HUEN
3100: Humanities for Engineers 1
This
course hopes to inspire you with the same love of the humanities
that I feel, deepen your critical thinking and writing skills,
and instill in you the desire to make the humanities integral
to the rest of your lives (whatever profession you pursue).
The humanities can be enjoyed in virtually infinite ways. The
approach of HUEN 3100 is to view the humanities through literature
(both fiction and non-fiction), film, and other fine arts that
all share two essential qualities. Namely, they all cut to the
chase of what it means to be human and, in the process, ask
questions fundamental to pursuing a life worth living. It is
my hope that, in the process of formulating your own answers
to these fundamental questions, as well as reproducing art work,
composing poetry, and performing drama, you will apprehend more
fully (than you perhaps already do) the excitement of applying
the humanities to your own lives.
All discussions will draw on a variety of material in addition
to the assigned readings and films, ranging from ancient art
works (viewed through digital slides) to modern works of art
and literature. Rather than a chronologically sequential study
of the humanities that considers vestiges of the past in the
modern era, this course presumes that the past and present are
symbiotically joined.
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HUEN 3100: Humanities for Engineers 1 This
course hopes to inspire you with the same love of the humanities
that I feel, deepen your critical thinking and writing skills,
and instill in you the desire to make the humanities integral
to the rest of your lives (whatever profession you pursue).
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