Course Description:
from the Wofford College Catalogue:
Humanities 101 - Freshman
Seminar in Humanities
A course designed to engage students, during their
first semester, in small-group seminars in humanistic inquiry, with special
attention given to value questions and issues. The course includes substantial
reading and group discussion, considerable work on English composition skills (comparable
to that typically encountered in first-semester college English courses), and
the writing of numerous short essays and other papers. Sections of the course
are taught by members of the departments of English language and literature,
fine arts, foreign languages, history, philosophy, and religion. Normally
required of all freshmen. Students may not repeat Humanities 101.
from the list of sections for Fall, 2006:
Humanities 101-D-- Prisoners of War: a Series of Encounters
The last one hundred
years has seen the world continually enveloped or threatened by war. Those actually caught up in the fighting—and
its consequences—represent a diverse collection of humanity. Their stories reveal both their individuality
and their common experience. Readings will range from Kurt
Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five to Fires on the Plain by Shohei Ooka.
