This unique course provides a broad understanding of the Spanish culture. Students will learn the importance of introducing children to a foreign culture and language at an early age. Hands-on activities, crafts, music, dance, guest speakers, food, and some Spanish vocabulary are incorporated to enhance learning. A mentorship program will enable each student to introduce Spanish culture and similar enrichment programs in public and private institutions and home school curriculums. This course surveys major philosophies and ways of life that have interested humanity since the dawn of civilization.
Course work is drawn from examples of literature, biography, philosophy, and the arts.
Applications This reading and discussion course applies the concepts and perceptions acquired in HUM 360 to contemporary social developments. The sources of economic, political, and social values are analyzed, and major viewpoints are compared and contrasted. Attention is given to the rights and obligations of the individual, as well as economic, political, and social groups and their interactions. Emphasis is placed on prevailing twentieth century world views. This is a survey of Western history which concentrates on ideas that have had significant impact.