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The Humanities & Fine Arts courses seek to help students understand, analyze, and explore the human condition. Studying Humanities & Fine Arts contributes to personal growth and well-being, as well as to living in, and contributing to various communities.

This area of the General Education curriculum encourages students to explore how the humanities and fine arts can illuminate our world and the experience of being human.

For as long as humans have been on Earth, they have recorded their experiences through literature, art, music, philosophy, language, and other subjects. The study of human experience is essential to make sense of our contemporary world and our place in it.

Outcome(s): Show a broad understanding of the theories, perspectives and methods of the Humanities and Fine Arts by:

  • Demonstrating knowledge of the human condition using discipline appropriate criteria;
  • Respond to the human condition using discipline-specific criteria;
  • Explaining how context (historical, cultural, etc.) influences the creation or interpretation of the topic of study.

To fulfill their distribution requirements, students must complete nine credit hours of coursework representing at least two disciplines in this category. In addition, students must complete nine credit hours of coursework in Social Sciences, and seven credit hours in Natural & Physical Sciences towards their distribution requirements. Distribution requirements comprise 25 hours of the general education curriculum.


Below is a list of Humanities & Fine Arts courses that have been approved for inclusion in the general education curriculum.

Humanities & Fine Arts Approved Courses

Course Number Course Title Credits Also Counts As Prerequisite
ART 1010 Art Appreciation 3 U.S. Diversity
ART 1040 Global Indigenous Art 3 Global Diversity
ART 2050 Survey of Western Art History I 3 Global Diversity
ART 2060 Survey of Western Art History II 3 Global Diversity
ART 2610 Exploration of Global Comics 3 Global Diversity
BLST 2260 Black Short Story 3 U.S. Diversity YES
BLST 2410 African American History I: to 1865 3 U.S. Diversity
BLST 2420 African American History II: Emancipation to Brown 3 U.S. Diversity
BLST 2430 African America History III: From Civil Rights to Modern Day 3 U.S. Diversity
BLST 2510 Music and the Black Experience 3 U.S. Diversity
BMCH 1100 Ethics of Scientific Research 3
CIST 3110 Information Technology Ethics 3
ENGL 1010 Introduction to Genre Studies: Prose 3 YES
ENGL 1020 Introduction to Genre Studies: Poetry, Drama and Film 3
ENGL 1030 US Cultures in Literature 3 U.S. Diversity YES
ENGL 1200 Autobiographical Reading and Writing 3
ENGL 2110 Introduction to Creative Non-Fiction Writing 3 YES
ENGL 2230 Ethnic Literature 3 U.S. Diversity YES
ENGL 2250 The Short Story 3 YES
ENGL 2260 Black Short Story 3 U.S. Diversity YES
ENGL 2310 Introduction to British Literature I 3 YES
ENGL 2320 Introduction to British Literature II 3 YES
ENGL 2450 American Literature I 3 YES
ENGL 2460 American Literature II 3 YES
ENGL 2470 Survey of Native American Literature 3 Global Diversity YES
ENGL 2490 Latino/a Literature 3 U.S. Diversity YES
ENGL 2500 Literature of Western Civilization: The Ancient World 3 YES
ENGL 2510 Global Explorations: Medieval to Early Modern World 3 Global Diversity YES
ENGL 3130 American Nonfiction 3 YES
ENGL 3150 Form and Style in Creative Nonfiction 3 YES
ENGL 3280 Irish Literature I 3 Global Diversity YES
FLNG 1000 Why Languages Matter: Representations of Linguistic Diversity in the US Media 3 U.S. Diversity
FREN 1110 Elementary French I 5 Global Diversity
GERM 1110 Elementary German I 5 Global Diversity
HIST 1000 World History to 1500 3 Global Diversity
HIST 1010 World History Since 1500 3 Global Diversity
HIST 1110 American History to 1865 3 U.S. Diversity
HIST 1120 American History since 1865 3 U.S. Diversity
HIST 2030 History of Medicine: From Antiquity to the Present 3 Global Diversity
HIST 2040 African American History I: to 1865 3 U.S. Diversity
HIST 2050 African-American History II: Emancipation to Brown 3 U.S. Diversity
HIST 2060 African American History III: From Civil Rights to Modern Day 3 U.S. Diversity
HIST 2480 History of Latin America: Preconquest to the Present 3 Global Diversity
HIST 2510 Ancient Greece: Bronze Age to Classical Eras 3 Global Diversity
HONR 1130 Honors Humanities 3 YES
HONR 3020 Honors Colloquium - Humanities 3 YES
HUMN 1110 Perspectives on USAmerican Culture 6 U.S. Diversity YES
HUMN 1200 Autobiographical Reading and Writing 3
JAPN 1110 Elementary Japanese I 5 Global Diversity
JMC 1050 Film History and Appreciation 3
JMC 3700 Visual Communication and Culture 3
LLS 1020 Introduction to Chicano-Latino Studies 3 U.S. Diversity
LLS 2480 History of Latin America: Preconquest to the Present 3 U.S. Diversity
LLS 2810 Music in Latin American Culture 3 Global Diversity
MEDH 1000 Introduction to Medical Humanities 3
MEDH 2030 History of Medicine: From Antiquity to the Present 3 Global Diversity
MUS 1050 Music of the People: The Beatles 3
MUS 1070 Music of the People: Rock and Pop 3 U.S. Diversity
MUS 1080 Music of the People: The World 3 Global Diversity
MUS 1090 Music Appreciation 3
MUS 1100 Music of the People: Jazz 3 U.S. Diversity
MUS 2150 Music and the Black Experience 3 U.S. Diversity
MUS 2700 University Chorus 1
MUS 2760 University Concert Band 1
MUS 2810 Music in Latin American Culture 3 Global Diversity
NAMS 1100 Intro to Native American Studies 3 U.S. Diversity
PHIL 1010 Introduction to Philosophy: Meaning of Life 3
PHIL 1020 Contemporary Moral Problems 3
PHIL 1030 Introduction to Philosophy: Brains, Minds and Machines 3
PHIL 1040 Introduction to Philosophy: Law, Politics and Society 3
PHIL 1050 Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy, Technology and Science Fiction 3
PHIL 1210 Critical Reasoning 3
PHIL 2030 Introduction to Ethics 3
PHIL 2040 Introduction to East Asian Philosophy 3 Global Diversity
PHIL 3170 Ethics in Business 3
PSCI 2310 Introduction to Political Thought 3
RELI 1010 Introduction to World Religions 3 Global Diversity
RELI 2020 Religion and Human Rights 3 Global Diversity
RELI 2150 Hebrew Scriptures 3 Global Diversity
RELI 2160 New Testament: History, Literature, and Society 3 Global Diversity
RELI 2170 Qur'an 3 Global Diversity
RUSS 1110 Elementary Russian I 5 Global Diversity
SPAN 1110 Elementary Spanish I 5 Global Diversity
THEA 1010 Introduction to Theatre 3
THEA 1050 Film History and Appreciation 3
THEA 1060 History of the Broadway Musical 3
THEA 1300 Acting I 3
THEA 3310 Voice of the Actor 3
WGST 2020 Introduction to Women's Studies: The Humanities 3 U.S. Diversity
WRWS 1500 Introduction to Creative Writing 3 YES
WRWS 2400 Foundations of Screenwriting 3 YES
WRWS 3500 Creative Writing for the Arts 3 YES

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Distribution Requirements

Beyond the fundamental academic skills, courses within the distribution requirements provide students with the opportunity to: 1) understand, analyze, and explore the human condition; 2) understand the complex dynamics that make up the world particularly the challenges, problems and factors that lead to social stability and change as essential for contributing to and living in contemporary society; and 3) understand the nature of scientific inquiry and the operation of the natural, physical and technological world for making personal and public policy decisions.

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If you have questions about general education, please contact us at unogened@unomaha.edu. 

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