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Humanities
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| Title |
Humanities Through the Arts |
| Lasc Area |
Goal 6 |
| Course Outline |
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| Description |
An introductory, chronological examination of the arts, focusing on representative works of the Western tradition with reference to historical, literary, and other cultural developments, as well as non-Western parallels. MnTC Goal 6. |
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| Title |
Perspectives on Society |
| Lasc Area |
Goal 6 |
| Course Outline |
Course Outline |
| Writing Intensive |
Yes |
| Description |
Explores visions of society (e.g. Confucius, Plato) or intercultural encounters between societies (e.g. Age of Exploration). May include works of history, literature, and political theory. MnTC Goal 6. |
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| Title |
Russian Humanities |
| Lasc Area |
Goal 6 |
| Course Outline |
Course Outline |
| Writing Intensive |
Yes |
| Description |
An introduction to the culture of Russia through works selected for the insights they provide into the social and historical reality of the Soviet Union as well as for their artistic merit with concentration in the society of the last decades before the Revolution. MnTC Goal 6. |
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| Title |
Liberty and Civic Responsibility in America |
| Lasc Area |
Goal 9 |
| Course Outline |
Course Outline |
| Writing Intensive |
Yes |
| Description |
The course examines the origins of the concepts of liberty and civic responsibility within the context of American culture, and how these concepts and ideals developed in American thought during the 19th and 20th centuries. MnTC Goal 9. |
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| Title |
Humanities East and West |
| Lasc Area |
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| Course Outline |
Course Outline |
| Writing Intensive |
Yes |
| Description |
To examine world literatures, arts and religions from a comparative perspective: parallels, contrasts, and intercultural influences between Asia and the West. MnTC Goal 6 and 8. |
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| Title |
Topics in Humanities |
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Course Outline |
| Description |
Topics appropriate to upper-division students, developed around the interests of students and instructors. |
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| Title |
Independent Study |
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| Description |
May be repeated twice to a maximum of 8 credits. |
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