Humanities HUMAN

HUMAN 1 Introduction to Humanities

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Humanities seen through various forms of expression: The arts and society, such as dance, painting, music, sculpture, and mythology; theory and practice in artistic creation to stimulate personal awareness.

Offered: Fall 2026 (3 sections)

HUMAN 5 Storytelling in American Culture

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Storytelling among different ethnic groups within the United States: Origin myths, multicultural histories, family lore, heroic epics, trickster tales, traumatic experiences, slave narratives, immigrant testimonies, war memorials, celebrity biographies, urban legends, animated fairy-tales, science fiction films, game worlds, and emergent narrative forms.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

HUMAN 15 Popular Culture

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 3, 4; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Meaning and impact of American popular culture in the twentieth century: The cultural evolution of consumerism, amusement, leisure, media, and entertainment industries.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

HUMAN 21 Film: Art and Communication

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3A;

Analysis of history and aesthetics of film from its inception in the late 19th century to the present: Language of film, factual film vs. fictional films, effect of films on contemporary society.

Offered: Fall 2026 (4 sections)

HUMAN 26 Global Cinema

Units

4

Hours

3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab

Advisory

ENGL C1000 or ENGL 001AS or ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3A;

Global cinema analyzed through historical, political, commercial, cultural, and artistic perspectives: Screenings and interpretation of representative films from a variety of national film traditions outside of the United States, including films from Iran, India, Italy, France, Russia, Japan, China, Brazil, and Argentina.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

HUMAN 30B Human Values/Aesthetics

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Analysis of the nature of the beautiful as expressed in visual arts, music, and literature of Western and other cultures: Integration of various aspects of daily and transitory activities of the individual to permanent, recorded expressions of the human spirit through the use of major works of art.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

HUMAN 40 Religions of the World

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Comparative study of the world’s great religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam; original sources are stressed.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

HUMAN 49 Independent Study in Humanities

Units

.5-5

Hours

.5 - 5 hours lecture

Transfers to

CSU

In-depth exploration of an area or problem of the student's choice not covered by regular catalog offerings in Humanities. Student must obtain approval from an appropriate faculty member. For more details, see the section on independent study in the college catalog.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

HUMAN 52 Women and Cinema

Units

4

Hours

4 hours lecture

Advisory

HUMAN 021 or an Introduction to Film Studies course

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3A;

Analysis of women in cinema and of feminist and queer film criticism: Feminist film theory, criticism, and history; women as readers of film; women's independent film; women's often conflicted relationship with film representations; and the role of sexuality and gender in film viewing and representation. Not open for credit to students who have completed or are currently enrolled in WS 052.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

HUMAN 53 Comparative Film Genres

Units

4

Hours

4 hours lecture

Advisory

HUMAN 021 or An Introduction to Film Studies course

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3A;

Survey of film genres selected from two to four of the following: Film noir, action, comedy, romance, western, musical, horror, documentary, gangster, and others.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

HUMAN 55 The Representation of Immigration in Cinema and Television

Units

4

Hours

4 hours lecture

Advisory

ENGL C1000 or ENGL 001AS or ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B, 4;

Survey of immigration and cinema: Divergent ways immigrants and immigration have been represented in cinema and television; historical and contemporary examples in relation to the history of immigration policies and public debate about immigrants, refugees, and other displaced people in the U.S and elsewhere.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

HUMAN 57 Film Directors and Artists

Units

4

Hours

4 hours lecture

Advisory

HUMAN 021 or an Introduction to Film Studies course.

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Concentrated and comparative investigation of influential film directors and artists: Examination of signature themes, visual styles, and historical connections among different film authors.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

HUMAN 182 Introduction to Visual Culture

Units

3

Hours

3 hours lecture

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3A, 3B;

Introduction to the function of visual languages from “high” art to TV, movies, and popular culture: Key concepts such as power, identity, ideology, gender, race, class, globalism, desire, consumerism and their impact on the production and understanding of the visual; role of the viewer in the ongoing and co-creative establishment of meaning. Not open for credit to students who have completed or are currently enrolled in ART 182.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.