HUMAN 105 - THE HUMAN STRUGGLE

    Recent Professors
    Sarah Schwendimann, Enoch Anderson, Maroudeen Thomas Zadeh, Elizabeth Bryer, Joshua Moreno, George Tatevossian
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026
    Class Size
    Not published
    Difficulty
    5.2Moderateout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 8A · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area A3 · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    HUMAN105isaninterdisciplinary,intercultural course designed to challenge students to further develop critical reading, writing, and thinking abilities through comparative study of materials from literature and variousdisciplines.Studentsevaluatesomeofthe most relevant issues faced by people of the United States and other cultures throughout history, with emphasis on values and ethics. The course examines the creative impulses and destructive forces that have influenced the human struggle for order, acceptance, knowledge, understanding, self expression, power, freedom, individuality and survival. Students improve their abilities to analyze, synthesize, develop original ideas, distinguish fact from opinion or belief, and use logic and reason in language and thought to determine whether the solutions of the past are compatible with the problems of today and tomorrow. Writing instruction focuses on improving advanced composition skills. The course may be team-taught.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 9:10am–10:35am