Valencia College: HUM1020

Why bother with an Intro to Humanities Course?? Who cares?

Well, besides the fact Valencia makes it mandatory --- haha -- without Humanities -- you would lose every argument coming your way -- don't be basic. 

The world is full of opinions who want to tell you what is right and wrong. They want to tell you their way is the best way. They want to tell you their version of the past, present, and future but have never listened to one narrative or story or even read their doctrine about their religions or ideas. 

My job is to expose you to multiple perspectives and reasons behind cultural traditions and emphasize critical thinking and analysis.

You don't live in a bubble. Humanities sets time aside to explore fundamental questions about human existence, values, ethics, and identity.

Objectives to the Intro to Humanities Course:

A general introduction to Western Humanities courses attempts to answer many questions:

• How did the Prehistoric Culture (Mesopotamia, Egyptians, and Aegeans) leave behind a legacy? 

• When did the Age of Faith (Judeo-Christian and Islam) dominate humanity?

• How did the Medieval World survive the Black Plague? (Will we survive our COVID plague?

• Was the Renaissance the first revelation in identity discovery and social norms?

• Did the Scientific Revolution destroy the Age of Faith and birth the Age of Reason?

• The Romantic Spirit and the Age of Revolution inspire a gender revolution?

• Did the World Wars and Rise of Postmodernism change our understanding of central concepts of philosophy, architecture, music, religions, and art?