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Because it has been estimated that nearly
three quarters of the American population have never been exposed
to the liberal arts, the Humanities Department at Lakeland was
created. Our courses very often serve as launching points for
the students to the more specific studies of Art History, Philosophy,
History, and Literature. Generally, students are introduced
to the basic building blocks of a variety of the liberal arts
with the intention that this will aid not only in the determining
of a more specific interest, but also in preparing the student
for the rigors of the new discipline.
The messages evoked in the liberal arts are
powerful ones indeed. They can convey new ideas, snap the bindings
of suffocating prejudices, and sharpen one’s ability to
think clearly, creatively, and analytically. Generally then,
Humanities courses provide the keys necessary to unlock the
door to a better understanding of the wonders of the arts, and
in doing so, allowing the student the opportunity to participate
in a life more enriched in the arts.
Course Descriptions
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HUMX 1100 INTRODUCTION TO THE HUMANITIES
This introductory course explores the impact
of the humanities on people’s lives and the relevance
of the human experience. It will emphasize understanding the
artist’s message as expressed through painting, sculpture,
architecture, and the camera arts. This course will also highlight
the common bonds of the human experience throughout various
world cultures.
HUMX 1200 THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
IN THE ARTS
This course examines American art and literature
from the perspective of the unique American voice, and ways
in which that voice produced the vision of our experience. The
course also examines the nature of environmental factors at
work on the American art scene and the manner in which these
factors influenced the larger world.
HUMX 1300 CHOICE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
Aspects of good and evil in the context of
self-interest and social concern is a major theme in this course.
Theories of morality, happiness, and love are examined by way
of an exploration of religion, philosophy, and the visual arts.
UNDER DEVELOPMENT REFLECTIONS OF EVIL
IN THE HUMANITIES
This course will address the most perplexing
problem of the human condition in relation to art, literature,
religion, and history from a cross-cultural perspective. The
course will offer insight into the various artists' vision of
evil, and will examine the dual  nature
of human personality and the subjective nature of evil itself.
The common human experience of, and reaction to, evil in crossing
the oceans and millennia will be emphasized.
FACULTY
James
Dailey
Instructor, Humanities
440.525.7533
Douglas
Webb
Associate Professor of Philosophy
440.525.7160
Denise
Wilson
Associate Professor of Humanities
440.525.7192 |
