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Dec 04, 2025
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HIST 140 - Humanity, Science and Nature in History
Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-3B
Attitudes toward humanity’s place in the natural world as revealed in historical documents from Classical times to the present. The rise of science and the Romantic reaction. The development of modern environmental concerns in historical context.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-3B - Humanities
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Describe how artists and writers used the humanities in a creative response to the attitudes and issues of their day, HIST SLO 3, GE SLO
- Explain, using the evidence of primary sources, how people in the past understood their relationship with science, technology and the environment, HIST SLO 1 and 4, GE SLO 2, ILO
- Compare and contrast orally and in writing different kinds of artistic and literary responses to historical concerns about the place of humans in the natural world, HIST SLO 5, GE SLO 2, ILO
- Explain how past attitudes about humans, science, and nature inform modern environmental debates, HIST SLO 6, GE SLO 3, ILO 5.
GE-3B. Humanities Learning Outcomes
- Evaluate the impact of the humanities on your life.
- Examine the cultural and/or historical context(s) of the humanities.
- Describe the ways that diverse identities influence experiences in the humanities.
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