Humanities HUM

HUM-2 Exploring the Humanities

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162)

Transfers to

CSU, UC

This course is designed to explore the humanities by examining the expression of human values, ideas, concerns, and experience through the arts, literature, media and the social sciences. The reading of important works in the humanities, written analysis, and attendance at selected performances are major requirements of this course. This course may be offered in a distance education format.

Offered: Fall 2026 (4 sections)

HUM-4 Humanities Through the Film

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162)

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Grading: Pass/No Pass Option

This course is an examination of the motion picture as an art form. This course offers a concise introduction to the history of film against the broader changes in popular culture since the late nineteenth century. Students will see how elements of film can provide valuable insights into how movies communicate and convey meaning to their audiences using a unique network of techniques. Students will see how film, film genres, and developments within the film industry offer a first-hand look at how specific films illuminate important aspects of philosophical, historical, aesthetic, and social life and analyze how film connects with the larger world. This course may be offered in a distance education format.

Offered: Fall 2026 (5 sections)

HUM-70 Exploring Contemporary Television

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162)

Advisory

Essay-writing skills and eligibility to enroll in a transfer-level English Composition course, or English Placement Level 6 or higher

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Grading: Pass/No Pass Option

This course is designed to explore how television has influenced and changed the ways that people interpret and reflect upon the world around them. It is a window as to the effects that television has had on contemporary culture, regarding the arts and creative expression, history, language, and aesthetics. The changing content of the television medium and its influence on society will be examined through the humanities perspective. This course may be offered in a distance education format.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

HUM-304 Adventures in the Performing Arts

Units

0

Hours

54 lecture total

Grading: Pass/No Pass Only

This course offers informal explorations of personalities, works, and major themes in symphonic and chamber music, opera, modern drama, American musicals, or films. This course is intended for older adults and community members as well as students enrolled in for-credit courses. It is designed to promote increased personal appreciation and enjoyment of these forms of artistic expression and broaden students' understanding of culture, geography, history, and languages.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.