Summer

AP/HUMA 4140 6.00 Childhood In Canadian Culture

Explores the human condition of childhood as portrayed and experienced in Canadian culture over time.

AP/HUMA 3831 3.00 Torah And Tradition: Jewish Religious Expressions From Antiquity To The Present

Offers a historical exploration of Jewish beliefs, institutions, and bodies of literature over the ages, emphasizing continuities and changes in religious expression within and across different places and times.

AP/HUMA 3500 6.00 Chinese Cultures in Literature & Film

Offers a picture of the cultural life of three variant Chinese communities through an analysis of major works of literature and film, as well as an understanding of the interaction between these groups and the contemporary globalized context.

AP/HUMA 3109 3.00 Law & Culture in the Ancient World

A survey of legal concepts, practices, and narratives in the ancient world (Greece, Rome, and the Near East). Students will learn how the law is shaped by culture and history and how law and legal values are expressed in language, literature, rituals, and art. PRIOR TO FALL 2014: Course credit exclusion: AP/HUMA 3109 6.0; AP/HUMA […]

AP/HUMA 3690 6.00 Children's Literature & Film Adaptation

This course analyzes changing constructions of childhood and adolescence in children's literature and adaptations of these constructions in film versions. Issues of 'translation' are highlighted both in critical readings and through the pairing of literary and film texts. Note: Internet access is required for this course.

AP/HUMA 3255 3.00 Indigenous Film Studies

FULLY ONLINE This course introduces students to Indigenous cinema in the United States and Canada, although films from Mexico, the Andes (Quechua) and Brazil will be screened when available. Students view approximately ten films and read works of film theory and criticism in order to analyze how Indigenous peoples use the moving image to re-present […]

AP/HUMA 2220 3.00 Communication, Presentation Skills and Voice

A practical course for students wanting to develop public speaking and presentation skills. Story-telling exercises, extemporaneous speech making, and text analysis facilitate expertise in public speaking. Video feedback will be used as a developmental tool.

AP/HUMA 2205 3.00 In Other Worlds: The Arts & Artists in Digital Environments

This interdisciplinary course critically examines digital environments including 3D, virtual and augmented realities as new forms of social literacy and new forums for the fine, performing and new media arts. Cross-Listing: AP/HUMA 2205 Course credit exclusion: FA/FACS 2920F 3.00 (prior to Fall 2011).

AP/HUMA 1950 6.00 Concepts of Male and Female in the West

An examination of the origins of, and the interrelationships among, gender, male and female concepts and roles through myth, literature, art and artifacts from various Western cultures, past and present. Course credit exclusions: AP/HUMA 1951 9.00. Previously offered as: AP/HUMA 1950 9.00.

AP/HUMA 1860 6.00 The Nature Of Religion

Explores the nature of religious faith, religious language (myth and symbol) and clusters of religious beliefs through an examination of the primary texts of several major world religions. Methodologies for the study of religion will also be examined. Course credit exclusions: AP/HUMA 1865 6.00, AP/HUMA 2800 9.00 (prior to Fall 2014), AP/SOSC 2600 9.00 (prior […]