How do I complete the arts and humanities requirement?

Complete this requirement by taking courses in the social sciences, creative arts, and humanities.

What is the analytical reasoning requirement?

The arts and humanities gen ed requirement can be satisfied by courses that include at least half of the following goals.

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

Recognize and describe humanistic, historical, or artistic works or problems and patterns of the human experience.
Apply disciplinary methodologies, epistemologies, and traditions of the humanities and the arts, including the ability to distinguish primary and secondary sources.
Analyze and evaluate texts, objects, events, or ideas in their cultural, intellectual or historical contexts.*
Analyze the concepts and principles of various types of humanistic or artistic expression.
Create, interpret, or reinterpret artistic and/or humanistic works through performance or criticism.
Develop arguments about forms of human agency or expression grounded in rational analysis and in an understanding of and respect for spatial, temporal, and cultural contexts.*
Analyze diverse narratives and evidence in order to explore the complexity of human experience across space and time.*

*Cross-listed under Cultural Understanding outcomes

How do I complete this requirement?

Students must have at least 3 credit hours in arts and humanities courses and a total of 9 credit hours distributed across the Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities domains.

Courses

CLAS-C 101 - Ancient Greek Culture
CLAS-C 102 - Roman Culture
CLAS-C 205 - Classical Mythology
COMM-T 130 - Introduction to Theatre
ENG-L 105 - Appreciation of Literature
ENG-L 115 - Literature for Today
ENG-L 202 - Literary Interpretation
ENG-L 203 - Introduction to Drama
ENG-L 204 - Introduction to Fiction
ENG-L 205 - Introduction to Poetry
ENG-L 207 - Women and Literature
ENG-L 213 - Literary Masterpieces I
ENG-W 206 - Introduction to Creative Writing
ENG-W 207 - Introduction to Fiction Writing
ENG-W 208 - Introduction to Poetry Writing
ENG-W 210 - Literacy and Public Life
ENG-W 260 - Writing of Film Criticism
FILM-C 292 - Introduction to Film
HER-E 101 - Beginning Drawing I
HER-E 105 - Beginning Painting I
HER-E 109 - Color and Design for Non-Art Majors
HER-E 111 - Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design
HER-E 201 - Photography I
HER-E 209 - Drawing for Interior Environments
HER-H 100 - Art in Culture (was Art Appreciation)
HER-H 101 - History of Art 1
HER-H 102 - History of Art 2
HER-H 200 - Understanding Contemporary Art
HER-H 221 - Art Past and Present
HIST-H 195 - Introduction to Digital Humanities
MHHS-M 201 - Introduction to Medical Humanities and Health Studies
MUS-E 241 - Introduction to Music Fundamentals
MUS-L 100 - Guitar Elective/Secondary
MUS-L 101 - Beginning Guitar Class
MUS-M 174 - Music for the Listener
MUS-V 100 - Voice Elective and Secondary
MUS-Z 111 - Introduction to Music Theory
MUS-Z 201 - History of Rock and Roll Music
NELC-N 157 - Introduction to Islam
NEWM-N 100 - Foundations of New Media
NEWM-N 102 - Digital Media Imagery
NEWM-N 131 - Game on! A History of Video Games
NEWM-N 201 - Design Issues in Digital Media
NEWM-N 260 - Scriptwriting
PHIL-P 110 - Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL-P 120 - Ethics
PHIL-P 162 - Logic
PHST-P 105 - Giving and Volunteering in America
PHST-P 211 - Philanthropy and the Humanities
REL-R 133 - Introduction to Religion
REL-R 173 - American Religion
REL-R 180 - Introduction to Christianity
REL-R 212 - Comparative Religions
REL-R 243 - Introduction to the New Testament

Additional course for IU Columbus students only

ENG-L 214 - Literary Masterpieces II

Delisted courses

ART 21000 - History of Architecture I - Effective date Fall 2024
ENG-L 214 - Literary Masterpieces II (Indy only) - Effective date Spring 2024
HER-E 214 - Visual Learning: From the Simpsons to the Guerrilla Girls - Effective date Fall 2022
HER-H 210 - The Art of Art History - Effective date Fall 2018
HER-V 214 - History of Visual Communication - Effective date Fall 2022
MSTD-A 101 - Understanding Museums - Effective date Spring 2022
REL-R 257 - Introduction to Islam - Effective date Fall 2025