How do I complete the arts and humanities requirement?
What is the arts and humanities requirement?
The arts and humanities gen ed requirement can be satisfied by courses that include at least half of the following goals.
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Recognize and describe humanistic, historical, or artistic works or problems and patterns of the human experience.
- Apply disciplinary methodologies, epistemologies, and traditions of the humanities and the arts, including the ability to distinguish primary and secondary sources.
- Analyze and evaluate texts, objects, events, or ideas in their cultural, intellectual or historical contexts.*
- Analyze the concepts and principles of various types of humanistic or artistic expression.
- Create, interpret, or reinterpret artistic and/or humanistic works through performance or criticism.
- Develop arguments about forms of human agency or expression grounded in rational analysis and in an understanding of and respect for spatial, temporal, and cultural contexts.*
- Analyze diverse narratives and evidence in order to explore the complexity of human experience across space and time.*
*Cross-listed under Cultural Understanding outcomes
How do I complete this requirement?
Students must have at least 3 credit hours in arts and humanities courses and a total of 9 credit hours distributed across the Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities domains.
Courses
- CLAS-C 101 Ancient Greek Culture
- CLAS-C 102 Roman Culture
- CLAS-C 205 Classical Mythology
- COMM-T 130 Introduction to Theatre
- ENG-L 115 Literature for Today
- ENG-L 203 Introduction to Drama
- ENG-L 204 Introduction to Fiction
- ENG-L 205 Introduction to Poetry
- ENG-L 207 Women and Literature
- ENG-W 206 Introduction to Creative Writing
- ENG-W 207 Introduction to Fiction Writing
- ENG-W 208 Introduction to Poetry Writing
- FILM-C 292 Introduction to Film
- HER-E 101 Beginning Drawing I
- HER-E 105 Beginning Painting I
- HER-E 111 Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design
- HER-E 201 Photography I
- HER-H 100 Art in Culture
- HER-H 101 History of Art 1
- HER-H 102 History of Art 2
- HER-H 221 Art Past and Present
- MHHS-M 201 Introduction to Medical Humanities and Health Studies
- MUS-E 241 Introduction to Music Fundamentals
- MUS-L 100 Guitar Elective/Secondary
- MUS-L 101 Beginning Guitar Class
- MUS-M 174 Music for the Listener
- MUS-V 100 Voice Elective and Secondary
- MUS-Z 111 Introduction to Music Theory
- MUS-Z 201 History of Rock and Roll Music
- NEWM-N 100 Foundations of New Media
- NEWM-N 102 Digital Media Imagery
- NEWM-N 131 Game on! A History of Video Games
- PHIL-P 110 Introduction to Philosophy
- PHIL-P 120 Ethics
- PHIL-P 162 Logic
- PHST-P 105 Giving and Volunteering in America
- PHST-P 211 Philanthropy and the Humanities
- REL-R 133 Introduction to Religion
- REL-R 173 American Religion
- REL-R 180 Introduction to Christianity
- REL-R 212 Comparative Religions
Additional courses for IU Columbus students only
- ENG-L 202 Literary Interpretation
- ENG-L 213 Literary Masterpieces I
- ENG-L 214 Literary Masterpieces II
Delisted courses
- ART 21000 History of Architecture I (effective date: fall 2024)
- ENG-L 105 Appreciation of Literature (effective date: fall 2026)
- ENG-W 210 Literacy and Public Life (effective date: fall 2026)
- ENG-W 260 Writing of Film Criticism (effective date: fall 2026)
- HER-E 109 Color and Design for Non-Art Majors (effective date: fall 2026)
- HER-E 209 Drawing for Interior Environments (effective date: fall 2026)
- HER-E 214 Visual Learning: From the Simpsons to the Guerrilla Girls (effective date: fall 2022)
- HER-H 200 Understanding Contemporary Art (effective date: fall 2026)
- HER-H 210 The Art of Art History (effective date: fall 2018)
- HER-V 214 History of Visual Communication (effective date: fall 2022)
- HIST-H 195 Introduction to Digital Humanities (effective date: fall 2026)
- MSTD-A 101 Understanding Museums (effective date: spring 2022)
- NELC-N 157 Introduction to Islam (effective date: fall 2026)
- NEWM-N 201 Design Issues in Digital Media (effective date: fall 2026)
- NEWM-N 260 Scriptwriting (effective date: fall 2026)
- REL-R 243 Introduction to the New Testament (effective date: fall 2026)
- REL-R 257 Introduction to Islam (effective date: fall 2025)