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Foundations of Humanities
assesses the development of humans through the study of key concepts, disciplines, and primary influences of the humanities.
Classical Period
analyzes the primary contributions and characteristics of humanities during the classical period.
129.1.4 : Renaissance
The graduate analyzes the primary contributions and characteristics of humanities during the Renaissance.
129.1.6 : Neoclassicism
analyzes the primary contributions and characteristics of humanities within the neoclassical and Enlightenment period.
: Romanticism
analyzes the primary contributions and characteristics of humanities during the romantic period.
: Realism
The graduate analyzes the primary contributions and characteristics of humanities during the realism movement.

Explain the reasons for English colonization (suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs) by doing the following:
1. Discuss the political motivations for English imperialism.
2. Describe the social pressures that contributed to English colonization of North America.

B. Describe the economic systems (e.g., labor relationships, trade networks, major cash crops), social characteristics (e.g., religious beliefs, family structures, cultural practices, class systems), and political systems (e.g., types of representation, major governmental bodies, significant political figures) of the following colonies using the attached “English Colonies in America Table,” or similar document:
• Massachusetts Bay
• Virginia
• The Carolinas

Note: You may include a short paragraph in each cell or a thorough bulleted list with significant key terms.

C. Explain the major ideas and events (i.e., Enlightenment philosophies, colonial conflicts, imperial regulations, acts of rebellion) that led to the American Revolution (suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs).

D. Describe how each of the following groups were affected by the political and/or social changes that followed the American Revolution (suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs):
• Native Americans
• African Americans
• women

A biography of Mary Whiton Calkins in the history of psychology.

Conduct an auteur study of Michel bay director . Begin with an overview (2-3 paragraphs) on the “Auteur theory” including its possibilities and limitations (discussed in the Robert Stam reading for 6 November). Although biographical information may be implicated in the essay, the main accent must be squarely placed on the director’s work—namely, his or her signature and thematic motifs. Further questions: Why was this director important and/or controversial? What were his or her most important films? How were the films received in their own time? How did national context impact on his or her work? What genre(s) did he or she work in? Who were his or her regular collaborators? What was his or her relation to mode of production (i.e., studio, independent)? What innovations did he or she make and what careers did he or she promote for particular actors, cinematographers, etc? How was this director someone who channeled the prevailing currents of his or her time and place via theme or stylistic signature?

The significance of “night” in the novel