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HUM100
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Humanities Through the Arts
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This course examines the arts of film, drama, music, literature, painting,
sculpture, and architecture that influence the cultures and lifestyles of the
Western world. Offered at irregular intervals.
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HUM105
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Italian Life and Culture
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Offered as a required course in the OIEC Florence Fall Quarter program, this
course gives students basic survival Italian language skills necessary for daily living and travel. It also provides an introduction to social, historical
and cultural features of Italian life from the Renaissance to the present.
Course combines language training, lectures and field trips.
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HUM106
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British Life and Culture
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- Sp Offered as a required course in the London Quarter program, HUM106 gives
students a broad overview of British culture and civilization. The course takes
a social, historical and cultural approach to contemporary British society and
examines traditions and institutions to help understand the British way of life
in the 21st century and Britain's role in an increasingly-unified Europe.
Components are lectures by British guest lecturers and related field trips to
such places as the Museum of London, The National Gallery, Tate Gallery, The
National Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, and the House of Parliament.
Supporting seminar discussions are also included which will assist student's
adjustment to and understanding about living in a different culture.
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HUM110
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Contemporary Culture I: Human Values
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- F In this course, students compare and contrast traditional Western
cultural values with the values of selected non-Western cultures. In so doing,
class members delve into their own individual values, focusing on their
development and transformation with insight into their placement in and
relationship with the broad array of cultural values from around the world.
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HUM111
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Contemporary Culture II: Changing Values
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- W Continuing from HUM110, students continue to explore key components in
all human experience, often contrasting Western cultural values with those of
other cultures.
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HUM112
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Contemporary Culture III: Future Trends
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- Sp Technology always affects our lives, often in ways we cannot foresee,
yet we are responsible for the direction in which technology takes us. This
course focuses on the payoffs and price tags of more and more powerful
technologies, the ethical dilemmas they raise, and the changes in lifestyles
brought about by their introduction.
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HUM202
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Age of Technology: Ethics in theWorkplace
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- Su/F/W/Sp This course examines the responsibilities of employers and
employees in the workplace and the resulting ethical dilemmas. Students learn
the importance of establishing ethical standards to allow people to live and
work together, while at the same time seeing the difficulties of formulating
those standards due to the diversity of people and the interests involved. Many
cases are the basis of discussion, while practical company programs are examined
to see how business deals with ethical matters in the real world.
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HUM210
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Special Studies in Humanities:
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- W/Sp Special Studies in Humanities is a one-term course which provides a
gateway to upper division study in four your institutions. It is a
multi-disciplinary and interactive course that increases communication skills,
promotes understanding of the human experience and its diverse perspectives,
develops an understanding of ethical and social responsibility, and heightens
student's critical thinking and inquiry capabilities. Course themes vary.
Students may take up to 12 credits on three separate themes. This course
fulfills Portland State University transfer recommendations and requirements.
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