September 2017 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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HU 340 - Humanities and Contemporary Popular Culture


This course builds on Introduction to Humanities and continues exploring how visual art, philosophy, music, religion, literature, and modern popular culture influence the formation of the individual and the cultural beliefs and social values evident in the world around us.  Students will use analysis skills to examine artifacts of popular culture from multiple perspectives, including examples from among these possible areas of analysis: social media and cyber-culture, popular music, contemporary literature, film, television, magazines, videos, advertising, and graphic novels. 3.00 semester credit hours Contact Hours: 45. Prerequisite: HU 240 Introduction to Humanities   Corequisite: None.