Maricopa Community Colleges  HUM201   19946-99999 

Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 4-26-1994

HUM201  1994 Fall – 1999 Summer II

LEC  3.0 Credit(s)  3.0 Period(s)  3.0 Load  Acad

Humanities: Universal Themes

Origins and creation myths, the materials world, and the spiritual world as themes in the humanities.

Prerequisites: None.

Go to Competencies    Go to Outline
 

MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

 

HUM201  1994 Fall – 1999 Summer II

Humanities: Universal Themes

 

1.

Describe and analyze origin myths of various cultures. (I)

2.

Trace the historical beginnings of artistic expression in the four cradles of civilization, Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China, and other world cultures. (I)

3.

Analyze architecture, sculpture, painting, dance, drama, and media of various cultures. (II)

4.

Analyze various cultural perspectives on the environment. (II)

5.

Analyze various cultural views of the relationship between humanity and the environment. (II)

6.

Describe the worldviews promoted by Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, and other world religions. (III)

Go to Description    Go to top of Competencies
 

MCCCD Official Course Outline:

 

HUM201  1994 Fall – 1999 Summer II

Humanities: Universal Themes

 

I. Origins and Creation Myths

A. Beginnings of cultures and civilizations

B. Beginnings of artistic expression

II. The Material World

A. Physical environment

B. Different cultural views of the environment

C. Different cultural views of the relationship of humanity to the environment

III. The Spiritual World

A. The internal and intangible

B. Five major world religions

 

Go to Description    Go to top of Competencies    Go to top of Outline