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HUM180 Internship: Humanities  1-12 credits  (3 lab hrs/wk/cr)

Prerequisite(s): Instructor consent

Practical on-site experience that will allow students to explore workplace environments and career options.

This course may be taken 12 times for credit.

Course classification: LDC

HUM204 World Mythlgy & Religion  3 credits  (3 lec hrs/wk)

The origins and character of world mythologies. This survey course explores the archetypal stories by which human consciousness shapes a sense of order and belonging in the natural and supernatural worlds. Emphasis will be given to the Shaman as storyteller, as living bridge between two worlds, as healer and shaper of community and culture.

This course may be taken 1 time for credit.

Course classification: LDC

HUM205 World Mythlgy & Religion  3 credits  (3 lec hrs/wk)

A consideration of the great myths of India and the Far East. This survey course will explore the foundation myths and the sacred texts which give rise to and inform the great religions of the region, particularly Hinduism and the vehicles of Buddhism. Consideration will also be given to the indigenous myths of the Orient and the ways of life they support (i.e., Shinto, Daoism, Confucianism).

This course may be taken 1 time for credit.

Course classification: LDC

HUM206 World Mythlgy & Religion  3 credits  (3 lec hrs/wk)

Treats the great myths and religions of Egypt and the fertile crescent. This survey course also treats Celtic and Nordic beliefs indigenous to Europe, and the mystery religions of Greece. The influence of the ancient myths of early pastoral and agrarian cultures on the Hebrew, Islamic and Christian religions, will be considered, as well as the departure those religions make from the mythic character of the world from which they emerged.

This course may be taken 1 time for credit.

Course classification: LDC

HUM280 CWE: Humanities  1-12 credits  (3 lab hrs/wk/cr)

Practical on-site experience that will allow students to explore workplace environments and career options.

This course may be taken 12 times for credit.

Course classification: LDC