WESTERN CULTURE: LITERATURE AND THE ARTS I

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of major cultures, events, art, and literature within the ancient and premodern history of the Mediterranean world and the Near East. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate skills in critical reading, thinking, and communication about literature, art, and culture. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Evaluate and critique the historical conditions that shape your own worldview through the humanistic study of ancient and premodern cultures. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Demonstrate critical acumen, cultural sensitivity, empathy, curiosity, and intellectual grounding through the study of ancient and premodern art, literature, and culture.. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of major cultures, events, art, and literature within the ancient and premodern history of the Mediterranean world and the Near East. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate skills in critical reading, thinking, and communication about literature, art, and culture. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Evaluate and critique the historical conditions that shape your own worldview through the humanistic study of ancient and premodern cultures. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Demonstrate critical acumen, cultural sensitivity, empathy, curiosity, and intellectual grounding through the study of ancient and premodern art, literature, and culture.. Audience: Undergraduate