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2019-2020 Arapahoe Community College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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HUM 103 - Introduction to Film Art GT: AH2
3 Credits
Introduces film terminology and narrative techniques to explore how film conveys meaning and to study the relationships among film form, content, and audience reception. This course emphasizes active viewing, discussion, and critical analysis of films from different cultures and eras. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH2 category.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HUM 115 - World Mythology: GT-AH2
3 Credits
Introduces an interdisciplinary approach to world mythology. The course illustrates and connects common themes in mythology to world religion, philosophy, art, literature, music, and contemporary culture using various interpretive methods. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH2 category.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HUM 118 - Religion in American Culture
3 Credits
Investigates the various ways in which religion and American culture interact. It begins with the religion of Native Americans, which existed in a pre-modern society where religion went unchallenged as the preeminent organizing principle, to our post-modern era, where religion competes with a multiplicity of other belief systems in a complex societal matrix. This course pays close attention to the sundry ways in which religion and American culture interface.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HUM 121 - Humanities: Early Civilization: GT-AH2
3 Credits
Introduces the interdisciplinary study of ideas that have defined cultures through a survey of the visual, performing, and literary arts, emphasizing connections among diverse cultures, including European and non-European, from the prehistoric to the early medieval era. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH2 category.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HUM 122 - Humanities: Medieval – Modern: GT-AH2
3 Credits
Introduces the interdisciplinary study of ideas that have defined cultures through a survey of the visual, performing, and literary arts, emphasizing connections among global cultures from the medieval to the early modern era. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH2 category.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HUM 123 - Humanities: The Modern World: GT-AH2
3 Credits
Introduces the interdisciplinary study of ideas that have defined cultures through a survey of the visual, performing, and literary arts, emphasizing connections among global cultures from the European Enlightenment to the postmodern era. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH2 category.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HUM 164 - American Cinema
3 Credits
Introduces film studies and surveys the American film industry as an art form, as an industry, and as a system of representation and communication. This course explores how Hollywood films work technically, aesthetically, and culturally to re-enforce and challenge America’s national self-image.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HUM 201 - Twentieth Century American Art
3 Credits
Focuses on elements common to the arts of film, painting, architecture, literature and music of 20th century United States. Students study the effects of the economy, business and industry and traditional North American values and dreams on the arts.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HUM 211 - Cultural Diversity in the Humanities
3 Credits
Introduces students to the various aspects of social and cultural diversity. Promotes development of critical thought and growth of multicultural, multisocial and multilingual understanding.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HUM 220 - the Cultural History of Rock and Roll
3 Credits
Teaches students to read about, write about, and discuss the social history of that very broad term, “rock and roll”. We explore important themes in American (and British) social and cultural history through the study of popular music, as well as to examine how popular and critical tastes are reflections of artistic, cultural, sexual, economic and ideological sensibilities at the time of its production. In order to fully understand what the culture of “rock” is all about, we critically analyze the influence of technology, ideology, class, gender, and race on various genres of music, jazz, country, rhythm and blues, techno, heavy metal, and hip hop. We also examine how rock and roll influenced (and is influenced by) other arts, particularly literature and film. Emphasis is placed on understanding the social and cultural contexts of the various music forms rather than on a rigorous understanding of the musical forms themselves.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HUM 275 - Special Topics
1-6 Variable Credits
Provides students with a vehicle to pursue in depth exploration of special topics of interest.
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HUM 285 - Independent Study
1-6 Variable Credits
Meets the individual needs of students. Students engage in intensive study or research under the direction of a qualified Instructor.
Required: Instructor’s permission
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