A103 An Introduction To The Humanities

February 2007

Blocks

Form and Reading	The Colosseum
History, Classicism and Revolution	Religion and Science in Context
Myths and Conventions	The Sixties: Mainstream Culture and Counter-culture
Looking Back, Looking Forward

4th January 2007

I am doing this course because I would like to take philosophy courses, but don't feel like jumping straight into artsy essays without a little practise! Anyway, the course is very wide-ranging and *might* be interesting. It's all very strange to me though - and I feel like a new girl (which I am!).

You will get from this course a lively and varied grounding in the eight disciplines in the Arts Faculty: art history, literature, music, philosophy, classical studies, history, religious studies, and history of science. The subjects are introduced in attractive case studies combined with multidisciplinary sections on the French Revolution and the 1960s. The course will help you to express yourself more clearly and develop the reading, analysis and interpretation skills you need before moving on to more specialised courses at Level 2. It is not necessary to have studied in this area before.