Humanities Minor

Requirements: 21 credits

3 academic years are estimated for humanities minor completion with respect to fall/spring course rotation and prerequisites. The following course work is required:

Summary of Requirements

Humanities Minor Required Courses: 15 credits-ENGL2021 or 2022 & ENGL2036 or 2039; Select any 2000 or 3000 level ENGL (Literature) and PHIL courses

• ENGL2021

  WORLD LITERATURE I (SLLT)

  ENGL2021
  WORLD LITERATURE I (SLLT)

  Credits (Min/Max): 3/3

  This course emphasizes the careful reading of works of world literature from the Ancient period to the Early Modern era (c. 1600). Issues to be covered include the oral-performative origins of ancient literature; the cultural values and social roles embodied in the literature; and the nature of literary language, genres, and traditions. The course serves as an introduction to the study of literature for all majors, as well as an opportunity for English majors to expand their knowledge of important works of world literature. (SLLT)

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• ENGL2022

  WORLD LITERATURE II (SLLT)

  ENGL2022
  WORLD LITERATURE II (SLLT)

  Credits (Min/Max): 3/3

  This course emphasizes the careful reading of works of world literature from the Early Modern era (c. 1600) to the present. Issues to be covered include the relationship of global imperialism to World literary traditions; the rise of literatures of resistance; and the major schools of contemporary literary theory. The course serves as an introduction to the study of literature for all majors, as well as an opportunity for English majors to expand their knowledge of important works of world literature. (SLLT)

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• ENGL2036

  AMERICAN MULTICULTURAL LIT (SLLT)

  ENGL2036
  AMERICAN MULTICULTURAL LIT (SLLT)

  Credits (Min/Max): 3/3

  This course emphasizes the careful reading of works of American literature from the early contact period to the Civil War. Issues to be covered include the pervasive influence of cultural contact, slavery, and ethnic diversity on American literary traditions; the quest for distinctively American literary subjects; and the diverse forms of narrative that arose during the nineteenth century. The course serves as an introduction to the study of literature for all majors, as well as an opportunity for English majors to expand their knowledge of important works of American literature.

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• ENGL2039

  MODERN AMERICAN LITERATURE (SLLT)

  ENGL2039
  MODERN AMERICAN LITERATURE (SLLT)

  Credits (Min/Max): 3/3

  This course emphasizes the careful reading of works of American literature from the close of the Civil War to the present. Issues to be covered include the diversity of voices represented in the American literary tradition; the cultural, political, economic, ethnic, and regional contexts within which these literatures were forged; and the transformation of American literary traditions after the Civil War, as represented by such major developments as Realism, Modernism, the New Negro Renaissance, and the growth of ethnic literatures. The course serves as an introduction to the study of literature for all majors, as well as an opportunity for English majors to expand their knowledge of important works of American literature. (SLAE)

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• ENGL2XXX

  ENGL2XXX
  

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• ENGL3XXX

  ENGL3XXX
  

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• PHIL1021

  INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY (SLRS)

  PHIL1021
  INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY (SLRS)

  Credits (Min/Max): 3/3

  This is a survey course that presents the principal philosophical problems, questions, and systems. Consideration is given to representative schools of philosophy, especially the foundational teachings in Plato and Aristotle. The relationship of philosophy to other disciplines, arts and sciences is examined. (SLRS)

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• PHIL2XXX

  PHIL2XXX
  

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• PHIL3XXX

  PHIL3XXX
  

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Must take at least 3 credits of the following:

• RELS1001

  OLD TESTAMENT (SLRS)

  RELS1001
  OLD TESTAMENT (SLRS)

  Credits (Min/Max): 3/3

  This course will examine the beginnings of a people called Israel, as related in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. Special attention will be given to the process of a social revolution in the Ancient Near East which gave rise to this people who entered into a covenant with their God Yahweh, a God whose worship mandated radical equality and social justice. (SLRS)

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• RELS1002

  NEW TESTAMENT (SLRS)

  RELS1002
  NEW TESTAMENT (SLRS)

  Credits (Min/Max): 3/3

  This course examines the person and message of Jesus of Nazareth, as recorded in the New Testament of the Bible. Special focus will be given as to how Jesus’ message continues the Old Testament tradition of the Kingdom of God, a Kingdom which creates a new world order based on radical equality and social justice. (SLRS)

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• RELS1003

  WORLD RELIGIONS (SLRS)

  RELS1003
  WORLD RELIGIONS (SLRS)

  Credits (Min/Max): 3/3

  This course examines the historical development together with the religious beliefs and practices of the major religions of the world including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Zoroastrianism. The teachings of each religion regarding the Absolute, the world, the nature of humans, the problem facing humans, the solution of the problem for humans, Community and Ethics, Rituals and Symbols, and what happens after death will be studied. The course also includes an examination of the beginnings of religion in human history as well as the characteristics of tribal and national religions. (SLRS)

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Select at least 3 credits of the following:

• PHIL2026

  ETHICS (SLRS)

  PHIL2026
  ETHICS (SLRS)

  Credits (Min/Max): 3/3

  A survey of historical and contemporary responses to significant moral problems encountered in the Christian life. Topics include conscience, racism, peace and war, ecology, population control, economic justice and capital punishment. (SLRS)

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• RELS2014

  CHRISTOLOGY

  RELS2014
  CHRISTOLOGY

  Credits (Min/Max): 3/3

  A systematic study of the beliefs of the church in the person of Jesus as reflected in Scripture and the early church councils and a survey of contemporary Christological teaching. (SLRS)

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• RELS2020

  WOMEN & RELIGION

  RELS2020
  WOMEN & RELIGION

  Credits (Min/Max): 3/3

  A survey of woman's place in society, past and present, as it has been and is affected by religious teachings, laws and customs and examination of the attitudes toward women in the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, in the writing of the early church fathers, the Protestant Reformers, and in the current religious structures of Catholics, Protestants, and Jews. (SLRS)

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