This course offers a theme centered, interdisciplinary approach to understanding the nature of humankind and the perennial questions that are the foundations and ongoing expressions of culture. Human value choices are examined through artistic, intellectual, literary, and philosophical texts and images, based on the premise that by studying and reflecting on creative and intellectual expressions of humankind, and seeing their interrelated connections and how those vary between communities and are shaped by specific cultural ideologies and institutions, students will learn to think in more creative and critical ways, gain new knowlecge, and have a clearer sense of what it means to be human. Prerequisite: ENGL 1013. Course rotation: Spring.