Humanities (HUM)

This course equips students with essential academic, personal, and professional competencies for college success and beyond. Students explore contemporary learning strategies, including ethical AI integration, while developing critical thinking and emotional intelligence skills. Through experiential learning, students practice time management, effective communication, and mindfulness techniques. The course examines human behavior, decision-making processes, and cultural aspects of academic and professional environments.

This course will examine the issues of multiculturalism, societal diversity, and the histories of the people that comprise our communities. Discussion of diverse populations will cover groups of color and race, nationality, faith, indigenousness, and immigration, LGBQTI, and ability. Students will locate their own perspectives and analyze how one’s own experiences shape the way they tell the story of what they see happening in the world. Additionally, students will analyze how the experiences of people different from themselves will affect the perspectives of others in a multicultural society.

This course introduces core concepts of emotional intelligence, exploring essential elements of emotional awareness and regulation. Students will discover strategies for recognizing emotional states and examining different perspectives in daily situations. The course presents principles of behavioral patterns and introduces techniques for identifying personal response tendencies. Through exploration of basic decision-making processes, students will gain essential knowledge about the connections between choices and their outcomes. The coursework examines concepts about how personal actions influence goal achievement, providing students alternative approaches for navigating personal, academic, and professional situations. This study of emotional intelligence provides students with essential frameworks for recognizing how their choices shape their experiences and outcome.

The focus of this course is to investigate the complex relationships of wellness, illness, and healthcare within the disciplines of history, philosophy, ethics, religion, and the arts. Students will examine the historical evolution of medical practices, the role of narrative and visual arts in healthcare, and the philosophical and ethical dilemmas that arise within the medical field. Topics will include the impact of literature, music, and religion on health perceptions and practices.

The focus of this course is Integrative Health. Students will investigate a variety of modalities in the Integrative Health field. Students will explore the research, how consumers use integrative modalities in addition to Western Bio-Medicine, and how integrative modalities align with healthcare systems.

This course examines major religions of the world and their potential influence on healthcare decisions. The scope of religious investigations includes but is not limited to the nature of religion, Indigenous Religions, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and other religious beliefs. Each is examined in its cultural context, how basic human concerns are addressed, how healthcare decisions may be impacted, and the uniqueness of religious practice.

This course provides a safe platform for students to explore the topics of diversity, equity, Inclusion, and belonging through political, artistic, social, economic, and other lenses. Students will deconstruct personal and scholarly biases by evaluating the issues from historical, contemporary, and future perspectives. Additionally, the tools to empathize and connect with patients on a deeper level are investigated. At the end of this course, students will provide a better patient experience by understanding the unique needs, perspectives, and potential of all patients.