HUX Courses

Courses

Undergraduate Courses for Nursing, Applied Studies and BS Quality Students Only

: Go to the HUX section of the CSUDH Catalog for official course descriptions and an overview of the HUX program. Please note that some courses have prerequisites. Click on a course name below to see an abbreviated version of the Course Guide for that course, which includes an overview of the course, required texts and assignments. When students enroll in a course they are mailed the Course Guide and other materials as appropriate.

PHASE I - INTRODUCTORY COURSES
These courses give students a general review of each discipline. Courses are offered on a rotating schedule at least once each academic year.

HUX 501 - Defining the Humanities: History (2)

HUX 502 - Defining the Humanities: Literature (2)

HUX 503 - Defining the Humanities: Music (2)**

HUX 504 - Defining the Humanities: Art (2)

HUX 505 - Defining the Humanities: Philosophy (2)

PHASE II - ELECTIVE COURSES
Courses can be used as substitutes for other disciplinary courses (with Coordinator approval). Courses are offered on a rotating schedule at least once each academic year.

HUX 521 - Humanities Encounter: The Living Theatre (3)

HUX 522 - Humanities Encounter: Concert Music (3)

HUX 523 - Humanities Encounter: History (3)

HUX 524 - Humanities Encounter: Film Encounter (3)

PHASE II - INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSES
These courses integrate some or all areas of the humanities into singular discussions. Courses are offered on a rotating schedule at least one time each academic year.

HUX 530 - War and Human Experience (3)

HUX 532 - Slavery in History and Literature (3)

HUX 540 - Evolution of Human Culture (3)

HUX 541 - The Rational Perspective (3)

HUX 542 - The Para-Rational Perspective (3)

HUX 543 - The Autonomous Individual (3)**

HUX 544 - The Individual and Society (3)

HUX 545 - The Non-Western World (3)**

HUX 546 - Alienation, Estrangement and Subcultures (3)

HUX 547 - World Religious Perspectives (3)**

HUX 548 - Values and Morality in 20th Century Thought (3)

PHASE II - DISCIPLINARY COURSES: Key Individuals
These courses allow students to examine specific characters of the Humanities. Courses are offered on a rotating schedule at least one time each academic year.

HUX 550 - Key Individuals, Art: Frank Lloyd Wright (3)

HUX 551 - Key Individuals, Music: Beethoven (3)

HUX 552 - Key Individuals, Philosophy: Rousseau (3)

HUX 553 - Key Individuals, Literature: Hemingway and Faulkner (3)

HUX 554 - Key Individuals., History: Carnegie, Rockefeller and Ford (3)**

HUX 555 - Key Inds., History: Stalin (3)

HUX 556 - Nobel Laureates: Studies in Modern World Literature (3)

PHASE II - DISCIPLINARY COURSES: Key Periods and Movements
These courses allow students to examine specific events of the Humanities. Courses are offered on a rotating schedule at least once a year.

PHASE II - INDEPENDENT STUDY

See Creating an Independent Study for information about how to construct and propose this course.

HUX 594 - Independent Study (3)

Students who sign up for HUX 594 and do not file a contract or do not have any contact with the Humanities External Degree office or faculty during the term will receive a "U" (Unauthorized Incomplete) for the course grade and will be required to repeat and pay again for the course.

PHASE III - FINAL THESIS OR PROJECT

See the Final Thesis/Project page for information about this phase of the HUX curriculum.

Contracts for 598 and 599 must be submitted initially to the HUX office by the following deadlines: February 1 for Summer term registration, May 1 for Fall, and October 1 for Spring. This allows time to locate an appropriate mentor (and committee in the case of 599).

HUX 598 - Final Project Proposal (1)

This one-unit course helps students prepare for the Final Project and the course connected to it (HUX 599). Students are admitted to the course after defining an acceptable topic and gaining a proposal mentor from among the faculty. During the course they work with a mentor to analyze and refine their topic and its scope. Frequently they will explore the current state of research by scholars on their topic, but course requirements are determined by the faculty mentor in conjunction with the student.

Please bear in mind that your choice of final project topic will be limited to the five disciplines represented in our program, and further by the topics in which our faculty have sufficient expertise to be willing to guide you. You may well have to change partially or completely your original idea in order to secure a faculty mentor.

The course must be taken and completed with at least a grade of "B" (up to two attempts are allowed) before a student will be allowed to register for the HUX 599: Final Project.

Students must register for HUX 598 at least one term before the registration for the Final Project. Once registered, a Final Project proposal (topic, outline and initial bibliography) must be sent to the Academic Coordinator, who will assign the approved topic to an appropriate HUX faculty member. Upon completion of the Proposal course, and approval of the 599 Contract (including agreement by three faculty committee members), students will be accepted to register for the HUX 599: Final Project course. This course can be from four to six units in length as determined at the time students advance to candidacy.

NOTE: Students who began the HUX program prior to Fall, 1998 are not required to take HUX 598.

HUX 599 - Final Project (4-6)
An individually-planned project based on coursework taken in the program and involving basic research in a single discipline or on an interdisciplinary topic in one of the following manners:

Thesis - 599A: The Thesis Project is the written product of a systematic study of a significant problem which follows the research process. It identifies the problem, states the major assumption, explains the significance of the undertaking, sets forth the sources for and methods of gathering information, surveys the current state of research related to that problem, analyzes the data, and offers a conclusion or recommendation. The finished product shows originality, critical and independent thinking, appropriate organization and format, and thorough documentation through primary and secondary sources, footnotes/endnotes and bibliography. The Thesis displays critical thinking in the form of a well-researched and developed point of view, proof of hypothesis or thesis, or an elaboration of already published materials. The paper must have thoughtful and complete development and proof of one basic thesis or idea. Thesis projects must be approved by a library approval committee before a final grade is granted.

Creative Project - 599B

The Creative Project involves areas such as painting, sculpture, graphic art; music compositions; poetry, novels; playwriting, screenwriting, and films. Creative Projects should be undertaken only by students who have an extensive background and/or an undergraduate degree in one of these areas, and who have continued to concentrate in this area in their HUX courses. Generally, the same presentation guidelines as Theses apply to Creative Projects. Students must seek approval to enter the Creative Study track early in their program. See the Creative Study Option page for more information.

The Final Project must be initially approved by the Program Coordinator before it is assigned to a mentor. All Final Projects are required to follow the "Instructions for the Preparation and Submission of Graduate Theses and Projects" from the Graduate Council and Office of Graduate Studies, California State University, Dominguez Hills (available through the University Bookstore), and the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by Walter Achtert and Joseph Gibaldi. Students who sign up for the HUX 599 and do not file a contract or do not have any contact with the Humanities External Degree Program or faculty during the term will receive a "WU" (Unauthorized Incomplete) for the course grade and will be required to repeat the course.

Your choice of final project topic will be limited to the five disciplines represented in our program, and further by the topics in which our faculty have sufficient expertise to be willing to guide you. You may well have to change partially or completely your original idea in order to secure a faculty mentor and two additional committee members.