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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

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