Summary
Humanities in Local Community Colleges, Colleges and Universities
Preface: The following summary examines the humanities programs and courses as they
are offered in the community colleges and local colleges and universities within
the area where UCF maintains branch campuses: Marion, Lake, Sumter, Osceola,
Orange, Seminole, Brevard and Volusia Counties. Community colleges there
include Central Florida (Ocala, Inverness), Lake-Sumter (Leesburg, Clermont,
Sumterville), Valencia (Orlando, Kissimmee), Brevard (Cocoa, Palm Bay) and
Volusia (Daytona, Deland). The private colleges and universities include Rollins
College, Winter Park; Stetson University, Deland; and Florida Southern College,
Lakeland. Stetson has a historic connection with the Southern Baptist Convention
though it is now independent. Florida Southern College has an ongoing
connection to the United Methodist Church.
Private Institutions
1. Rollins College, Winter Park - Rollins has a Humanities Department which houses divisions
of Religion, Philosophy, Classics, European Studies, English and Foreign Languages. There are
no interdisciplinary undergraduate courses designated as Humanities but the major/minor for the
various areas of studies above fall under the umbrella Humanities Department. In its Masters of
Liberal Studies program, graduate interdisciplinary courses are offered with MLS prefixes.
Courses such as "Religion and Western Culture" and "Origins of Modernity" are more in keeping
with the interdisciplinary humanities approach.
2. Stetson University, Deland - From the Humanities Program website, the following
description:
The Humanities Program is not a conventional department, but an interdisciplinary program
offering a major and a minor as well as supporting the general education needs of the University.
While the Program does offer courses of its own under the HUM designation, majors and minors
complete most of their work through the Humanities Division of the College of Arts and
Sciences, and in some cases through the School of Music and through cultural studies offerings of
other divisions and programs.
Stetson offers four courses with specific HUM prefixes along with two Honors Humanities
courses. The bulk of major and minor coursework is taken from American Studies, Latin
American Studies, music, languages, religion and European History.
3. Florida Southern College, Lakeland - Florida Southern has a "Humanities Divisional Major"
which allows for an interdisciplinary approach with particular emphases in art, communication,
English, modern languages, music, philosophy, religion or theater. The college offers no courses
with the HUM prefix.
Community Colleges
1. Valencia Community College Valencia offers a pre-major in Humanities pursuant to the A.A. transfer degree. It requires the
Introduction to Humanities, HUM 1020, which is jokingly described as "From the Stone Age to
the Space Age," a non-Gordon Rule survey course designed to 1. expose students to the
Humanities and 2. help them decide which further specialized Humanities course(s) they will take
for degree requirements. The pre-major requires the HUM 1020 plus four 2000 level Humanities
courses, the latter of which are designed to meet Gordon Rule credit ranging from Classical
Humanities (Greeks/Romans) to 20th Century Humanities. Asian and Latin American Humanities
are offered as well.
All students who seek an A.A. transfer degree must take three HUM courses, two of which are
2000 (Gordon Rule) level. The college strongly encourages freshmen to take the 1020 intro class.
Most if not all A.S. or A.A.S. programs require a single three unit course in Humanities as a part
of their Foundational requirements.
Besides the Intro course (HUM 1020) VCC Humanities courses offered include:
HUM 2220 Humanities - Greek and Roman (3 cr) or
HUM 2220H Humanities - Greek and Roman - Honors (3 cr)
HUM 2223 Humanities - Late Roman and Medieval (3 cr)
or
HUM 2223H Humanities - Late Roman and Medieval Honors (3 cr)
HUM 2232 Humanities - Renaissance and Baroque (3 cr)
or
HUM 2232H Humanities - Renaissance and Baroque - Honors (3 cr)
HUM 2234 Humanities - Enlightenment and Romanticism (3 cr)
or
HUM 2234H Humanities - Enlightenment and Romanticism Honors (3 cr)
HUM 2250 Humanities - Twentieth Century (3 cr) or
HUM 2250H Humanities - Twentieth Century - Honors (3 cr)
HUM 2310 Mythology (3 cr)
or
HUM 2310H Mythology - Honors (3 cr)
HUM 2461 Latin American Humanities (3 cr)
Students are required to have completed ENC 1101 prior to taking any 2000 level
humanities or other Gordon Rule courses or to be currently enrolled.
2. Seminole Community College (Sanford, Oviedo)
SCC has an interdisciplinary Liberal Studies Program leading to an A.A. transfer degree which
includes a specific Liberal Studies Humanities foundational course HUM 2100 and a number of
humanities electives which students can take to meet the remaining 12 hours of electives.
The General Transfer A.A.degree requires six hours of humanities, three from Area A which
includes
HUM 2232 Renaissance/Baroque,
HUM 2234, 18th and 19th CE,
HUM 2590 20th and 21st CE, or
HUM 2410 Asian Humanities.
Area B, from which students could also elect the additional three hour course to meet the
requirement includes
HUM2220 Ancient/Classical Humanities,
HUM2454 African American Humanities,
HUM2223 Medieval Humanities,
HUM2461 Latin American Humanities,
HUM2450 Humanities in the Americas,
HUM2740 Travel/Study in Humanities.
Humanities courses listed also include:
HUM 2525 Introduction to Blues and Jazz
HUM 2590 20th and 21st Century Humanities and Technology
HUM 2930 Selected Studies in Humanities
HUM 2941 Cooperative Education Internship in Humanities
HUM 2942 Cooperative Education Internship in Humanities
HUM 2949 Cooperative Education Internship in Humanities
SCC requires one three hour Humanities course for it A.S. and A.A.S. programs.
HUM 2000 courses all offer only partial satisfaction for the Gordon Rule writing
requirement, requiring only 3000 words minimum.
No English Composition prerequisites for any Humanities course.
3. Brevard Community College (Cocoa, Palm Bay) The General Transfer A.A. program requires six hours of humanities which can be met by a
combination of coursework from two different areas or a six hour credit study abroad program.
Students can either take two three hour courses from PLAN A:
HUM 2210 Humanities Survey: Ancient and Medieval Cultures
HUM 2218H Honors in Humanities 1
HUM 2219H Honors in Humanities 2
HUM 2230 Humanities Survey: Renaissance Through the Early 20th Century
Or, under Plan B, they can take one from the above specifically designated HUM prefix
courses and one from a wide array of courses including literature, art, music, philosophy,
religion, theatre or one of two HUM prefixed courses:
HUM 1020 Creativity and the Arts
HUM 2250 Contemporary Humanities: The 20th Century.
Two other electives offered include:
HUM 2270 Humanities in Latin America, Africa, and the Eastern World
HUM 2390 The Art of Being Human
All HUM courses meet 6000 word Gordon Rule including the 1020.
Prerequisites include "appropriate test scores in reading and writing."
4. Lake-Sumter Community College (Leesburg, Clermont, Sumterville)
L-SCC requires all General Transfer A.A. students to take six hours of Humanities area courses.
Only one regularly scheduled HUM prefix course, HUM 1021, Introduction to Humanities, is
offered. Two other HUM prefix course - HUM 2930, Special Topics and HUM 2949,
Cooperative Education Internship in Humanities - appear to be directed independent studies in
nature. Other courses accepted for meeting the Humanities area requirement includes art, music,
literature, creative writing, philosophy, religion and theater.
Students in the A.A. Educational Major program are required to complete nine hours of
Humanities area courses.
A.S. and A.A.S. students are required to take one three hour humanities area course.
None of the HUM prefix courses are listed by L-SCC as satisfying the Gordon Rule writing
requirement. The requirement must be met by the following classes:
AMH2035: U.S. History Since 1945
AMH2020: U.S. History Since 1877
AMH2010: U.S. History to 1877
AML2010: American Literature I
CRW2002: Creative Writing II
CRW2000: Creative Writing I
ENC2210: Technical Report Writing
ENC2135: Composition: Argumentation
ENC1102H: Honors College Composition II
ENC1102: Composition: Literature
ENC1101H: Honors College Composition I
ENC1101: College Composition I
EUH1000: Western Civilization I
FIL2001: Introduction/American Cinema
INR2002: International Relations
LIT2930: Selected Topics in Literature
MMC2100: Writing for the Mass Media
THE2020: Intro/Western Theatre Arts
Students are required to have completed ENC 1101 prior to humanities course work.
5. Central Florida Community College (Ocala, Inverness)
CFCC requires two courses in the Humanities area for its General Transfer A.A. program, one
from a selection of HUM prefix courses:
HUM 1021 Introduction to the Humanities
HUM 1021H Honors Introduction to the Humanities
HUM 1210 Introduction to the Humanities: to the Renaissance
HUM 1230 Introduction to the Humanities: Since the Renaissance
The second three hour course must come from an array of classes which include literature,
history, film, religion, philosophy, theater and music as well as some HUM prefix courses:
HUM 2310 Mythology in Religion, Art, Literature and Music
HUM 2310H Honors Mythology Symbolism in Art, Philosophy and Religion
HUM 2418 Islamic Civilization
HUM 2450 American Humanities
HUM 2532 Western Ideologies: Renaissance-20th Century
HUM 2532H Honors Western Ideologies
HUM 2930 Spanish Culture and Civilization
All courses (including the 1021) provide partial satisfaction of the Gordon Rule writing
requirement with a 3000 word minimum.
Education Majors A.A. program requires six hours of any of the humanities area courses. No
HUM prefixes are required.
A.S. and A.A.S. degree programs require only one three hour humanities area course.
Students are required to either have completed ENC 1101 prior to taking humanities courses or to
be currently enrolled.