# Humanities (Associate in Science in General Studies (18 Unit Emphasis))

Shasta College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Humanities

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The Humanities emphasis permits students to explore the arts, ideas, values, and cultural expressions of the world’s peoples as a foundation for lifelong learning or as an introduction to fine arts, literature, music, theater, communication, journalism, and world languages.

### Program learning outcomes

For General Studies Degree Learning Outcomes, see page 31.

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Choose 18 units from at least three of the following areas (with no more than 9 units of foreign language)** | |  |
| ART-1 | Introduction to Art |  |
| ART-4 | Arts of Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous North America |  |
| ART-6 | History of Modern Art |  |
| ART-12 | Beginning Form, Design and Color |  |
| ART-13 | Intermediate Form, Design and Color |  |
| ART-15 | Three Dimensional Design |  |
| ART-21A | Beginning Freehand Drawing |  |
| ART-21B | Intermediate Freehand Drawing |  |
| ART-26A | Beginning Watercolor |  |
| ART-26B | Intermediate Watercolor |  |
| ART-29A | Beginning Painting |  |
| ART-29B | Intermediate Painting |  |
| ART-31A | Beginning Figure Drawing |  |
| ART-31B | Intermediate Figure Drawing |  |
| ART-35A | Beginning Ceramics |  |
| ART-35B | Intermediate Ceramics |  |
| ART-45 | Beginning Glass |  |
| ART-46 | Glass Blowing |  |
| ART-47 | Sculptural Glass |  |
| ART-50A | Beginning Printmaking |  |
| ART-55A | Beginning Sculpture |  |
| ART-55B | Intermediate Sculpture |  |
| ART-80A | Graphic Design |  |
| ART-80B | Intermediate Graphic Design |  |
| ARTH-C1100 | Survey of Art From Prehistory to the Medieval Era |  |
| ARTH-C1200 | Survey of Art From the Renaissance to Contemporary |  |
| ASL-1 | American Sign Language 1 |  |
| ASL-1L | American Sign Language 1 Skill–building Lab |  |
| ASL-2 | American Sign Language 2 |  |
| ASL-2L | American Sign Language 2 Skill–building Lab |  |
| ASL-3 | American Sign Language 3 |  |
| ASL-4 | American Sign Language 4 |  |
| COMM-10 |  |  |
| COMM-20 | Intercultural Communication |  |
| COMM-30 | Oral Interpretation |  |
| COMM-40 | Argumentation and Debate |  |
| COMM-54 | Small Group Communication |  |
| COMM-C1000 | Introduction to Public Speaking |  |
| **DAN (Up to 3 units of Dance courses may apply)** | |  |
| ENGL-C1001 | Critical Thinking and Writing |  |
| ENGL-C1002 | Introduction to Literature |  |
| ENGL-10A | World Literature (to 1650) |  |
| ENGL-10B | World Literature (After 1650) |  |
| ENGL-11A | Survey of American Literature – Pre-Colonial to Civil War |  |
| ENGL-11B | Survey of American Literature – Civil War to Present |  |
| ENGL-13A | Survey of English Literature (Old English Period through Neoclassicism) |  |
| ENGL-13B | Survey of English Literature (from the Romantic Period to Present) |  |
| ENGL-15 | Literature by and About Women |  |
| ENGL-16 | Poetry |  |
| ENGL-17 | Introduction to Shakespeare |  |
| ENGL-18 | African American Literature |  |
| ENGL-19 | Survey of Bible as Literature |  |
| ENGL-20 | World Mythology |  |
| ENGL-25 | Linguistics |  |
| ENGL-31 | Creative Writing |  |
| ENGL-36 | Children’s Literature |  |
| FREN-1 | French 1 |  |
| FREN-2 | French 2 |  |
| GERM-1 | German 1 |  |
| GERM-2 | German 2 |  |
| HUM-2 | Exploring the Humanities |  |
| HUM-4 | Humanities Through the Film |  |
| HUM-70 | Exploring Contemporary Television |  |
| JAPN-1 | Japanese 1 |  |
| JAPN-2 | Japanese 2 |  |
| JAPN-3 | Japanese 3 |  |
| JAPN-4 | Japanese 4 |  |
| JAPN-19 | Japanese Conversation 1 |  |
| JAPN-20 | Japanese Conversation 2 |  |
| JOUR-21 | Introduction to Mass Communications |  |
| JOUR-27 | Newswriting and Reporting |  |
| JOUR-29 | Photojournalism |  |
| MUS-1 | Music Fundamentals |  |
| MUS-2 | Diatonic Harmony and Musicianship |  |
| MUS-3 | Advanced Diatonic Harmony & Musicianship |  |
| MUS-4 | Chromatic Harmony |  |
| MUS-5 | Twentieth Century Harmony |  |
| MUS-10 | Music Appreciation |  |
| MUS-11 | History of Jazz and Early Rock |  |
| MUS-14 | World Music |  |
| MUS-15 | History of Rock |  |
| MUS-21A | Beginning Guitar |  |
| MUS-22A | Beginning Piano |  |
| MUS-22B | Intermediate Piano |  |
| MUS-25A | Beginning Strings |  |
| MUS-29 | Beginning Voice |  |
| MUS-30 | Intermediate Voice |  |
| MUS-31 | Chamber Choir |  |
| MUS-33 | Jazz Ensemble |  |
| MUS-35 | Vocal Jazz Ensemble |  |
| MUS-40 | Concert Choir |  |
| MUS-42 | Shasta College Chorale |  |
| MUS-43 | Shasta Symphony Orchestra |  |
| MUS-44 | Concert Orchestra |  |
| MUS-46 | Symphonic Band |  |
| MUS-47 | Shasta College Jazz Ensemble |  |
| PHIL-6 | Introduction to Philosophy |  |
| PHIL-7 | Ethics: Understanding Right and Wrong |  |
| PHIL-8 | Logic |  |
| SPAN-1 | Spanish 1 |  |
| SPAN-2 | Spanish 2 |  |
| SPAN-3 | Spanish 3 |  |
| SPAN-4 | Spanish 4 |  |
| SPAN-19 | Spanish and Latin American Civilzation |  |
| THTR-1 | Introduction to Theatre Arts |  |
| THTR-8 | History of World Theatre I |  |
| THTR-12 | Acting I |  |
| THTR-13 | Acting II |  |
| THTR-23 | Mainstage Production I |  |
| THTR-26 | Mainstage Production II |  |
| THTR-29 |  |  |
| THTR-30 | Stagecraft |  |
| THTR-34 | Makeup |  |
| THTR-41 | Theatre Laboratory |  |
| THTR-42 | Technical Stage Production |  |
| THTR-50 | Rehearsal and Performance |  |
| THTR-70 | Repertory Theatre |  |
| THTR-74 | Repertory Theatre – Technical |  |
| THTR-81 | Script Analysis and Playwriting |  |