CSUEB Catalog 2008-2009: Humanities (Undergraduate)

Humanities

	Department Information
	Program Information
	Undergraduate Courses

Department Information

College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Office: Warren Hall 489
Phone: (510) 885-3105

Professor Emeritus
Vincenzo Traversa (Modern Languages and Literatures), Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles

Please consult the 2009-2010 online catalog for any changes that may occur.

Program Information

The College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences offers survey courses which are designed to provide students with a broad introduction to the humanities and to the study of Western Civilization.

Undergraduate Courses


The course prefix for the following courses is HUM.
1001	Humanities I (4) Dawn of Western Civilization: Survey of major ideas, achievements, and failures of Greco-Roman antiquity and the Middle Ages examined from an historical perspective and based upon readings in literature and philosophy. Selections from Iliad, Aeneid, Oedipus Rex, Bible, Divine Comedy, Canterbury Tales, etc.
1002	Humanities II (4) Western Civilization in Transition: Survey of major ideas, achievements, and failures of the Renaissance, Reformation, and Enlightenment examined from an historical perspective and based upon readings in literature and philosophy. Selections from Petrarch, Erasmus, Machiavelli, Cervantes, Swift, Voltaire, Descartes, Luther, Locke, etc.
1003	Humanities III (4) Modern Western Civilization: Survey of major ideas, achievements and failures of 19th and 20th Century European and American civilization, based upon readings in literature and philosophy, and examined from an historical perspective that recognizes the changing roles of women and ethnic minorities and the interplay of various social groups.
3000	Literature of the Holocaust (4) Study of literary works originating from personal experience and reflections concerning the Holocaust: the mass murder of the Jews of Europe during World War II. Authors include Primo Levi, Giuliana Tedeschi, and Elie Wiesel.
3999	Issues in Humanities (4) Readings, discussion, and research on contemporary and/or significant issues in humanities. May be repeated for credit when content varies.