| Course |
Credits |
Required Courses
|
| Core: (4 courses) |
12 credits total |
Methods in the Human Sciences: Theoretical Paradigms
|
3 |
| Methods in the Human Sciences: Critical Writing, Analysis & Interpretation |
3 |
| Methods in the Human Sciences: Scholarly Writing and Research/Thesis Writing |
3 |
|
Art & Cultural Management / Cultural Planning
Internship or Research Practicum in Humanities (optional)
|
3 |
| Area Requirements: (5 courses) |
15 credits total |
Seminar in Aesthetics
1. Aesthetics–From Enlightenment to Postmodernism
or
2. Aesthetics, or Philosophy of Beauty |
3 |
Topics in History
1. History of Historiography
or
2. Contemporary Currents in Historigraphy |
3 |
Topics in Cultural Studies
1. Alternative Culture as Everyday Practice: beyond Frankfurt, Birmingham and other Schools
or
2. Culture and Identity
or
3. Consumer as Creator: Exploring Receptor-Based Cultural Theory |
3 |
Topics in Philosophy
1. European Philosophy
or
2. What is a Text? Ricoeur on Text, Metaphor and Narrative
or
3. Advanced Seminar in Philosophy: Georges Bataille and Michel Foucault |
3 |
Topics in Literary Studies
1. Key Texts in Literary Modernism and Postmodernism
or
2. Advanced Interdisciplinary Seminar in Romanticism
or
3. Franz Kafka and the Problem of the Minority |
3 |
| Total credits for required courses needed |
27 credits |
|
|
| Elective Courses (10 courses) |
| Cutural History of Early Modern Europe (1400-1700) |
|
| 20th Century Art & Literature--the Avantgarde |
|
| Contemporary Art Scene: Theory, Discussions, Visits |
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| Philosophy of Art, History of Art Criticism as an aspect of Intellectual History; Art of the end of the 19th and the 20th centuries (working title) |
|
| Art and the Concept of Freedom |
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| Art in the Public Realm |
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| Readings in 20th Century European Philosophy: Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari |
|
| Comparative Theologies |
|
| Sub-Cultures: Other Lifestyles, Literature, and Music
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| Youth Cultures—Film and Music of the 1960s-2000s: Writing History with Visual Media |
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| Externalizing Identity: Performance and Ritual Theory |
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| Ethnicity, Race, and Identity Politics |
|
| How can we comprehend the Holocaust? |
|
| The History and Theory of Film |
|
| Major Film Directors: Selected Topics |
|
| 20th Century Art & Literature: The Avant-Garde |
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| Advanced Literary Seminar: Women Writers |
|
| Cultural Psychology |
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| Phenomenological Psychology |
|
| Religion as a Social Force |
|
| The Concept of Evil |
|
| Dr. Frankenstein and His Colleagues |
|
| Total credits for electives needed |
30 credits |