Humanities – Associate in Arts Degree

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4903.00

The study of humanities records and interprets the human experience in a variety of different cultural and historical contexts. As a whole, the discipline of humanities includes history, media studies, science and technology studies, philosophy, art history, cultural studies, literature, ethics, and many other related disciplines. The humanities examine the role of the arts, literature, and theory in everyday life, as means of knowledge production, and as tools of political power through time. These disciplines work to define and understand culture in order to better interpret the past and as well as to understand how present systems and one’s sense of self bears the imprint of the past. Humanities students become savvy critics and interpreters of culture through the development of theoretical and historical frameworks and work to situate themselves within a rich fabric of human identity, experience, and expression. 

For students intending to transfer, courses identified for the area of emphasis fulfill major preparation requirements as demonstrated through ASSIST.org articulation. Select courses are based on ASSIST.org data for major preparation articulation with selected transfer institutions. Consult with a Counselor for specific information regarding the intended major at the college the student is choosing. Courses used to complete a student's area of emphasis can double count for general education just as they may for any other major. Although the associate degree recognizes the completion of lower division general education requirements, it does not guarantee admission to a specific campus in the CSU or UC system, nor does it guarantee admission to a specific major or a specific community college program. Some majors and schools require a higher GPA than is necessary for the associate degree. Students should meet with a Counselor to determine the lower division major preparation coursework in addition to which general education pattern is required for transfer or for community college programs.

Program Outcomes

  • Analyze diverse areas of history, culture, theory, and contemporary issues through a variety of humanities disciplines.
  • Develop critical thinking, information competency, ethical reasoning, and analytical skills as outlined in one or more of the classes for the AA in Humanities.
  • Examine human experiences as they relate to diverse perspectives, ethical reasoning, self-expression, world civilization, and the natural world.

Requirements for the Area of Emphasis

Courses must be completed with a grade of C or better. All courses must be numbered 001–099. Students must complete 18 units with at least 3 units in three of the areas listed below:

Area 1: Architecture
ARCH 010AARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS3
ARCH 011INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE2
ARCH 012AVISUAL COMMUNICATIONS I3
ARCH 024AHISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE3
ARCH 024BHISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE3
Area 2: Art
ART 001AHISTORY OF WESTERN ART - PREHISTORIC THROUGH MEDIEVAL3
ART 001BHISTORY OF WESTERN ART – RENAISSANCE THROUGH CONTEMPORARY3
ART 001CARTS OF AFRICA, OCEANIA, AND INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICA3
ART 003AHISTORY OF ASIAN ART3
ART 003BHISTORY OF ASIAN ART3
ART 004AHISTORY OF ANCIENT ART IN THE WEST3
ART 004BHISTORY OF EUROPEAN MEDIEVAL ART3
ART 004CHISTORY OF EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ART3
ART 004DHISTORY OF MODERN ART3
ART 005ART FUNDAMENTALS3
ART 007PRE-COLUMBIAN ART3
ART 008HISTORY OF MEXICAN AND CHICANO ART3
ART 009HISTORY OF ISLAMIC ART3
DMA 002HISTORY OF DESIGN AND MEDIA ARTS3
PHOT 004IMAGE CULTURE3
PHOT 010HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY3
Area 3: English
ENGL 005ACREATIVE WRITING3
ENGL 005BCREATIVE WRITING3
ENGL 006SHORT STORY WRITING3
ENGL 008WRITING POETRY3
ENGL 009CREATIVE NONFICTION3
ENGL/LING 010INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS3
ENGL 025ALITERARY MODERNISM AND MODERNITY3
ENGL 025CWOMEN'S LITERATURE3
ENGL 026INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM3
ENGL 030AAMERICAN LITERATURE3
ENGL 030BAMERICAN LITERATURE3
ENGL 030CAMERICAN LITERATURE: 1945 TO THE PRESENT3
ENGL 044AWORLD LITERATURE: ANTIQUITY TO LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY3
ENGL 044BWORLD LITERATURE: LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT3
ENGL 045ALITERATURE OF THE BIBLE: THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES3
ENGL 045BLITERATURE OF THE BIBLE: THE NEW TESTAMENT3
ENGL 046AENGLISH LITERATURE: BEOWULF TO JOHNSON3
ENGL 046BENGLISH LITERATURE: ROMANTIC MOVEMENT TO THE PRESENT3
ENGL 048ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION3
ENGL 049AFILM AS DRAMATIC LITERATURE – GENRE AND AUTEUR THEORY3
ENGL 053INTERPRETING POETRY3
ENGL 054CALIFORNIA LITERATURE3
ENGL 058STUDIES IN QUEER LITERATURE3
ENGL 059CHILDREN'S LITERATURE3
ENGL 060MASTERPIECES OF DRAMA3
ENGL 061INTRODUCTION TO THE NOVEL3
ENGL 078AINTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE3
ENGL 078BINTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE3
ENGL 082AINTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY3
ENGL 082BINTRODUCTION TO MYTHOLOGY3
Area 4: History
HIST 001AHISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION TO 17153
HIST 001BHISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION FROM 17153
HIST 002AHISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS TO 15003
HIST 002BHISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS FROM 15003
HIST 007AUNITED STATES HISTORY TO 18763
or HIST 007AH HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876
HIST 007BUNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 18763
or HIST 007BH HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876
HIST 008HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA3
HIST 009ALATIN AMERICA: PRE-COLOMBIAN TO 18253
HIST 009BLATIN AMERICA: 1825 TO THE PRESENT3
HIST 016HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST3
HIST 018HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC3
HIST 019HISTORY OF CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA3
HIST 025BWOMEN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY3
HIST 027ATRADITIONAL AFRICA3
HIST 027BMODERN AFRICA3
Area 5: Humanities
HUM 001INTRODUCTION TO THE HUMANITIES3
HUM 002HUMANITIES, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY3
HUM 003HUMANITIES AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES3
HUM 004HUMANITIES THROUGH THE ARTS3
Area 6: Music
MUSC 007AMUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE: ANTIQUITY TO 17503
MUSC 007BMUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1750 TO THE PRESENT3
MUSC 021MUSIC APPRECIATION3
MUSC 022MUSIC IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD3
MUSC 023MUSIC CULTURES OF THE WORLD3
MUSC 024ATHE JAZZ EXPERIENCE: EVOLUTION AND ESSENCE3
MUSC 024BHISTORY OF ROCK MUSIC3
MUSC 025AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC3
Area 7: Philosophy
PHIL 001INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY3
or PHIL 001H HONORS INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 003ETHICS3
PHIL 007CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS3
PHIL 008PHILOSOPHY AND HUMANNESS3
PHIL 020AHISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY3
PHIL 020BHISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY3
PHIL 025INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL THINKING3
or PHIL 025H HONORS INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL THINKING
PHIL 030LOGIC3
PHIL 031CONTEMPORARY CHICANO PHILOSOPHY3
PHIL 033INTRODUCTION TO SYMBOLIC LOGIC3
PHIL 037PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION3
Area 8: Religious Studies
RELG 001RELIGIOUS ISSUES, PERSONALITIES AND VALUES3
RELG 002COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS: FAR EAST3
RELG 003COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS: NEAR EAST3
Area 9: Theater
CINE 007AEARLY FILM HISTORY3
CINE 007BCONTEMPORARY FILM HISTORY3
DANC 021ADANCE HISTORY: CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HERITAGE3
DANC 021BDANCE HISTORY: SPECTACLE AND PERFORMANCE ART3
SPCH 004ORAL INTERPRETATION3
THRT 001INTRODUCTION TO THEATER3
THRT 002AACTING I3
THRT 002BACTING II3
THRT 002CADVANCED ACTING FUNDAMENTALS3
THRT 005ATHEATRE HISTORY I3
THRT 005BTHEATRE HISTORY II3
THRT 006PLAY WRITING3
THRT 008VOICE AND MOVEMENT FOR THE PERFORMER3
THRT 012ATECHNICAL THEATER4
THRT 012BADVANCED TECHNICAL THEATER4
TVR 019INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA AESTHETICS AND CINEMATIC ARTS3
Area 10: Foreign Language
ASL 001ELEMENTARY AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE4
ASL 002ELEMENTARY AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE4
ASL 003INTERMEDIATE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE4
ASL 004INTERMEDIATE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE – LEVEL 24
ARBC 001ELEMENTARY ARABIC - LEVEL 15
ARBC 002ELEMENTARY ARABIC - LEVEL 25
ARMN 001ELEMENTARY ARMENIAN - LEVEL 15
ARMN 002ELEMENTARY ARMENIAN5
CHIN 001ELEMENTARY CHINESE (MANDARIN) - Level 15
CHIN 002ELEMENTARY CHINESE (MANDARIN) - LEVEL 25
CHIN 003INTERMEDIATE CHINESE (MANDARIN) - LEVEL 15
CHIN 004INTERMEDIATE CHINESE (MANDARIN)5
FRNC 001ELEMENTARY FRENCH5
FRNC 002ELEMENTARY FRENCH5
FRNC 003INTERMEDIATE FRENCH5
FRNC 004INTERMEDIATE FRENCH5
GRMN 001ELEMENTARY GERMAN - LEVEL 15
GRMN 002ELEMENTARY GERMAN - LEVEL 25
GRMN 003INTERMEDIATE GERMAN - LEVEL 15
GRMN 004INTERMEDIATE GERMAN - LEVEL 25
ITAL 001ELEMENTARY ITALIAN5
ITAL 002ELEMENTARY ITALIAN – LEVEL 25
ITAL 003INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN - LEVEL 15
ITAL 004INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN - LEVEL 25
JAPN 001ELEMENTARY JAPANESE5
JAPN 002ELEMENTARY JAPANESE - LEVEL 25
JAPN 003INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE - LEVEL 15
JAPN 004INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE - LEVEL 25
PORT 001ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE - LEVEL 15
PORT 002ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE - LEVEL 25
PORT 003INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE - LEVEL 15
PORT 004INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE – LEVEL 25
RUSS 001ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN - LEVEL 15
RUSS 002ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN - LEVEL 25
RUSS 003INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN - LEVEL 15
RUSS 004INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN - LEVEL 25
SPAN 001ELEMENTARY SPANISH – LEVEL 15
SPAN 002ELEMENTARY SPANISH - LEVEL 25
SPAN 002ASPANISH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS5
SPAN 003INTERMEDIATE SPANISH - LEVEL 15
SPAN 004INTERMEDIATE SPANISH - LEVEL 25
Area 11: Ethnic Studies
ETH/HIST 051THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN3
ETH/ENGL 055NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION3
ETH/HIST 061AAFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 18653
ETH/HIST 061BAFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 18653
ETH/ENGL 065AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE3
ETH/HIST 071ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY3
ETH/ENGL 075ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE3
ETH/HIST 081MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY3
ETH/ENGL 085CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE3

General Education Requirements for the Associate in Arts Degree

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