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HUMI 18H
History as Mystery: A Critique of Western Perspectives in a Global Context - HONORS

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Course Description

As history reveals, it also conceals; so, what do historical narratives conceal? What kind of historical scripts might emerge from our descendants based on our current-cultural artifacts? This is an interdisciplinary discussion that identifies, examines, analyzes and critiques fundamental western concepts from aesthetics, history, philosophy, religion and science as representative of a perspective from an historical or cross-cultural context. Emphasis will be placed on how the past, present, and future have the potential to inform one another and are framed by perspective. As participants in an honors course, students will be expected to complete extra assignments, or an additional longer assignment, to gain deeper insight into critical theory and the humanities.

Student Learning Outcomes

• Synthesize students' critical thinking, imaginative, cooperative, and empathetic abilities as whole persons in order to contextualize knowledge, interpret and communicate meaning, and cultivate their capacity for personal, as well as social change.
• Recognize and facilitate the understanding that the telling of history is both a dynamic and a subjective process.
• Recognize, assemble, and appraise the assumptions underlying Western perspectives and values as a cultural belief system.

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Course Details

Units

4 Units

Hours

• Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
• Weekly Lab Hours: 0

Gen Ed

General Education Class

Program Status

Program Applicable

Credit

Credit - Degree Applicable

Transferability

Transferable to both UC and CSU

Grading Method

Letter Grading

Requisite and Advisory

Advisory(ies)

EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5

Prerequisite(s)

Corequisite(s)

Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills

Limitation(s) on Enrollment

Not open to students with credit in the non-Honors related course.

Admission into this course requires consent of the Honors Program Coordinator.