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LTCC CATALOG 2010-2011 67 MAJORSThe Humanities program is designed to provide an opportunity for studyin several areas of Western civilization. The Humanities major is broadbased,allowing students to take courses in several fields - including literatureand philosophy; the history of art, music, or theatre; languages; and the allinclusivehumanities courses. The relationship of Western ideas and thoughtbetween the various fields of study is encouraged. Courses will also strengthenoral and written communication skills.Student Learning Outcomes for this major are:• Acquire a broadly-based view of Western cultural achievements;• Recognize the historical importance of and relationships betweenvarious cultural areas.• Recognize and understand individual works of art, music, drama, andliterature in terms of the appropriate style or time.• Place contributions by writers, composers, and artists within ahistorical time period.• Recognize influences and create connections between the various arts,literature, and philosophy.• Understand major developments in Western history and its influenceon the arts, philosophy, and literature.• Apply acquired foreign language skills to other areas of learning, asnecessary and appropriate.•••A. GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS(See page 45 for details.)B. REQUIRED COURSES32-34 units distributed as follows:1. History and Humanities, two courses from (a) or (b);both courses must be in the same sequence.a. HIS 101 History of Western Civilization IHIS 102 History of Western Civilization IIHIS 103 History of Western Civilization IIIb. HUM 101 Ancient Western WorldHUM 102 The Middle Ages, Renaissance, and BaroqueErasHUM 103 The Modern WorldSelect 6 courses with a maximum of 2 from any one area:2. Philosophy and Religion:PHI 101 Introduction to PhilosophyPHI 103A History of Western Philosophy - EarlyPHI 103B History of Western Philosophy - ModernPHI 205 Contemporary Moral IssuesPHI 210 ExistentialismREL 101 Old TestamentREL 102 New TestamentREL 103 World ReligionsREL 104 Introduction to Religious StudiesREL 105 Eastern Religious TraditionsREL 107 The Principle Teachings of Buddhism3. Literature:ENG 102 Introduction to LiteratureENG 107 Cross-cultural LiteratureENG 108 Women in LiteratureENG 113 Introduction to ShakespeareENG 200 Masterpieces of the Ancient and MedievalWorldsENG 201 Masterpieces of the Renaissance and ModernWorldHumanitiesENG 202Masterpieces of the Modern WorldENG 205 Introduction to PoetryENG 206 The Short StoryENG 212 English Literature I: From Beowulf's Monstersto Milton's ParadiseENG 213 English Literature II: From Swift's Satire to thePassions of the RomanticsENG 214 English Literature III: Victorian Values andModern MasterpiecesENG 215 Survey of American Literature IENG 216 Survey of American Literature IIENG 217 Survey of American Literature IIIHUM 105 Mythology4. Music and Theatre:MUS 101 Music Listening and AppreciationMUS 102 Survey of Music IMUS 103 Survey of Music IITHE 112A History of Film: Beginnings to 1945THE 112B History of Film: 1945 to 1965THE 112C History of Film: 1965 to Present5. Art:ART 101 Art History: Prehistoric - IslamicART 102 Art History: Medieval Europe - RenaissanceART 103 Art History: Baroque - ContemporaryART 106 Artists' LivesART 107 Art of the AmericasART 141 The History of Photography6. World Languages, two courses from any one language:FRE 102 Elementary French IIFRE 103 Elementary French IIIGER 102 Elementary German IIGER 103 Elementary German IIIITA 102 Elementary Italian IIITA 103 Elementary Italian IIIJPN 102 Elementary Japanese IIJPN 103 Elementary Japanese IIIJPN 201 Intermediate Japanese IJPN 202 Intermediate Japanese IIJPN 203 Intermediate Japanese IIILAT 102 Elementary Latin IILAT 103 Elementary Latin IIISNL 102 Sign Language: American Sign Language -Elementary IISNL 103 Sign Language: American Sign Language -Elementary IIISNL 201 Sign Language: American Sign Language -Intermediate ISNL 202 Sign Language: American Sign Language -Intermediate IISNL 203 Sign Language: American Sign Language -Intermediate IIISPA 102 Elementary Spanish IISPA 103 Elementary Spanish IIISPA 201 Intermediate Spanish ISPA 202 Intermediate Spanish IISPA 203 Intermediate Spanish IIISPA 212 Introduction to Spanish LiteratureC. ELECTIVE UNITS to bring the total to 90.