CORE HUMANITIES --nine credits

Please Note: The Western Traditions program officially changed its name to Core Humanities as of Summer 2003. While course content remains approximately the same, the course prefixes have changed from WT 201, 202 and 203 to CH 201, 202 and 203. All WT courses taken at TMCC or other local community colleges will continue to fulfill the Core Humanities requirement.

All three Core Humanities courses are required. ENG102 must be completed before beginning the Core Humanities sequence. CH201 must be taken first. CH202 and CH203 may be taken in any order. CH203 satisfies the U.S. and Nevada Constitution requirements.
After admission to, and matriculation at, the University of Nevada, Reno, students cannot take substitute courses for Core Humanities either here or at any other institution.

The Core Humanities courses provide students the experience of working with the basic tools of the humanities disciplines: clear writing, close reading of primary texts, practice with oral expression of serious ideas, awareness of modes of discourse, sensitivity to cultural differences, understanding and evaluating the past, and reflecting upon the cultural implications of arts, technologies, and scientific discoveries. These inherently interdisciplinary courses also explore the cultural diversity that finds expression in the modern West. One cannot help but develop an increased awareness of the great diversity of sources from which our cultural legacies derive. Core Humanities provides an opportunity to explore the richness of the historical debate over the ideas that continue to shape us as Americans.

	Credits
CH 201-- Foundations of Western Culture	3
CH 202-- The Modern World	3
CH 203-- The American Experience and Constitutional Change	3

Further information on the Core Humanities sequence, course material, Core Professors and the humanities lecture series can be found at the Core Humanities home page.