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

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Overview

Duration

3 weeks

Total fee

₹1,814

Mode of learning

Online

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

  • Duration 3 weeks
  • Weekly study 3 hours
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What Does It Mean to Be Human? An Introduction to the Humanities
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Course details

More about this course
  • What does it mean to be human? How do we acquire knowledge? How do we make sense of the world around us?
  • Through this course you'll develop the skills and knowledge to start answering these big questions. You will consider the complexity of today's world and engage in debates on the big ideas underpinning humanities subjects.
  • You will also develop the foundational skills required in the study of the humanities, including evidence-based problem solving, and intercultural awareness.

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

Knowing: Ways of Knowing

Introducing the Humanities

Understanding the Humanities

Epistemologies, or Ways of Knowing

Concluding the Week

Seeing: The Role of Images and our Interpretations of Them

Ways of Seeing

Images as artefacts of the time

?The power of the photographic image

Concluding the week

Writing: From Scrolls to Scrolling

The Evolution of the Written Word

The Materiality of the Written Word

Book Circulation and Ownership

Concluding the Week

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