The following descriptions indicate the general nature of courses in these disciplines, more specific information about the particular sections of these courses being offered in a given semester will be available at registration. This course's emphasis is on how knowledge is defined, acquired, transmitted and applied.
Students examine both messages and media to identify the strengths and limitations of each.
Students learn to situate knowledge in a social, historical and personal context, a skill they will need in order to become lifelong learners. The course focuses on how individuals, groups, societies or nations organize ideas, perceptions and values into explanatory patterns. Students explore major ideas and value systems by which diverse individuals, groups, societies or nations seek to explain the world and their place in it. This course represents the third Humanities course required in order to obtain a college diploma. The curriculum will reflect content specific to the program in which the student is enrolled.