HUMN 2

About this course

An interdisciplinary and thematic approach to the history of human culture and ideas. Major eras covered include India's Pala Empire; China's Song and Ming Dynasty; the Mongol Empire; Japan's Muromachi period; culture, people and empires of North, Central and South America; the Islamic Golden Age; and the European Middle Ages. Class discussions, projects and lectures address the development of worldviews, moral and ethical values and the arts in civilizations across the globe and throughout time.

No section is scheduled at Foothill College for Winter 2027. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Prerequisites

The Foothill catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.

Advisory: “Advisory: One of the following: ENGL C1000 or C1000H or ESLL 26; not open to students with credit in HUMN 1B or 2H.”

Transfer pathways that use HUMN 2

ASSIST maps HUMN 2 to a requirement in 12 published pathways from Foothill College.

• ArchitectureFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Conservation and Resource StudiesFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Environmental Economics and PolicyFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Environmental SciencesFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Genetics and Plant BiologyFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Landscape ArchitectureFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Microbial BiologyFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Molecular Environmental BiologyFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Nutrition & Metabolic BiologyFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Society and EnvironmentFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Sustainable Environmental DesignFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Urban StudiesFoothill → UC Berkeley