NSU 2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog

391 Nova Southeastern University • Undergraduate Student Catalog • 2014–2015 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS HUMN 3300 Native American Myth and Storytelling (3 credits) This course will investigate traditional Native American and Inuit (Eskimo) oral narratives, including tales of shamans (medicine men) and tricksters, warriors and corn goddesses. The material will be studied from both native and scholarly perspectives. Students will be exposed to local Native American (i.e. Seminole and Miccosukee) traditions in the course. Prerequisites: HUMN 2300 or HUMN 2350 and COMP 2000, 2010, or 2020 or COMP 2000H. HUMN 3400 The Beat Generation (3 credits) This course is a study of the literature, film, and music of the “Beat Generation,” a diverse group of artists and writers active in the early 1950s in America, who challenged the status quo in America’s literary scene, as well as the social and political conservatism of post- war America. Prerequisite: COMP 2000, COMP 2010, or COMP 2020 or COMP 2000H. HUMN 3610 The Harlem Renaissance (3 credits) This course will examine the Harlem Renaissance, the period from the end of World War I and through the middle of the 1930’s Depression, during which African-American artists produced a body of work in the graphic arts, poetry, fiction, drama, essay, music, particularly jazz, spirituals and blues, painting, dramatic revues, and others. The notions of racial consciousness will be explored, as well as the common themes of alienation, marginalization, the use of folk material, the use of the blues tradition, and the problems of writing for an elite audience. Prerequisite: COMP 2000, COMP 2010, COMP 2020 or COMP 2000H. HUMN 3800 Mexican Cult of Death in Myth and Literature (3 credits) This course examines the Mexican Cult of Death as an ubiquitous theme in Mexican arts and letters. Prerequisites: One ARTS, FILM, HIST, HUMN, LITR, or PHIL course; and COMP 2000, 2010, or 2020 or COMP 2000H. HUMN 3995 Prior Learning in Foreign Language (1–12 credits) This course number an prefix indicate award of upper- level undergraduate prior learning credit in foreign language. This course is repeatable up to12 credits. HUMN 4100 Death and Dying (3 credits) A multidisciplinary examination of significant topics related to the process of dying and death, such as changing western attitudes toward death, problems and solutions that may arise for those experiencing the dying process (including the dying, family, and friends), the grieving process, and non-western approaches to death and dying. Prerequisites: one ARTS, HIST, HUMN, FILM, LITR, PHIL, or THEA course; and COMP 2000, COMP 2010, or COMP 2020 or COMP 2000H. HUMN 4200 Asian Thought (3 credits) An introduction to the fundamental teachings of significant religious and philosophical systems of Asia, offering a broad overview of such topics as Wu Wei, karma, reincarnation, impermanence, the nature of the mind, the paths of enlightenment, and basic practices such as meditation and compassionate action. Prerequisites: one ARTS, FILM, HIST, HUMN, LITR, PHIL or THEA course; and COMP 2000, COMP 2010, or COMP 2020. HUMN 4310 The Vampire (3 credits) This course investigates the development of the vampire tradition in Eastern and Western myth and legend; 19th and 20th century literacy and artistic representations of the vampire; and psychological and medical explanations of the phenomenon. Prerequisites: one ARTS, HIST, HUMN, LITR, PHIL, or THEA course; and COMP 2000, COMP 2010, or COMP 2020 or COMP 2000H. HUMN 4400 Issues in Latin American Development and Sustainability (3 credits) In this course, theory and history are combined in an attempt to understand the various forces that have shaped development in Latin America, past, present and future. We start by examining divergent theories of development and their applications to the region. The historical roots of modern institutions are explored. The course then turns to the modern political and economic challenges confronting the region. The role of the state, the market, and the informal sector in the development process will be debated, as well as the prospects of reform and sustainable development in the future. Prerequisites: COMP 2000 or 2020 and INST 1500 or HIST 2130 or HIST 2140. HUMN 4800 Humanities Capstone (3 credits) Under the supervision and mentoring of a full-time member of the faculty, students will undertake a significant research project that focuses on a particular topic in the humanities reflecting their areas of humanities major concentration. Prerequisite: completion of at least 90 credit hours and permission of division director. HUMN 4900 Special Topics in the Humanities (3 credits) Advanced studies in selected cross-disciplinary areas of the humanities, including such topics as comparative religion, death and dying, or popular culture. Specific focus to be announced. May be repeated once for credit, if content changes and with written consent of division director. Prerequisites: one ARTS, FILM, HIST, HUMN,