Humanities (HUM)
HUM 130 The Humanities: Major Works (Units: 3)
Major works from several places and times, including the present, with the aim of perceiving their significance in human culture and creating meaningful individual relationships with them.
Course Attributes:
- C3: Humanities: Literature
HUM 205 Asian Art History (Units: 3)
Conceptual and technical relationship of visual form to values in the art of China, Korea, Japan, India, Tibet, and South-East Asia.
(This course is offered as ART 205 and HUM 205. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- C1: Arts
- Global Perspectives
HUM 220 Values and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 225 Values in American Life (Units: 3)
Values that American thinkers, writers, artists, and designers have expressed within a developing culture; the diversities as well as the unities in the American experience and on the contributions of ethnic minorities to American society and its values.
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
HUM 271 The Classic Chinese Novel in Contemporary Pop Culture (Units: 3)
Exploration of legacy of China's four great classic novels in contemporary Chinese popular culture. Analysis of original works and their adaptation in TV shows and cinema, fiction, computer games and theme parks.
(This course is offered as CHIN 271 and HUM 271. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
- Global Perspectives
- Social Justice
HUM 300GW Junior Seminar Humanities Writing - GWAR (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 214 or equivalent with a grade of C or better.
Course Attributes:
- Graduation Writing Assessment
HUM 301 Form and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114.
HUM 302 Theories and Methods in the Humanities (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114
HUM 303 History and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114.
HUM 315 History of Science from the Scientific Revolution (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 214 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
(This course is offered as HIST 315 and HUM 315. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Environmental Sustainability
- Global Perspectives
HUM 317 Critical Animal Studies (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 214 or equivalent.
(This course is offered as LS 317 and HUM 317. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 320 Music, Ideas, and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 214.
(This course is offered as HUM 320 and MUS 446. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
HUM 321 Jazz and Blues in Film (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper Division Standing
(This course is offered as MUS 507, HUM 321, and TH A 507. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
HUM 325 Comics and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor
HUM 345 Humanism and Mysticism (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 348 Thought and Culture in Modern Europe (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Upper division standing or consent of instructor; ENG 214 or equivalent.
(This course is offered as HIST 348 and HUM 348. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 360 Styles of African Cultural Expression (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114.
HUM 361 Cultural Expression in Islam (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
Course Attributes:
- Global Perspectives
HUM 366 India's Gandhi (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
HUM 368 The Art(s) of Ritual: A Cross-Cultural Approach (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114.
HUM 372 Critical Political Theory (Units: 4)
Prerequisite: ENG 214.
(This course is offered as PLSI 372, HUM 372, and I R 372. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 375 Biography of a City (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 214 or equivalent.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 376 San Francisco (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Environmental Sustainability
HUM 377 Jerusalem (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; ENG 214 or equivalent.
(This course is offered as HUM 377 and JS 377. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 378 Athens (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 214.
(This course is offered as HUM 378 and MGS 378. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 380 Nature and Human Values (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor.
Course Attributes:
- Environmental Sustainability
HUM 390 Images of Eroticism (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or consent of instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 401 Ancient Greek Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 214 or equivalent.
(This course is offered as CLAS 410 and HUM 401. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
HUM 402 Ancient Roman Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 214 or equivalent.
(This course is offered as CLAS 415 and HUM 402. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
HUM 403 The Early Middle Ages (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Upper division standing or consent of instructor; ENG 214 or equivalent.
(This course is offered as HIST 330 and HUM 403. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 404 The High Middle Ages (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor.
(This course is offered as HUM 404 and HIST 331. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 405 Art, Literature, and Power in the Renaissance (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ART 201 or ART 202 or equivalent.
(This course is offered as ART 405 and HUM 405. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 407 Romanticism and Impressionism (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent or consent of instructor.
HUM 410 The Modern Revolution (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
HUM 415 Contemporary Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 423 Going Medieval: Comparative Medieval European Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: CWL 214 or ENG 214 or equivalent.
(This course is offered as CWL 423 and HUM 423. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
HUM 424 Multicultural Middle Ages (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: CWL 214 or ENG 214 or equivalent.
(This course is offered as CWL 424 and HUM 424. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
HUM 425 Thought and Image: Humanities (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
HUM 432 Nietzsche and Postmodernism (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 214.
(This course is offered as HUM 432 and PHIL 432. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
HUM 434 Arendt and Heidegger (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent or consent of instructor.
(This course is offered as HUM 434, JS 414, PHIL 434, and PLSI 434. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 441 American Jews and Popular Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
(This course is offered as JS 441, HIST 441 and HUM 441. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 450 California Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor.
(This course is offered as HUM 450 and AMST 410. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
HUM 455 Humanities of the Americas (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 470 American Autobiography (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
HUM 480 Thought and Culture in America to 1880 (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; ENG 214 or equivalent; or consent of instructor.
(This course is offered as HIST 480 and HUM 480. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 481 Thought and Culture in America: 1880 to the Present (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; ENG 214 or equivalent; or consent of instructor;.
(This course is offered as HIST 481 and HUM 481. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 485 The Arts and American Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor.
(This course is offered as HUM 485 and AMST 310. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
HUM 490 American Images: Photography and Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
HUM 496 Islam and the Poetics of Space (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 501 Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
(This course is offered as JS 501, PHIL 501, and HUM 501. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 507 Art of China (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ART 205 or equivalent.
(This course is offered as ART 507 and HUM 507. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 510 Comparative Form and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
HUM 520 North and South American Cultural Expression (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor.
(This course is offered as HUM 520 and LTNS 520. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 526 Culture of Japan before 1850 (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
Course Attributes:
- Global Perspectives
HUM 527 Japan and Modernity (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
Course Attributes:
- Global Perspectives
HUM 530 Chinese Civilization (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 214 or equivalent.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 531 Images of Modern China (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 532 From Ghost Stories to Short Stories: Japanese Fiction in Comparative Contexts (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 214 or equivalent.
(This course is offered as CWL 432 and HUM 532. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 535 Classical South Asian Cultural Forms (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
HUM 536 Modern South Asian Cultural Forms (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
HUM 550 The Art of Autobiography (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
HUM 582 Tales from Ancient India: Hinduism and Buddhism (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 214.
(This course is offered as HIST 582, HUM 582 and CLAS 582. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 586 Bollywood and Beyond: Indian History Through Film (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing; ENG 214 or equivalent; or consent of instructor.
(This course is offered as HIST 586 and HUM 586. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 604 Advanced Comics Making (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: LS 304.
(This course is offered as LS 604 and HUM 604. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 690 Senior Seminar in the Humanities (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Senior standing.
HUM 699 Independent Study (Units: 1-4)
Prerequisites: Previous humanities courses providing evidence of the student's ability, and consent of instructor.
HUM 700 Introduction to Integrative Study (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Consent of graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 701 Fine Arts in the Humanities (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Consent of graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 702 Literature in the Humanities (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Consent of graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 703 History in the Humanities (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Consent of graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 704 Philosophy in the Humanities (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Consent of graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 705 Text and Context: The Word and the World (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Restricted to graduate standing or consent of graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 710 Seminar in European Forms and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Consent of graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 711 Seminar in American Forms and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Consent of graduate major adviser or American Studies adviser or instructor.
HUM 712 Seminar in African Forms and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Consent of graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 713 Seminar in Asian Forms and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Consent of graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 720 Humanistic Themes (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
HUM 721 Culture and Style (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Consent of graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 723 Contemporary Humanistic Scholarship (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Consent of graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 725 Great Theorists: Walter Benjamin (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
(This course is offered as PLSI 786, GER 786, and HUM 725. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 896 Directed Study of Humanistic Works (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Advancement to candidacy for the master's degree and acceptance for culminating experience by graduate faculty member.
HUM 896EXM Culminating Experience Examination (Units: 0-3)
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor, committee chair, and approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and Culminating Experience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies. ATC and Proposal for Culminating Experience Requirement forms must be approved by the Graduate Division before registration.
HUM 898 Master's Thesis (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and Culminating Experience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies. ATC and Proposal for Culminating Experience Requirement forms must be approved by the Graduate Division before registration. (CR/NC grading only)
HUM 899 Independent Study (Units: 1-3)
Prerequisites: Consent of graduate major adviser and supervising faculty member.