Director: Earl Fendelman (Carman Hall, Room 273)
The City and the Humanities offers a program of courses that explore the relations between an urban environment, the humanities, and the arts. Students in this program attend weekly lectures, screenings, and performances on campus, visit a variety of cultural institutions in New York City, and engage in supervised, humanities-related internships.
HUM 135: Introduction to the Performing Arts. 3 hours, 3 credits. Appreciation of the performing arts by attending theatre, music, dance, and opera at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, as well as lectures, demonstrations, and a weekly two-hour seminar devoted to research of art forms and backgrounds, evaluation of performances, and development of critical standards that will lead to life enrichment through continuing enjoyment of the performing arts.
HUM 150: The City and the Humanities I. 1 hour, 1 credit. A series of lectures, films, and live performances of music, theatre, and dance, designed to introduce students to the role of the arts in an urban setting. The lectures present a chronological study of the city and the humanities from classical Athens to New York City today.
HUM 155: The City and the Humanities II. 3 hours, 3 credits. (May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.)A city and its culture as seen through literature, theatre, music, history, art, and architecture. An interdepartmental team-taught course. Intended primarily for students who have completed fewer than 60 credits. PRE- or COREQ: HUM 150.
HUM 235: Opera as Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits. Analysis of the different components of opera and the relationship between literary themes and their operatic versions.
HUM 250: The City and the Theatre. 3 hours, 3 credits. Drama as theatre and as a mirror of the city from the Greeks to the present. Readings of classical, Renaissance, and modern plays in the context of the history of the development of Western theatre, with special emphasis on critical vocabulary and dramatic techniques. Students will attend live performances at Lehman as well as at Broadway and Off-Broadway theatres.
HUM 255: Foundations in The City and the Humanities. 3 hours, 3 credits. (May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.) An intensive study of selected subjects in the humanities and performing arts that will draw on the cultural resources of New York City, including the arts complex on Lehman's campus. PRE- or COREQ: HUM 150 and COR 100.
HUM 355: Selected Topics in The City and the Humanities. 2 hours plus field experience, 3 credits. (May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.) PREREQ: Permission of the instructor.
HUM 356: Interdisciplinary Topics in The City and the Humanities. 3 or 4 hours plus field experience, 5 or 6 credits. (May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.) PREREQ: Permission of the instructor.
HUM 450: Selected Problems in the Humanities. 3 hours, 3 credits (maximum 6 credits).
HUM 470: Humanities Internship. 2 days per week plus biweekly conferences, 5 credits. Supervised work in both public agencies and private businesses that requires the skills derived from the fine and liberal arts. Interns will write, edit, translate, assist in stage productions, do layouts, be apprentices in a studio, be research aides, or help to organize theatre and art projects. The program offers students practical experience in a wide range of careers to which a humanities education may lead. The course may be repeated once under special circumstances and with approval of the Internships Screening and Evaluation Committee. Grading will be on a Pass/Fail basis. PREREQ: Satisfactory completion of 75 college credits and approval of the Internship Screening and Evaluation Committee.
HUM 481: Advanced Individual Tutorial Project in The City and the Humanities. 3 hours, 3 credits. (May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.) Advanced research culminating in a research paper or in a visual or performing arts project in The City and the Humanities Program, under faculty direction. PREREQ: Satisfactory completion of a 300-level course in The City and the Humanities or permission of the Program Director.