This is an exciting new Language, Philosophy, and Culture Core course offered through the Humanities Center that functions as an introduction to the Humanities at TTU. It is for First Year Freshmen only. 3 course sections of 25 students each. Two big lectures (75 students), and one small group (25 students) discussion per week so it is a more intimate class setting. I've put the course description below, as well as a weblink to the Humanities Center.
HUM 1300 Course description:
The humanities – the name for studies that investigate the complex question of what it means to be human – are at the heart of how we understand ourselves and how we understand others. Humanistic study hammers out, circulates, contests, defends, and revises our beliefs about the past, selfhood, citizenship, morality, responsibility, kinship, love, identity, economies, fear, rights, beauty, health, ethics, boundaries, heroism, and faith. This course, designed especially for first-year Texas Tech students, is a broad introduction to the humanities across disciplines. In addition to the section instructors, it features weekly lectures by a cross-section of Texas Tech’s top humanities professors from departments such as Anthropology, English, History, Theatre & Dance, and Philosophy, each in his or her areas of expertise. Through these lectures and weekly discussion sections, students will come away from the course with an understanding of the many ways in which the humanities address large questions that affect all of us. They will also have had the opportunity to experience some of the best humanities faculty at Texas Tech.
If you would like a syllabus, please email Brett.L.Stine@ttu.edu
If you have further questions on the course, feel free to contact the Humanities Center Director Dr. Dorothy Chansky (humanitiescenter@ttu.edu) or Asst. Director Dr. Donald Lavigne (don.lavigne@ttu.edu).
Humanities Center Website: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/provost/humanities-center
