Accelerated Humanities Courses (HUM)

HUM 300.   What are the Humanities?                                                         3 hours 

This course surveys the history of Western arts, religion, history and philosophy, with some attention to crucial moments in non-Western civilizations that invite comparison with Western cultures.  One meeting is devoted to library resources and technology skills, using assignments on Humanities topics. 

HUM 310.   Stories: the Question of Self within One’s Society              3 hours
                     (Part I)             
Everyone has a powerful, innate need to tell and hear stories.  Stories are how people share experiences, understand themselves and one another, and create a sense of community.  Stories can help to explain customs, identify values, tear down barriers, and disseminate knowledge.   This course studies the use and importance in stories to explore how those stories help frame oneself within the context of society.

HUM 310.   Stories: the Question of Self within One’s Society              3hours
                     (Part II)            
See above.

HUM 320.   What Makes Great Art? (Part I)                                                 3 hours

This course explores a variety of art topics, depending on the instructor’s and the students’ interests.  Overall, it introduces students to various characterizations of art and the different ways in which to consider great art.  Specific topics could include American Cinema and the History of Art.  Other topic courses could be developed encompassing such areas as music and theater could be employed as well.

HUM 320.  What Makes Great Art? (Part II)                                                 3 hours

See above.

HUM 350.  Where or What is My Community? (Part I)                              3 hours 

This course explores why humans are social by nature.  Humans share their humanness with all people, but have unique individual characteristics over which we have no control because of the accident of birth.  Humans are born into involuntary communities, a family, a tribal unit, a city, or a state.  However, we all have choices as we grow older to establish a new family if we so desire, move where we will, have friends who we want, practice worship or religion as we see fit, engage in business transactions that will bring us material sustenance or wealth.  These are our choices but they are limited by our own limitations of social skills and monetary resources.

HUM 350.  Where or What is My Community? (Part II)                             3 hours 

See above. 

HUM 400.  The God Question (Part I)                                                            3 hours

This course will explore the uncertainties about God.  With the development of science and rationalism as the arbiter of all decisions a growing scientific or secular atheism has developed.  However, the most dominant Western contemporary attitude is a growing indifference and unconcern, a practical agnosticism.  Traditional societies have posited some ultimate concern that dominates the life of the individual and that society as a whole, what some might call a personal or a series of personal gods who influence our lives.

HUM 400.  The God Question (Part II)                                                           3 hours

See above.

HUM 410.  The Question of Human Crisis and the Meaning of Life      3 hours
                    (Part I)
This class explores experiences of personal crisis--death, sickness, and misfortune--that prompt us to question life’s meaning and may cause us to redefine ourselves and our relationship to society.  Through a study of classic works of literature, philosophy, art, history, and religion, students will deepen their understanding of the kind of life-changing experiences that set us on the path of philosophical reflection, religious conversion, and self-discovery.  Students will survey a variety of answers to the question of life’s meaning, from the religious view that life has a transcendental meaning, to the scientific view that life has no intrinsic meaning, to the existentialist idea that the individual creates life’s meaning. We will also explore the process of creating meaning and the role of language in that process.

HUM 410.  The Question of Human Crisis and the Meaning of Life      3 hours
                    (Part II)
See above.

HUM 420.  What Does It Mean to Create? (Part I)                                      3 hours

This course offers students the opportunity to explore and understand the creative process through their own interests and talents.  Students will have the opportunity to learn the principles and techniques of such activities as creative writing, studio art, computer graphics, acting, and oral interpretation.  Students will then apply this learning to specific projects

HUM 420.  What Does It Mean to Create? (Part II)                                     3 hours

See above.

HUM 499.  Integrative Project (formerly Senior Seminar)                       3 hours 

This is a capstone course where students will prepare a traditional research paper or a multimedia project (with a written description) and an oral presentation on a topic that is designed to integrate the knowledge and skills from two or more subject areas (i.e. literature, history, philosophy, religion and the arts) in the curriculum.  The project and oral presentation will be evaluated by the program director and another faculty member from an appropriate discipline.

Accelerated Optional Course Offerings

The following Optional Course Offerings are available to Accelerated Students in each semester.  They are delivered in a similar format to other accelerated courses (usually 5 weeks long, 4 hours one night or Saturday per week) and cost the same tuition as the student is charged for their accelerated core course work.  The courses are designed to assist students in the completion of credit hours or requirements.  They are offered to all students in the division across programs.  Contact the Accelerated Academic Advisor for more information on current Optional Course Offerings available.

This course provides the student with a foundation in scientific approaches to environmental problems and their solutions.  Basic principles of environmental science will be covered.  Global environmental issues, as well as those concerning the Calumet Region will be investigated.  This course is geared to the non-science major who will be exposed to applied biological techniques in the area of environmental studies.  This course meets the Accelerated Program Science graduation requirement.

This course is an overview of the visual arts beginning with prehistoric art and ending with modern art.  It will provide a greater understanding of the visual arts through the various topics that will be discussed.  Topics that will be discussed are visual perception, art and society, current trends, the role of the artist, and critical analysis of art.

This course will study the correct, lively, and clear composition of English writing. Students will learn the fundamentals of academic writing and develop a portfolio of five essays totaling at least 40 pages of writing. Before successfully completing this course, students must pass a competency essay exam on the assigned novel.

This course provides an historical analysis of the development of the United States as a political, social and economic entity.  U. S. history will be charted from the Civil War to the present.  Emphasis will be given to the major defining events that have shaped our nation into the America we live in today.  Also, the role that American cultural and ethnic diversity has played in these defining events will be examined in our readings.  The experiences and parts played by members of America's diverse communities in climactic periods and in events such as World War II will be investigated.  The purpose of this examination is to give students knowledge of the major events in America's past as well as a perspective on the relationship between these historical events and current events. (American History would meet the Accelerated Program History graduation requirement.)

This course will examine topics of special interest in the field of management. Topics courses (but not specific topics) can be repeated for a total of six credit hours.

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