2003-2004 UAF Catalog: Humanities

	2003-2004 UAF Catalog Course Descriptions
	Degrees and Programs Index
	Humanities HUM 101 (3 Credits) As Demand Warrants The Humanities: A Cultural Perspective (3+0) h Examination of humanities using a non-Yup'ik culture and the Yup'ik culture as bases. Introduction of fundamental principles of Yup'ik and non-Yup'ik performing and visual arts, ideas and cultural developments that have stirred and enriched civilization, and aspects of Yup'ik and non-Yup'ik culture to help students develop greater awareness of forces that affect them. Offered only at the Kuskokwim campus. HUM 201X (3 Credits) Fall, Spring Unity in the Arts (3+0) h Concentration on the interdependence of the visual arts, the performing arts, and literature, as set against a specific social, political, and cultural background of selected eras. (Prerequisite: Open to students beyond the freshman level or by permission of instructor.) HUM 332 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring Varieties of Visual Expression: Art as Image and Idea (3+0) h Discussion of the visual elements of art, principles of visual organization, the process of artistic perception and its evaluation by the viewer. (Prerequisite: 3 credits in the visual arts or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2003 - 04.) HUM 469W (3 Credits) Alternate Fall Architecture: Art, Design, Technology and Social Impact (3+0) h (Cross-listed with ART 469W) Concepts of environmental, urban, and industrial design. Relationship of human and natural environment is stressed in this history of architecture with special attention given to contemporary conditions in urban areas and effects of industrialization and mechanization on human living and working spaces, artistic design, and aesthetics. (Prerequisites: ART 261 and 262 or HUM 201 and 202 or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2004-05.) HUM 492 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring Senior Seminar (3+0) h Consideration of the humanities at the University of Alaska and on alternate approaches elsewhere. Student project paper required with oral presentation and defense. (Prerequisite: Open requirements, or by permission of instructor. Next offered 2003 - 04.)
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