Welcome!

1. 1. Hello, I am your instructor Rod Freeman and I hope you find this course meaningful. The purpose of this Humanities course is to provide a representative foundation--a “sampler” of influential authors, artists, philosophers, and historical events in the Humanities.
      

   2. Please familiarize yourself with Blackboard prior to the beginning of the class. The primary textbook used for assignments, discussion and examinations in the course is:
      

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Fiero, Gloria K., The Humanistic Tradition: Volume II.  6th Edition. San Francisco: Prentice Hall, 2010.

---Note: the text material is also published in a 3-book format which includes the same material but may have different page numbers. Purchasing the Book 4, 5 and 6 set instead of the Volume II format above is fine also.

Fiero, Gloria K.

1. •Humanistic Tradition Book 4: Faith, Reason and Power in the Early Modern World.
   

2. •Humanistic Tradition Book 5: Romanticism, Realism and the Nineteenth-Century World.
   

3. •Humanistic Tradition Book 6: Modernism, Postmodernism, and the Global Perspective.
   

---all 6th Edition. San Francisco: Prentice Hall, 2010.

By all means begin your readings early! Begin with the textbook “Preface” pages xiv-xviii and then “Chapter 19: Protest and Reform”. You should also visit the Textbook publishing website for supporting materials in the Humanities:

1. http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072910070/student_view0/index.html
   

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Coming soon (prior to the first week of class):

1. 1. •Course Syllabus
      

   2. •Reading, discussion other assignments by week
      

   3. •Weekly folders with additional readings, presentations, audio files, discussion board/blogs, and assignments.