ETHNC2590

Upon successful completion of the General Education Humanities requirement, students will be able to:

• Examine: Examine how humanities artifacts (such as oral narratives, literature, philosophy, media, and artworks) express the human condition;

• Explain: Explain how humanities artifacts take on meaning within networks or systems (such as languages, cultures, values, and worldviews) that account for the complexities and uncertainties of the human condition;

• Analyze: Analyze humanities artifacts according to humanities methodologies, such as a close analysis, questioning, reasoning, interpretation, and critical thinking

• Compare and Contrast: Compare and contrast diverse humanistic perspectives across cultures, communities, and/or time periods to explain how people make meaning of their lives; and

• Apply: Using humanities perspectives, reflect on big questions related to aesthetics, values, meaning, and ethics and how those apply to their own lives.

Students satisfy this requirement by demonstrating a foundational cross-cultural understanding, examining current and historical narratives of equality, justice, progress, and freedom. This requirement prepares students to engage in meaningful dialogue across social boundaries and to consider ethical and social decisions from multiple perspectives.

Upon successful completion of the Diversity Requirement, students will be able to:

• Appreciate the culture, history, or current circumstances of one or more groups in the U.S.

• Examine factors that support equality, justice, progress, and freedom among groups in the U.S.

• Apply disciplinary methods to analyze real-world strategies for fostering a more equitable society.

• Reflect on their own identities to apply meaningful dialogue across social boundaries and cultural interactions.