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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: 21

Average GPA: 3.44 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 46.09%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.97%

Matthew R Gabriele202158.1%35.4%3.1%0.0%3.4%0.0%3.422
Dominique E Polanco202449.5%29.9%11.0%3.5%4.3%1.8%3.1510
Zachariah W Wheeler202057.2%39.3%3.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.501
Laurie Marie Bianchi201960.6%36.3%0.0%0.0%3.0%0.0%3.501
Taulby Edmondson201990.7%9.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.871
Souza De Souza Aline R Soares202494.8%4.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.1%3.942
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

Grade Distribution Over Time

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