New and Updated Course Descriptions

HMN 106 - Humanities Special Focus

This course has been deactivated and no longer offered at MCC

3 Credits

An interdisciplinary course that offers students the opportunity to examine thematic topics specific to the humanities. While content will vary each semester, the primary purpose of the course is to promote knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of contributions that writers, artists, and critics of past and present have made to the topic of study and their influence on culture. Topics may include, but not limited to: The Beatles; LGBT Literature and Art; Art, Literature, and Science; Violence and Film; Comedy and Satire; The Self-Reliant Life; Sexism in Film, Art, and Literature.

Prerequisite(s): Waiver of accuplacer reading and sentence level tests; score of 71 or higher on reading test and 82 or higher on sentence level test; or completion of TRS 200 with a C or better; or completion of TRS 105 with a C or higher; or completion of ESL 201 with a C or higher, or ENG 200 placement.

Learning Attributes: WR

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Analyze moral, social, and political issues from an interdisciplinary perspective.
2. Synthesize thematic concepts using multiple genres of texts
3. Evaluate the connections between multiple genres of texts and their cultural implications
4. Communicate ideas effectively in writing

Course Offered Fall, Spring