# Humanities (HUMN) courses

Chabot College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 3 courses

Source: https://chabot.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/3973/6079/6083/7528/7587

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Summer 2026, Fall 2026.

### HUMN 60 — Creativity and the Community

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 Lecture
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/chabot-college/schedule/fall-2026/humn.md)
- Grading: Letter Grade Only

The Arts as an expression of the community; the relationship between creativity and community; the artist as the conscience of society and the role of the audience in completing an artwork. Themes include the artist as prophet, art as transformative experience, the arts and social justice, and the shock of the new.

### HUMN 65 — The American Style

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 Lecture
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/chabot-college/schedule/summer-2026/humn.md); Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/chabot-college/schedule/fall-2026/humn.md)
- Grading: Letter Grade Only

Humanities of the United States. Major works of literature, painting, sculpture, architecture, films, music, philosophy, science, religion and political and social institutions. Particular attention to values and meanings that reflect the American cultural experience, specifically the crisscrossing dynamics of race, ethnicity, gender, religion and class in American society.

### HUMN 68 — World Mythology

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 Lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/chabot-college/schedule/summer-2026/humn.md); Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/chabot-college/schedule/fall-2026/humn.md)
- Grading: Letter Grade Only

Introduction to mythic themes recurring in global literature, Key theories and a variety of myths from around the world will be read, analyzed, and discussed. Course will focus on broad themes and theories, which will include at least five of the following: classic approaches to mythology, including cosmogonic origins, historical events, and natural explanation; archetypes, both character and plot; ritual; religion; forms of narrative, folklore, chronology, cosmogony; sacred space; symbol and language; and cultural appropriation. (Formerly HUMN 28)