- Course Type CLEP
- Subject Composition and Literature
- Level Introductory
- Length 6 Weeks
- Effort 6 hours/Week
- Institution Modern States
ABOUT THIS COURSE
This course reviews materials intended to acquire a general knowledge of literature, art, music and the other performing arts. Our goal is to prepare you to pass the College Board’s CLEP examination and obtain college credit for free.
Through the guidance of Dr. José Antonio Mazzotti, from Tufts University, this course will provide a broad coverage in Humanities, with questions on all periods from classical to contemporary, and in many different fields: poetry, prose, philosophy, art, architecture, music, dance, theater and film.
“Humanities” is a completely self-paced course. It has no prerequisites and it is offered entirely for free.
Instructors
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José Antonio Mazzotti, Ph.D.Tufts University
Course Overview
Humanities Course Overview - Modern States
| Module | Topic | Video Length | Total pages of required reading |
| Module 1: The Classical Period 01:14:00 total video length 1254 total reading pages |
Introduction to the Classical Period (Module 1) | 0:03:56 | – |
| Origins and General Characteristics (Module 1.1.1) | 0:04:43 | 91 | |
| Homer (Module 1.1.2) | 0:09:44 | 215 | |
| Homer (Module 1.1.2.1) | 0:07:09 | 215 | |
| The Argonauts (Module 1.1.3) | 0:03:42 | 6 | |
| Democracy (Module 1.1.4) | 0:04:18 | 7 | |
| Philosophy (Module 1.1.5) | 0:10:12 | 7 | |
| History and Tragedy (Module 1.1.6) | 0:09:31 | 52 | |
| Origins and General Characteristics (Module 1.2.1) | 0:06:52 | 36 | |
| Virgil (Module 1.2.2) | 0:05:28 | 33 | |
| Horace (Module 1.2.3) | 0:02:12 | 329 | |
| Ovid (Module 1.2.4) | 0:02:40 | 18 | |
| Lucan (Module 1.2.5) | 0:03:33 | 245 | |
| Module 2: The Middle Ages 00:58:53 total video length 855 total reading pages |
Introduction to the Middle Ages (Module 2) | 0:06:10 | – |
| Between Antiquity and Modernity (Module 2.1) | 0:05:55 | – | |
| Estates of the Realm: Feudal Lords, Clergy, Peasants (Module 2.2) | 0:11:41 | – | |
| The Crusades (Module 2.3) | 0:06:26 | 210 | |
| The Preservation of Knowledge and the Role of Jews and Muslims (Module 2.4) | 0:05:08 | 147 | |
| Theology and Philosophy: Neo-Platonism, Scholasticism and Thomism (Module 2.5) | 0:07:39 | 31 | |
| Dante Alighieri: The Metaphysical View of the Afterlife (Module 2.6) | 0:07:36 | 388 | |
| The Invention of Printing and the Beginning of Transoceanic Explorations (Module 2.7) | 0:08:18 | 79 | |
| Module 3: The Renaissance 00:48:17 total video length 1159 total reading pages |
Introduction to the Renaissance (Module 3) | 0:03:09 | – |
| The Renaissance: A Return to the Classics (Module 3.1) | 0:03:15 | 93 | |
| Main Figures (Module 3.2) | 0:11:56 | – | |
| Poetry and Drama: Petrarch, Garcilaso, Shakespeare (Module 3.3) | 0:09:59 | 832 | |
| Philosophy: Neo-Platonism and Neo-Scholasticism (Module 3.4) | 0:07:12 | 59 | |
| Political Thought: Luther, Erasmus and Macchiavelli (Module 3.5) | 0:05:58 | 83 | |
| The European Expansion: Amerindian Cultures, Asian Cultures, African Slavery (Module 3.6) | 0:06:48 | 92 | |
| Module 4: The Baroque and the Enlightenment 00:50:33 total video length 218 total reading pages |
Introduction to the Baroque and the Enlightenment (Module 4) | 0:06:48 | – |
| What is the Baroque? What is the Enlightenment? (Module 4.1) | 0:07:23 | 48 | |
| Rationalism vs. Empiricism (Module 4.2) | 0:05:54 | 6 | |
| Baroque and Enlightened Art (Module 4.3) | 0:09:09 | 123 | |
| Baroque and Enlightened Music (Module 4.4) | 0:05:16 | 10 | |
| Baroque and Enlightened Literature (Module 4.5) | 0:06:06 | 4 | |
| The Enlightenment and the New Ideas of Modernity (Module 4.6) | 0:09:57 | 27 | |
| Module 5: Romanticism and Realism 00:35:46 total video length 603 total reading pages |
Introduction to Romanticism and Realism (Module 5) | 0:01:23 | – |
| What is Romanticism? What is Realism? (Module 5.1) | 0:06:12 | 9 | |
| Romantic Literature (Module 5.2) | 0:13:36 | 208 | |
| Romantic Music (Module 5.3) | 0:05:27 | 147 | |
| Romantic Art (Module 5.4) | 0:03:12 | 231 | |
| The Realist Reaction (Module 5.5) | 0:05:56 | 8 | |
| Module 6: Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 00:57:59 total video length 523 total reading pages |
Introduction to Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries (Module 6) | 0:03:02 | – |
| Revolution and Avant-Garde (Module 6.1) | 0:09:18 | 182 | |
| Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Futurism, Dadaism, Cubism, Imagism (Module 6.2) | 0:15:34 | 39 | |
| Surrealism and Modern Art (Module 6.3) | 0:08:15 | 78 | |
| Fiction (Module 6.4) | 0:07:36 | 35 | |
| Poetry and Theater (Module 6.5) | 0:05:35 | 26 | |
| Modern Music (Module 6.6) | 0:02:51 | 30 | |
| Film (Module 6.7) | 0:05:48 | 133 |
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