Humanities
Associate in Science in General Studies (18 Unit Emphasis) Humanities · Shasta College · 2026-2027 Catalog
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 | |