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HUM-1324: Introductory Humanities: The Modern World

Description: The shifts in thought and values during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the global imagination, including issues of commerce, scientific inquiry, industrialization, nationalism, war, labor, gender, class differences, race, and the beginnings of postmodernity. Emphasis on interpretive and analytic skills in terms of reading, discussing, and writing about the interrelationships among the arts, literature, philosophy, history, religion, and science, and their contributions toward shaping the values and aspirations of the age, including global contexts and Asian cultures.

Pathways: 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 17

Average GPA: 3.61 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 63.18%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.22%

Souza De Souza Aline R Soares202461.8%23.0%9.7%2.5%0.8%2.2%3.476
Zachariah W Wheeler201974.0%9.2%6.8%8.1%0.0%1.9%3.492
Muhammed Shah Shajahan202472.6%14.7%8.6%1.9%2.2%0.0%3.543
Sarah E Plummer201998.2%1.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.952
Alexandra L Briggs202082.9%14.4%0.9%0.0%0.9%0.9%3.774

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Term050% W