Undergraduate 2020-2021

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of English

HUM 122 Popular Medievalisms

Examines written texts, visual arts and musical compositions to analyze and reflect the evolution and confluence of cultures in Europe, Asia, and the Americas from 800 C.E. to 1750 C.E.
3

Course Attribute

LC3b-Literature & Humanities and GT Literature

HUM 130 Introduction to Cultural Studies

This course is a thematic introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Cultural Studies.
3

Course Attribute

LC3a-Arts and GT Arts

HUM 200 Cultural Rhetorics

An examination of how colonized, non-Western, and/or marginalized cultures define their own rhetorics and negotiate how they intersect with hegemonic Western rhetoric.

3

HUM 231 Images of Women in Literature and the Arts

Investigation of stereotypes, dreams, roles and goals of women manifested in creative works by and about women.
3

Course Attribute

LC3b-Literature & Humanities and GT Literature

HUM 250 Nations, Communities, and Cultural Memory

Introducing students to the field of Memory Studies, this course will explore cultural constructions of identity, collective and individual memory, and the politics of commemoration.

3

HUM 310 Medical Humanities

Introducing students to the field of medical humanities, this course will explore cultural constructions of disease and wellness, disability, and medicine and medical practice.

3

Prerequisites

(ENG 123 with a minimum grade of D- or ENG 225 with a minimum grade of D- or Completion of LC1b-Intermediate Composition course)

HUM 320 Digital Humanities

This interdisciplinary course will introduce students to the intersections possible between humanistic inquiry and digital technologies.

3

Prerequisites

(ENG 123 with a minimum grade of D- or Completion of LC1b-Intermediate Composition course)