The Human Experience

Catalog description

The Human Experience introduces students to humanities-based inquiry by guiding students through an exploration of important humanistic questions ethical and moral issues across all elements of the human experience and engages students to consider various cultural positionalities and knowledge-making traditions. Through the deep focus on a connecting theme, students will engage in holistic discussions of topics addressing fundamental questions about human life and human interactions, develop the skills of humanistic inquiry (including critical thinking, research, literacy skills, and communication skills), and learn to apply their knowledge to their personal, professional, and academic goals in a dynamic and diverse world. This course is the foundational course for the Humanities Certificate program, a grant-funded, TAMU System-wide initiative designed to create an intentional connective pathway through the core curriculum to infuse the humanities and humanities-based inquiry into student degree pathways and encourage students to see the relationships between larger questions of the human experience and their own lives and goals.