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HUM 414 - Critical Perspectives on Contemporaneity (4)


As a senior capstone course for the Liberal Arts Core, HUM 414 engages the idea of “contemporaneity” as a historical construction tied to certain privileged, longstanding Euro-Western master narratives about the world and different ways of being human. Though it reaches back at various moments to periods explored in HUM 124, 214, and HUM 324 or LA 378, the primary coverage of this course spans the post-World War II period to the present. The course thematically examines an array of present-day historical, socio-cultural, ideological, and political forces impacting diverse human conditions and institutions while also addressing a range of critical responses thereto. Studied reflection about the future is incorporated as well. Students cannot receive credit for both HUM 414 and LA 478. This requirement must be fulfilled in residence. Prerequisites: 75 credit hours; HUM 124, 214; HUM 324 or LA 378; LANG 120. Fall and Spring.