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What Does It Mean to Be Human? An Introduction to the Humanities

The University of Newcastle, Australia

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Course Features

Duration

3 weeks

Delivery Method

Online

Available on

Lifetime Access

Accessibility

Desktop, Laptop

Language

English

Subtitles

English

Level

Beginner

Effort

3 hours per week

Teaching Type

Self Paced

Course Description

Explore what it means for you to be human and how you make sense of the world

What does it really mean to be human? How can we acquire knowledge? How can we make sense of the world?

This course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to answer these big questions. You will be able to examine the complexity of the world today and engage in discussions about the major ideas that underpin humanities subjects.

You will also acquire the foundational skills necessary for the study of the humanities. This includes evidence-based problem solving and intercultural awareness.

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Skills You Will Gain

What You Will Learn

Demonstrate introductory knowledge of the humanities disciplines, including developing understandings of how humans communicate and acquire knowledge

Report local and global problems and ideas, and recognise how different humanities disciplines can interact to produce new understandings or findings

Compare foundational scholarly research in the humanities using digital platforms, and find appropriate resources to answer the problem in its context

Apply core academic reading and writing skills relevant to the humanities

Target Students

Recommended for learners age 15+

Course Content

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Module 1: Critical and ethical thinking

Module 2: Epistemologies

Module 3: How knowledge is shared through writing

Course Instructors

Erin McCarthy

Instructor

I'm a Senior Lecturer at UON and the author of Doubtful Readers (OUP, 2020). I'm interested in the ways the material forms literary texts take (print, manuscript, digital) shape their meanings.

Catharine Coleborne

Instructor

My teaching background is in history: I am interested in global histories, histories of the family, histories of health and medicine, and in particular, the history of mental health and 'madness'.

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What Does It Mean to Be Human? An Introduction to the Humanities

Course Features

Course Description

Module 1: Critical and ethical thinking

Module 2: Epistemologies

Module 3: How knowledge is shared through writing

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