Humanities
MODULE: Humanities
Program delivered by distance learning higher education up to a maximum of 48 credits. This module may be combined or completed with other online university courses from this faculty.
DESCRIPTION:
Humanities assesses the importance and value of analyzing the human being from an integrated historic, philosophic and artistic perspective. Through examination of world history, politics, religion, philosophy and art the student learns to comprehend how each perspective affects the others. Art will be seen as the expression of the historical events and ideas of a given period. History will be understood as the confrontation and evolution of ideas, society and politics. Thought will become the analysis of previous philosophical failures. This program of humanities is a different way to approach the major crises of the century: globalization, the degradation of the environment, the widening chasm between rich and poor, and the clash of cultures.
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credit (30 hours of study).
Human Evolution
World Cultures Civilization & Culture Ancient Civilizations Art History Ancient History Art & Religion XXth Century Art Comparative Historical Analysis Religion Comparative Religion Contemporary Religious Thought The Search for Meaning Philosophic Trends Literature & Culture Art & Philosophy
Academic Supervisor: Carmen Ramirez Hurtado
More information about this supervisor and online university course instructors at BIU Human Network.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. (Doctor) Programs. This distance learning degree program is designed at the postgraduate level – Master’s or Doctoral. This module may be easily adapted to complete the Specialist, Expert or Bachelor’s adult degree program requirements. A further option is the enrollment into the online university courses listed in this module.
* University Course (3 credits): Select 1 subject from this module.
* Specialist Diploma (15 credits): First 5 subjects or select 5 subjects from this module.
* Expert Diploma (21 credits): First 7 subjects or select 7 subjects from this module.
* Bachelor's Degree (130 credits): The Admission certificate issued after submission of the application for admission will show the amount of credit transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete this undergraduate program's major. Additional courses from other modules of this faculty will be assigned in case that the credits displayed on this module are not enough to complete the bachelor's required credits.
* Master's Degree (35 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 13 credits corresponding to a final project to the selected subjects.
* Ph.D. (Doctor) (45 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 18 credits corresponding to a final thesis to the selected subjects.
BIU issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the degree program's major. BIU can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission.
Courses Description (each subject accounts for 3 credits):
Human Evolution
This course examines the broad range of primate behavior and what it means to be human. It depicts the trajectory of human evolution, and emphasizes the biology and behavior of higher primates, like chimpanzees and gorillas. In tracing the evolution of man's own family, the Hominids, emphasis is placed upon the interaction between cultural, environmental and biological factors.
Instructor: Ana Isabel Navajas Jiménez
World Cultures
This course surveys human cultures around the world from earliest evidence to development of civilizations. It provides a comparative exploration of the cultural factors which shape human behavior of selected cultures from around the globe and examines the influences that varying environments have on human and biocultural adaptations.
Instructor: Ana Isabel Navajas Jiménez
Civilization & Culture
This course studies how and why the first civilizations emerged and the preconditions necessary for state development: the domestication of plants/animals, the farming communities, the first cities, the religious ideologies, the evolution of language and its relationship to culture and the progress of each civilization.
Instructor: Sibylle Kisro-Volker
Ancient Civilizations
This course describes the people, culture, archeological evidences, and influences of ancient civilizations, starting with early humans and moving chronologically through Sumer, Egypt, Nubia, India, China, Israel, Greece, Rome, and others.
Instructor: Ana Isabel Navajas Jiménez
Art History
This course explores art history from the earliest cave paintings to the experimental art of today. Art History covers the Western tradition and the cultures of the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, Africa, the Pacific Islands, and the Americas.
Instructor: Carmen Ramirez Hurtado
Ancient History
The way we live now is the consequence and is affected by what happened in our past. Knowing our past is the best way to understand ourselves. This course covers a historic period ranging from ancient civilizations to the middle ages.
Instructor: Ana Isabel Navajas Jiménez
Art & Religion
This course deals with the religious meaning, development, and historical significance of art. It covers the interplay of major religious movements with focus on the Western medieval period, the Islam, India, China, Japan and South East Asia. It provides an analysis of religion as a universal aspect of human culture expressed through the arts, mostly painting, sculpture and architecture.
Instructor: Patricia Aja Sánchez
XXth Century Art
This course provides a thematic and chronological survey of the XXth century major genres of artistic expression: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Dadaism and other artistic revolutions. It also covers the multiplication of new art forms (video, performance pieces, land and installation pieces), and new contexts of fashion design, publicity, and marketing along the XXth Century.
Instructor: Patricia Aja Sánchez
Comparative Historical Analysis
Global in scope, this course emphasizes the four Old World civilizations of the Middle East, India, China, and Europe, paying particular attention to their interaction across time and mutual influences. It touches on all aspects of civilization, including geography, communication, technological and artistic developments.
Instructor: Patricia Aja Sánchez
Religion
This course is based on the academic study of religion, putting special attention to: common dimensions of religious experience, the interaction of religion and culture, theoretical accounts for religious belief and experience, the religious responses to archetypal problems of human experience, and the religious expression in myth, ritual, symbol, and social organization.
Instructor: Richard Kaplan
Comparative Religion
This course is a study of the world's major religious traditions, including Hinduism and Buddhism, the religions of China and Japan, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. All our lives are affected by what goes on in other cultures and countries, so the better we understand each other the better is our chance for achieving a safer, more productive and more caring community.
Instructor: Joseph Kariuki Njino
Contemporary Religious Thought
This course provides an academic study of religion, with attention to: common dimensions of religious experience; the interaction of religion and culture; theoretical accounts for religious belief; religious expression in myth, ritual, symbol, and social organization; and religious responses to human problems.
Instructor: Joseph Kariuki Njino
The Search for Meaning
This course will focus on the relationship between problems and the meaning each individual sees in life. Distinctions are made between philosophy and spirituality. It deals with the stages of psychological and spiritual development for the individual and the methods for evoking meaning and purpose in life.
Instructor: Carmen Ramirez Hurtado
Philosophic Trends
This course is a guided exploration into the philosophical foundations of the major thought trends and their corresponding philosopher representatives. Similarities and differences between them are examined on a practical level. It also covers their perspective toward human problems and its treatment.
Instructor: Carmen Ramirez Hurtado
Literature & Culture
This course offers a study of literature in its relation to culture. It focuses on literature as a cultural institution, directly related to the construction of individual identity and the dissemination and critique of values. Emphasis on cross-cultural comparison of literary works.
Instructor: Peter A. Muckley
Art & Philosophy
This course deals with the natural, moral, and ethical ideas expressed in the arts. It provides an understanding of the ideological contexts within which modern and historical artists work, and the means by which art is interpreted. The course focuses in the ideas expressed through the visual, musical, and performing arts.
Instructor: Carmen Ramirez Hurtado
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