Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisites:

Studies early societies through the 1600s, as the first part of a two-part series which examines world civilizations, including non-Western civilizations, through the arts. Explores formative creative events in history, and their relationships to modern issues. Presents perspectives of traditional humanistic values of arts and ideas. Investigates how others have dealt with problems that humans faced in the past, and possible strategies for problem solving that might aid students today. Promotes a trans- and intercultural, global understanding of human creativity and its impact through the ages.