II. Intellectual Inquiry in the Humanities

These courses develop students’ skills in interpretation and analysis of creations of the human intellect such as art and literature (including folklore, popular culture, film and digital media), philosophical and religious contemplation and argumentation, language systems, and historical narratives. In these courses, students gain the ability not only to analyze the works themselves but to evaluate competing interpretations of such works.

To fulfill the Humanities requirement, complete one of the following:

* Architecture students only.

A-H 101 - Introduction to Visual Studies 3 Credit Hours
A-H 105 - World Art Before 1400 3 Credit Hours
A-H 106 - Renaissance to Modern Art 3 Credit Hours
A-H 334 - Reframing Renaissance Art (1400-1520) 3 Credit Hours
AAS 253 - History of Pre-Colonial Africa 3 Credit Hours
AAS 254 - History of Colonial and Postcolonial Africa 3 Credit Hours
AAS 264 - Introduction to Black Writers 3 Credit Hours
AIS 228 - Islamic Civilization 3 Credit Hours
AIS 320 - Modern Arabic Literature and Film in Translation 3 Credit Hours
AIS 345 - Islamic Mysticism 3 Credit Hours
ARC 314 - History and Theory III: 20th Century and Contemporary Architecture 3 Credit Hours *
BSC 301 - Shadowing: A Guide to Social Medicine 3 Credit Hours
CAS 301 - Animals and Society 3 Credit Hours
CHI 330 - Introduction to Chinese Culture, Pre-Modern to 1840 3 Credit Hours
CHI 331 - Introduction to Chinese Culture, 1840 to Present 3 Credit Hours
CLA 135 - Greek and Roman Mythology 3 Credit Hours
CLA 190 - Introduction to the New Testament 3 Credit Hours
CLA 191 - Christianity, Culture, and Society: A Historical Introduction 3 Credit Hours
CLA 229 - The Ancient Near East and Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great 3 Credit Hours
CLA 230 - The Hellenistic World and Rome to the Death of Constantine 3 Credit Hours
CPH 309 - Health, History, and Human Diversity 3 Credit Hours
EGR 201 - Literature, Technology, and Culture 3 Credit Hours
ENG 142 - Global Shakespeare 3 Credit Hours
ENG 191 - Literature and the Arts of Citizenship 3 Credit Hours
ENG 209 - The Structure and Use of English 3 Credit Hours
ENG 230 - Introduction to Literature: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours
ENG 260 - Introduction to Black Writers 3 Credit Hours
ENG 280 - Introduction to Film 3 Credit Hours
ENG 290 - Introduction to Women’s Literature 3 Credit Hours
EPE 350 - Town and Gown in Fact and Fiction: Campus and Community as Local History 3 Credit Hours
FR 103 - French Cinema 3 Credit Hours
FR 205 - The French Graphic Novel 3 Credit Hours
FR 225 - French Film Noir 3 Credit Hours
GER 103 - Fairy Tales in European Context 3 Credit Hours
GER 305 - German Film Today 3 Credit Hours
GWS 201 - Gender and Popular Culture 3 Credit Hours
GWS 309 - Health, History, and Human Diversity 3 Credit Hours
HIS 104 - A History of Europe Through the Mid-Seventeenth Century 3 Credit Hours
HIS 105 - A History of Europe From the Mid-Seventeenth Century to the Present 3 Credit Hours
HIS 108 - History of the United States Through 1876 3 Credit Hours
HIS 109 - History of the United States Since 1877 3 Credit Hours
HIS 112 - The Making of Modern Kentucky 3 Credit Hours
HIS 119 - War and Society, 1350-1914 3 Credit Hours
HIS 121 - War and Society, 1914-1945 3 Credit Hours
HIS 130 - Drugs and Alcohol in Western Civilization, 1492 to the Present 3 Credit Hours
HIS 133 - Epidemics and Disease in World History 3 Credit Hours
HIS 191 - A History of World Religions: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours
HIS 202 - History of British People to the Restoration 3 Credit Hours
HIS 203 - History of the British People Since the Restoration 3 Credit Hours
HIS 207 - History of Modern Latin America, 1810 to Present 3 Credit Hours
HIS 229 - The Ancient Near East and Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great 3 Credit Hours
HIS 230 - The Hellenistic World and Rome to the Death of Constantine 3 Credit Hours
HIS 253 - History of Pre-Colonial Africa 3 Credit Hours
HIS 254 - History of Colonial and Postcolonial Africa 3 Credit Hours
HIS 296 - East Asia Since 1600 3 Credit Hours
HIS 325 - Witnessing World War II 3 Credit Hours
HIS 328 - Representing the Holocaust 3 Credit Hours
HJS 100 - Introduction to Judaism: Pre-Christianity to Modern Times 3 Credit Hours
HJS 110 - Introduction to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible 3 Credit Hours
HJS 210 - Introduction to Jewish Literature 3 Credit Hours
HJS 326 - The Jewish Experience in America 3 Credit Hours
HJS 328 - Representing the Holocaust 3 Credit Hours
HON 151 - Honors Humanities: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours
HON 310 - Humanities Proseminar: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours
ID 161 - History and Theory 1 3 Credit Hours
INT 201 - Game - Set - Match: How Sport (De)Scribes the World 3 Credit Hours
ISC 311 - Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Integrated Strategic Communication 3 Credit Hours
ITA 263 - Introduction to Italian Literature, Culture or Film: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours
LIN 209 - The Structure and Use of English 3 Credit Hours
MCL 135 - Vampires: Evolution of a Sexy Monster 3 Credit Hours
MCL 201 - Game - Set - Match: How Sport (De)Scribes the World 3 Credit Hours
MCL 210 - Introduction to Jewish Literature 3 Credit Hours
MCL 270 - Introduction to Folklore and Mythology 3 Credit Hours
MCL 283 - Introduction to East Asian Film 3 Credit Hours
MCL 326 - The Jewish Experience in America 3 Credit Hours
MCL 328 - Representing the Holocaust 3 Credit Hours
MCL 343 - Global Horror 3 Credit Hours
MCL 360 - Catastrophes and Calamities in the Greco-Roman World and Afterwards 3 Credit Hours
MUS 100 - Introduction to Music 3 Credit Hours
PHI 100 - Introduction to Philosophy: Knowledge and Reality 3 Credit Hours
PHI 135 - The Ethics of a Human Life 3 Credit Hours
PHI 150 - A Philosopher’s Guide to Conspiracy Theories 3 Credit Hours
PHI 160 - Science, War, and the Fate of the World 3 Credit Hours
PHI 260 - History of Philosophy I: From Greek Beginnings to the Middle Ages 3 Credit Hours
PHI 270 - History of Philosophy II: From the Renaissance to the Present Era 3 Credit Hours
PHI 310 - Philosophy of Human Nature 3 Credit Hours
PHI 317 - Existentialist Thought and Literature 3 Credit Hours
PHI 375 - Philosophy of Cognitive Science 3 Credit Hours
PHI 380 - Death, Dying and the Quality of Life 3 Credit Hours
PRD 150 - Design Contexts I: Survey of Design Practice 3 Credit Hours
RS 330 - Introduction to Catholicism 3 Credit Hours
RUS 275 - Russian Film 3 Credit Hours
RUS 371 - The Russian Cultural Imagination: 900-1900 3 Credit Hours
RUS 372 - Experiments in Life and Art: Russian Culture 1900-Present 3 Credit Hours
SPA 262 - Hispanic Literatures in Translation: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours
SPA 330 - Spanish and Globalization 3 Credit Hours
SPA 371 - Latin American Cinema: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours
SPA 372 - Spanish Cinema: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours
TA 385 - World Theatre I 3 Credit Hours
TA 386 - World Theatre II 3 Credit Hours
TA 388 - History of the American Musical 3 Credit Hours
WRD 210 - Social Media: Theory, Culture, Politics, Practice 3 Credit Hours
WRD 320 - Rhetorical Theory and History 3 Credit Hours