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Humanities Sequence
The four-semester Humanities Sequence is the academic centerpiece of the Honors College. It takes an integrated approach to the philosophy, literature, art and music of the Western World from Homer to the present. The sequence begins with a study of the classical and biblical eras, continues with a study of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, progresses through the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and concludes with a course on the modern era.
The program is taught by Missouri faculty members from art history and archaeology, classics, English, history, music, philosophy, religious studies, and German and Romance languages. Lectures are followed by small-group sessions in which students share ideas with professors and other honors students. Completion of all four semesters of the Humanities Sequence fulfills the College of Arts and Science requirements in Humanistic Studies and Fine Arts.
Humanities 2111H (101GH): The Ancient World
The reading list includes great works of ancient literature and philosophy
such as Gilgamesh, the Homeric epics, tragedies by Sophocles and Euripides,
philosophical works of Plato and Aristotle, the Book of Job, Virgil's Aeneid,
the Gospel of Mark, the Epistle to the Romans, Apuleius's Golden Ass, and Augustine's
Confessions. In addition, professors from the Department of Art and Archeology
lecture on the classical art and architecture of Greece and Rome. Humanities
2111H Links.
Humanities 2112H (102GH): The Middle Ages and the Renaissance
The literature, art and philosophy which reflect the interaction of biblical
thought with the classical past, and ultimately an emerging humanism, form the
contents of the second semester of the Sequence. Readings include selections
from such central figures as Maimonides, Aquinas, Chaucer, Dante, Luther and
Shakespeare. Works such as the medieval cathedral of Chartres and the Renaissance
work of Michelangelo as well as selected music depict the major artistic and
architectural developments of these centuries. Humanities 2112H Links.
Humanities 2113H (103GH): The Early Modern World: The 17th-19th Centuries
The third segment of the Sequence treats the cultural developments in the
West from the Baroque to the Enlightenment through Romanticism. The reading
list includes works by Cervantes, Descartes, Milton, Voltaire, Kant, Austen,
Goethe, and Dickinson, and lectures will also cover the vibrant music and visual
arts of these periods. Humanities 2113H Links .
Humanities 2114H (104GH): The Modern Era
The final semester of the Humanities Sequence deals with the intellectual and cultural developments from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century. Lectures and discussions are held on the philosophy of Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Sartre, and Hannah Arendt, and on the literary works of Charles Dickens, Dostoevsky, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, Samual Beckett, Toni Morrison and Arundhati Roy. The art history presentations will emphasize Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and the various periods in the evolving art of Matisse and Picasso, as well as contemporary painting. Special lectures are presented on modern music and jazz and rock. Humanities 2114H Links .
Alums of the Humanities Sequence
If you are an alum of the Humanities Sequence and you would like to make a donation to the Honors College Humanities Sequence, please visit this site . You can select "Honors College" on the drop down menu.
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