# Humanities (HUM) courses

Coastline College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 3 courses

Source: https://catalog.cccd.edu/coastline/course-descriptions/credit-courses/hum/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Spring 2027.

### HUM C100 — Introduction to the Humanities

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/coastline-college/schedule/fall-2026/hum.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/coastline-college/schedule/spring-2027/hum.md)
- Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

A survey of Western Civilization from its roots in prehistory to its current influence throughout the world, this course considers the religious, intellectual, socio-political, philosophical, and cultural values that have influenced the arts of the West.

### HUM C110 — Humanities through the Arts

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

This course surveys Western civilization's cultural achievements in music, literature, drama, film, painting, sculpture, and architecture.

### HUM C135 — History and Appreciation of the Cinema

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/coastline-college/schedule/fall-2026/hum.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/coastline-college/schedule/spring-2027/hum.md)
- Grading Mode: Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass

Formerly: HUM C130. This course explores the world of cinema. Content includes film theory, appreciation and criticism, narrative devices and techniques, the movie-making industry, and film's influence on culture. Among other genres, the rom-com, musical, gangster, western, action, epic, foreign, independent, animated, and documentary will be critiqued. Students also learn the terminology of cinematography.