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Course Criteria
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5.00 Credits
GS,SS - Examines the global dimensions of United States history in the 20th Century. The course focuses on key figures, events and eras, and explores important themes and issues relevant to the nation's foreign relations including the rise to global power, the nation's participation in two world wars, the Cold War, the war in Vietnam, various global interventions, and terrorism. Students will develop historical thinking skills and draw conclusions from contradictory primary sources and historical interpretations. Prerequisite(s): Completion of ENGL 100 (formerly ENG 100) with a grade of 2.0 or higher or placement by testing in ENGL& 101 (formerly ENG 101).
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5.00 Credits
H - A humanities cultural studies course based on the concept of place, the local and global, culture, story, history and personal geography. The course is heavily experiential and writing intensive. The course will utilize the moment provided by the student's perspective from being inside or outside of her/his place/culture to examine her/his personal, local, regional and national place in a global society. The student will engage in critical and comparative inquiry based on the chosen readings, invited speakers, and out of class learning environments/activities. The primary focus throughout the course will be on knowledge of self as a global citizen. Incorporating community-based and project-based learning, this course will involve students in partnerships with people from a "local"community through gathering story and oral history as research. Art, film, literary forms, primary sources and personal narrative from local/regional artists/writers/ performers will be viewed as primary texts. This course is particularly designed for students who are "out" oftheir "local" or "place", e.g., study abroad students international students attending Cascadia but is not limited to this cohort.
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5.00 Credits
CKR, H - This course is a study of the history of cultural attitudes toward the environment in the United States as well as a variety of historical instances in which those attitudes were put into practice. The course will also look at the clash of attitudes toward the environment and how those conflicts play out in the United States politics. While the course will focus on the United States, it will also look at the global consequences of US policy and practice. The approach will be interdisciplinary, drawing from the fields of history, politics, philosophy, and cultural studies. Incorporating projectbased learning, this course will involve students in fostering environmental awareness in their own lives.
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5.00 Credits
CKR, H - This course introduces students to the dynamics of inequality and cultural difference in the United States by examining issues such as race, class, and gender through the lens of the humanities. Students examine the multicultural nature of the United States through its literary and artistic productions, which may include fictions, historical documents, music, philosophical and religious texts, art, performance, and film. This course may include a community-based service learning project.
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
Students will research and produce or perform a project in a humanities subject or an interdisciplinary topic emphasizing the humanities in some way. The content, learning outcomes and assessment methods of the project are developed by the supervising instructor and student(s). Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission.
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
The student will identify an opportunity for an internship or volunteer prospect that matches both the outcomes of the program and the student's interests. Together with an instructor, the student will complete a written contract that specifies the learning outcomes and defines the duration of the course and the credits to be granted upon successful completion. Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission.
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
The instructor, possibly in collaboration with students, designs course content, activities and learning outcomes that address a new topical or thematic approach to the humanities. Students will develop learning, thinking, communicating and interacting abilities. Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission.
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
Service learning provides a mechanism to combine academic studies with community service. In concert with a faculty advisor and community agency representative, students develop and apply skills and expertise from the humanities in a community setting. The student will be involved in defining the project scope and will be required to travel off-campus to the service site. Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission.
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
Students will research and produce or perform a project in a humanities subject or an interdisciplinary topic emphasizing the humanities in some way. The content, learning outcomes, and assessment methods of the project are developed by the supervising instructor and student(s). Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission.
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
The student will identify an opportunity for an internship or volunteer prospect that matches both the outcomes of the program and the student's interests. Together with an instructor, the student will complete a written contract that specifies the learning outcomes and defines the duration of the course and the credits to be granted upon successful completion. Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission.
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