HUM 103 - The Great Traditions: An introduction to Humanities

Once upon a time, college was an exploration. These days it is more a high-speed rush towards an occupational goal. This course is designed to give today’s fast-track students a survey of possibilities, serious and substantial, yet introductory, a brief immersion in the traditional disciplines. Included are Socrates, the Rabbis of the Pirke Avot and Jesus, Freud (in his Civilization and Its Discontents) and Marx (as introduced by Erich Fromm), the poetry in Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes’ Romeo + Juliet, photography and paintings from the Museum of Modern Art, short fiction by Alice Walker, Bernard Malamud and Higuchi Ichio, and three major statements by 20th century writers: Virginia Woolf (A Room of One’s Own), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Letter from Birmingham Jail), and Elie Wiesel (Night).

General Education Elective(s): Humanities

Click here for course schedule details, to register for this course, or to view required books for this course.