An exploration of how Bay Area artists' achievements in architecture, arts, music, literature, and other aesthetic expressions define our regional culture and our position in the broader international field of the arts.
An introduction to modern, cross-cultural concepts in the humanities, embracing the visual arts, music, and literature. The course not only presents many classic works of the Western canon but also shows the influence of non-Western cultures on them.
An introduction to traditional, cross-cultural concepts in the humanities, embracing the visual arts, music, and literature. The course not only presents many classic works of the Western canon but also shows the influence of non-Western cultures on them.
A close reading of the sacred scriptures of six of the world's great religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), including their influences on their cultures and today's world.
A survey of some major world religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. An analysis of the origins of these religions as well as their cultural contexts and present-day issues.
A course designed to help faculty-referred students strengthen and refine college English
skills and achieve course learning outcomes. Under faculty supervision, students utilize
technology, receive tutoring, attend workshops, and engage in writing, reading, study
skills, or research.
Critical analysis of literary texts in relation to film. Develop critical thinking and literary analysis skills, and acquire knowledge of literary and film techniques, by examining the relationship between filmed and written versions of a single text, theme, social issue, historical period, or ethnic/cultural experience.
An exploration of contemporary women's writing: fiction, poetry, drama, creative nonfiction, and hybrid forms written in English by contemporary women from diverse social, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds.
A survey of literature written in English by women over the last four hundred years,
emphasizing nineteenth and early twentieth century novels, poetry, and drama by major
as well as rediscovered authors prior to 1970.
Children's and young adult literature from fairy tales to vampires, from monsters to magicians, including history, features, and cultural influences. Literary criticism and analysis applied to texts from diverse authors, cultures, and time periods, plus the social construction of the experience of youth and the meaning of "childhood."