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HUM-1604: Introduction to Humanities and the Arts

Description: Explores the written, visual, and performing arts of selected periods and cultures, setting them in the context of their times. Study of these periods linked with overarching questions of cultural encounters, interactions, and negotiations. Introduces principles of each art form as well as the means of appreciation. Students taught methods in researching, writing, and presenting on these art forms.

Pathways: 6A Critique & Practice in Arts, 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: 98

Average GPA: 3.34 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 42.76%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.63%

Dominique E Polanco202449.5%29.9%11.0%3.5%4.3%1.8%3.1510
Balbir K Singh201845.5%54.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.481
Matthew R Gabriele202153.2%39.0%5.1%0.0%2.9%0.0%3.366
Michael B Saffle201133.6%36.8%21.2%4.6%3.5%0.2%2.8919
Emma Stamm201892.8%4.8%2.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.863
Zachariah W Wheeler202057.2%39.3%3.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.501
Constance J Roberts201654.4%39.3%3.8%0.5%1.2%0.9%3.4544
Ian I Odonnell201781.8%13.9%2.8%0.0%1.6%0.0%3.772
Souza De Souza Aline R Soares202394.2%5.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.911
Sarah E Plummer202292.9%6.2%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.903
Elizabeth Mclain202160.0%30.0%2.5%5.0%2.5%0.0%3.391
Karl R Precoda201843.8%39.5%16.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.302
Staff Silvers201835.5%48.4%16.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.241
Mohammed N Pervaiz201879.4%17.7%0.0%0.0%2.9%0.0%3.631
Stevan R Jackson201258.4%33.3%0.0%0.0%8.3%0.0%3.311
Taulby Edmondson201990.7%9.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.871
Laurie Marie Bianchi201960.6%36.3%0.0%0.0%3.0%0.0%3.501

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