This course examines the ways in which short fiction reflects and shapes the human experience. Works examined feature a variety of cultural traditions, allowing students to consider which human values are universal and which may be culturally bound. Students examine the ways in which stories are used to preserve and challenge social institutions such as marriage/family, education, justice, and religion.
Prerequisite: ENL101
Offered: Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ENL150 |
World Mythologies
Students study myths from the great cultures of the world. Through readings, discussions, research projects and presentations, students explore the universal values conveyed by these stories from different world cultures. Students discover the symbolism in the events and details of these stories, and they understand mythmaking as a primary human activity.
Prerequisite: ENL101
Offered: Fall, Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ENL161 |
Journalism I
This course is designed to instruct the student in the collecting, writing, editing and publishing of news and feature articles in periodicals. Although weekly lecture and discussion periods will be mandatory, the emphasis in the course will be on writing news stories outside of regular class time. Each student in the course is expected to be involved in the student newspaper.
Prerequisite: ENL101
Offered: Fall, Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ENL201 |
World Literature I
Major literary works are studied from the ancient world through the Enlightenment that have both described and shaped western civilization.
Prerequisite: ENL102
Offered: Fall/odd
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ENL202 |
World Literature II
Through reading Chinese folktales, Ottoman Empire traditional stories, and European treatises from the Enlightenment, students explore the literary sources of our diverse modern world cultures. An examination of historical texts from revolution to romanticism in western Europe and the Americas, lyric poetry of the Urdu, as well as multiple voices of myriad peoples, provides a framework for studying and comparing universal values through twentieth century texts.
Prerequisite: ENL102
Offered: Spring/even
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ENL203 |
British Literature through the 18th Century
Designed for students who have successfully completed both semesters of English Composition and who wish to become familiar with literature that has helped shape contemporary culture. This course surveys representative works and writers in English literature through the 18th century.
Prerequisite: ENL102
Offered: Fall/even
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ENL204 |
British Literature from the Romantic Age to the Present
Designed for students who have successfully completed both semesters of English Composition and who wish to become familiar with literature that helped shape contemporary culture, this survey course examines representative works and writers in British literature since the mid-eighteenth century.
Prerequisite: ENL102
Offered: Spring (odd numbered years)
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ENL205 |
American Literature to 1890
Students examine major contributions to the development of American culture and ideals from the Pilgrims to Henry James.
Prerequisite: ENL102
Offered: Fall, Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ENL206 |
American Literature since 1890
Students examine the rise of Realism and Naturalism through fiction and poetry.
Prerequisite: ENL102
Offered: Fall, Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ENL210 |
Exploring Modern Poetry
Students engage in reading, discussing, and writing about poems and poets of the 20th and 21st centuries. Consideration of modern poetry as both literature and art includes individual projects and presentations. Selections are drawn from both major as well as lesser known and culturally diverse poetic voices.
Prerequisite: ENL102
Offered: Spring/even
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ENL215 |
World Religions in Literature
World Religions in Literature provides students the opportunity to read, discuss and write about the religions of the world as subthemes in short stories, poetry, novels and literary essays. Included is intensive reading, analysis of world literature and its influence on its society, consideration of literary criticisms, and discussion of values/beliefs evident in literature with particular attention to religious themes.
Prerequisite: ENL102
Offered: Fall/odd
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ENL217 |
Exploring the World of Science Fiction
Exploring the World of Science Fiction is a course that provides students the opportunity to read, discuss, and write about the genre of science fiction in literature. Texts include short stories, poetry, novels, film, and nonfiction. Emphasis is given to reading and analysis of the genre of science fiction and its influence on society and literature.
Prerequisite: ENL102
Offered: Spring/even
Note: Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ENL219 |
Masters of Horror
Masters of Horror is a literature course that provides students the opportunity to read, discuss and write about the genre of horror in literature. Texts include short stories, poetry, novels, film, and nonfiction. Emphasis is given to reading and analysis of the genre of horror and its influence on society and literature.
Prerequisite: ENL102
Offered: Fall/even
Note: Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
ENL228 |
Women Writers
his course examines traditions and themes especially important in the development of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama written by women, such as "Women Alone," "Women and Sexuality," "Women and Work," "Women and War," "Women in Love." An initial overview describing the emergence of women as authors is provided to establish topical and historical contexts. Readings, drawn primarily from modern texts, offer a diverse range of authors, genres, styles, and cultures.
Prerequisite: ENL102
Offered: Fall/even
Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
FRN101 |
Elementary French I
The first semester of a two-semester college elementary French sequence for beginning students of French. The text and ancillary materials provide a thorough four skills approach: speaking, reading, writing, and understanding spoken French. This course is not intended for students whose native language is French.
Prerequisite: Satisfactory basic skills assessment score or co-requisite ENL108
Offered: Fall
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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4 |
FRN102 |
Elementary French II
This is the second semester of a two-semester college elementary French sequence. It is for beginning students of French. The text and ancillary materials provide a thorough four skills approach: speaking, reading, writing, and understanding spoken French. The purpose of this course is to provide students a sound basis for learning French as it is spoken and written today. (5 class hours)
Prerequisite: FRN101 or permission of the instructor
Offered: Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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4 |
FRN201 |
Intermediate French I
This course is for students who have completed one year of Elementary French or two years of high school French. Students will read, discuss, and write about francophone culture and language in French.
Prerequisite: FRN102 or 2–4 years of high school French
Offered: Fall
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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4 |
FRN202 |
Intermediate French II
Intermediate French II is for students who have completed Intermediate French I or three to four years of high school French. Students will read, discuss and write about francophone culture and language in French. (5 class hours)
Prerequisite: FRN201 or 3–4 years of high school French
Offered: Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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4 |
GER101 |
Elementary German I
The first semester of a two-semester college elementary German sequence for beginning students of German. The text and ancillary materials provide a thorough four-skills approach: speaking, reading, writing, and understanding spoken German. This course is not intended for students whose native language is German.
Prerequisite: Satisfactory basic skills assessment score or co-requisite ENL108
Offered: Fall
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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4 |
GER102 |
Elementary German II
This is the second semester of a two-semester college Elementary German sequence. It is for beginning students of German. The text and ancillary materials provide a thorough four skills approach: speaking, reading, writing, and understanding spoken German.
Prerequisite: GER101
Offered: Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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4 |
GER201 |
Intermediate German I
This course is for students who have completed one year of elementary college German or two to four years of high school German. Students will read, discuss, and write about German culture and language in German.
Prerequisite: GER102 or 2–4 years of high school German
Offered: Fall
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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4 |
GER202 |
Intermediate German II
This course is for students who have completed Intermediate German I or three to four years of high school German. Students will read, discuss and write about Germanic culture and language in German. Students must have college level-reading and writing skills in their native language. Students are expected to be able to greet and respond to greeting and introductions, engage in conversation, express likes, dislikes and needs, describe and compare, narrate a short anecdote using past, present, and future tenses, write simple paragraphs, and read and understand some details and important ideas in authentic texts.
Prerequisite: GER201
Offered: Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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4 |
HUM102 |
Humanities: Perception through the Arts
This course is an introduction to humanistic studies; it examines works of the human spirit (in music, painting, philosophy, sculpture, architecture, drama, poetry) which have influenced our civilization and who we are as individuals.
Prerequisite: ENL101
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
MUS100 |
Music Appreciation
A survey of development of music from the Renaissance to the present including jazz and the contemporary scene. Emphasis on basic musical materials and principles of design. For students not planning to major in music; no previous musical training required.
Prerequisite: ENL025 or satisfactory basic skills assessment score
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
MUS101 |
Music Theory I
This course examines the fundamental materials including pitch, rhythm, tonal systems, ear training, and basic harmony for those wishing to learn or to improve music reading skills. Students practice in performance and composition for instruments and voice.
Prerequisite: ENL025 or satisfactory basic skills assessment score
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Note: Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
MUS102 |
Music History I
This course is a detailed study of styles and forms of music from ancient cultures to eighteenth-century classicism. Major compositions, personalities, styles, and forms are explored through structured listening, analysis, and reading assignments.
Prerequisite: ENL025 or satisfactory basic skills assessment score
Offered: Fall
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
MUS103 |
Music History II
This course is a detailed study of styles and forms of music from the eighteenth-century to the present. Major compositions, personalities, styles, and forms are explored through structured listening, analysis, and reading assignments.
Prerequisite: ENL025 or satisfactory basic skills assessment score
Offered: Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
MUS116 |
History of Rock Music
This course explores the origins, characteristics and stylistic development of rock music. The emphasis is on the artists, songwriters, and producers who have created the most famous hits and long term trends.
Prerequisite: NL025 or satisfactory basic skills assessment score
Offered: Fall, Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
MUS202 |
Music Theory II
This course is a continuation of MUS101 with emphasis on harmony and form.
Prerequisite: MUS101
Semester Offered: Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
PHI131 |
Logic
This course is an introduction to the principles of logic. It is designed for students who wish to develop their habits of thinking clearly and logically in the everyday world as well as in specialized areas such as science and technology. Although there will be some coverage of informal logic, the thrust of the course will be on formal logic including the following topics: deduction and syllogistic logic, symbolic logic, and induction and scientific method.
Prerequisite: ENL101 or PHI130
Offered: Varies
Note: Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts (or) Behavioral or Social Science general education requirement.
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3 |
PHI160 |
Three Great Thinkers
Students in this course will engage in a critical examination of a number of contemporary seminal ideas central to the human experience of both Eastern and Western thinkers. Students will study the writings of three major thinkers in the history of ideas. The three will be announced before pre-registration each semester and will vary from semester to semester, so the course will never be the same. Students will explore the ideas in the course for internal consistency and for the historical contexts in which they arose, as well as the actual consequences those ideas have had in human affairs.
Prerequisite: ENL101 and a previous philosophy course
Offered: Varies
Note: Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts (or) Behavioral or Social Science general education requirement.
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3 |
PHI201 |
Existentialism
This course provides the student with a comprehensive analysis of the multifaceted view toward life which has come to be known as existentialism. Social, moral, legal, religious, literary, as well as epistemological and metaphysical aspects of the existentialistic point of view, are considered.
Prerequisite: ENL101 or PHI130
Offered: Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts (or) Behavioral or Social Science general education requirement.
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3 |
PHI210 |
Ethics
This course provides a rigorous and thorough examination of the major ethical theories in the history of Western philosophy, covering the work of such philosophers as Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Augustine, Aquinas, Kant, Hobbes, Rousseau, Nietzsche, Mill, Marx, Kierkegaard, Sartre, Ayer, and contemporary writers such as Callahan, Raz, Rawls, Nozick, and Frankl. The early part of the course is a study of metaethics and of the terminology used in doing ethical analysis. The body of the course involves the study of five major theories of normative ethics: natural law theories, social contract theories, duty-based (deontological) theories, utilitarian (teleological) theories, and existentialist theories. Skeptical alternatives to these theories will also be considered. In the last month of the semester, each student is expected to focus on a project dealing with a specific ethical theory or problem area.
Prerequisite: ENL101 or PHI130
Offered: Fall, Summer
Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts (or) Behavioral or Social Science general education requirement.
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SPN101 |
Elementary Spanish I
The first semester of a two-semester college elementary Spanish sequence for beginning non-native students of Spanish. The text and ancillary materials provide a thorough four skills approach: speaking, reading, writing, and understanding spoken Spanish. This course is not intended for students whose native language is Spanish.
Prerequisite: Satisfactory basic skills assessment score or co-requisite ENL108
Offered: Fall
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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4 |
SPN102 |
Elementary Spanish II
This is the second semester of a two-semester college Elementary Spanish sequence. It is for beginning students of Spanish. The text and ancillary materials provide a thorough four skills approach: speaking, reading, writing, and understanding spoken Spanish. (5 class hours)
Prerequisite: SPN101
Offered: Fall, Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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SPN105 |
Elementary Spanish I for Health Care Professionals
This is a one semester college Elementary Spanish course with focused instruction in Spanish language, culture, and health issues of relevance to health professionals working with Spanish speaking populations. The text and ancillary materials provide development of the four skills: speaking, reading, writing, and understanding Spanish.
Prerequisite: Satisfactory basic skills assessment score or co-requisite ENL108
Offered: Varies
Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.
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4 |
SPN201 |
Intermediate Spanish I
This course is for students who have completed one year of elementary college Spanish or three to four years of high school Spanish. Students read, discuss, and write about Hispanic culture and language in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPN102 or 3–4 years of high school Spanish
Offered: Fall
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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SPN202 |
Intermediate Spanish II
This is the second semester of the sequential intermediate college-level Spanish emphasizing further mastery of speaking, understanding, reading and writing Spanish. Readings include historical and literary aspects of the Hispanic world and Spain. This course completes Stage III of the Language Learning Continuum of the ACTFL (American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages). (5 class hours)
Prerequisite: SPN201 or 5 years of high school Spanish
Offered: Spring
Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.
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THR101 |
Introduction to Theater
This course explores the many facets that make up the experience of theater. Students probe questions like: what is the essence of theater, who are the artists that create what one sees on stage, what are the types of drama, the trends, and movements since the Ancient Greeks, and how are plays reflective of playwrights' cultures? Students broaden their knowledge and experience of what constitutes the art of theater through reading, class discussion, lecture, staged readings, and viewing live and video performances.
Prerequisite: ENL025 or satisfactory basic skills assessment score
Offered: Fall, Spring
Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement.
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3 |
THR113 |
Rehearsal & Performance
Rehearsal and Performance is a practicum where students participate in the multifaceted experience from interpreting a play to participating in a live theatre production. Students accept responsibilities as performers and/or production crew members in a college theatrical production.
Prerequisite: None
Offered: Varies
Note: Satisfies a Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.
Note: May be repeated for credit; 6 credit maximum.
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