Digital communities are everywhere, from social media groups and online learning forums to gaming and hobby-based platforms. These spaces bring people together with shared interests, goals, or experiences, and often become valuable resources for connection and support. Understanding the dynamics among various digital communities is important not only for academic growth, but also for navigating…
In today’s connected world, digital literacy is more than just knowing how to use technology—it’s about understanding how your digital presence impacts your relationships and reputation. In this discussion, you’ll explore what digital literacy means to you, reflect on your current digital habits, and identify how your digital skills support your connections with others. This…
Overview As you navigate your academic and professional careers, you will encounter many different perspectives and cultures. Whether it’s business, governmental relations, graphic design, or cooking, all fields lead back to human beings. In this course, you have learned how the humanities teach us about each other and also about ourselves. Creative works allow us…
Understanding diverse perspectives is beneficial in further understanding the humanities. Diverse perspectives are viewpoints that are influenced by a person’s or group’s background and identity as well as sociocultural and socioeconomic factors. They include things such as social status, gender, economic status, and cultural heritage. In this assignment, you will have a chance to analyze…
In this discussion, you will focus on a creative work that has generated debate about cultural appreciation versus cultural appropriation. You will describe what sociocultural factors are represented in the work. You will then discuss how sociocultural factors impact self-concept and identity in relation to perceptions of cultural appreciation and appropriation. Refer to the Module…
Overview At this stage, you have learned how creative works are components of the humanities, how diverse perspectives add value to works, how bias and assumptions can influence how you view creative works, and the importance of empathy. For this assignment, you will reflect on how individuals make sense of their identities through the humanities….
What are you passionate about? What makes the humanities exciting for you? In this discussion, you will reflect on a creative work that excites you. Think about something you’re a fan of, such as your favorite book, comic book series, graphic novel, TV show, or movie. What makes this creative work exciting for you? You’ll…
Overview As we have seen throughout this course, creative works allow us to make sense of our own identities as well as the world around us. They can serve as an entry point for understanding complicated topics. For this assignment, you will analyze the two creative works you have chosen that represent your project topic….
In this discussion, you will reflect on your experience with a performing arts work and the different ways that creative work impacts your relationship, as well as society’s relationship, with the topic it portrays. The performing arts work you choose can be a work you’ve participated in such as a play, a vocal or musical…
Overview Many times, as we engage with a creative work, our own biases and assumptions creep into how we interpret the work. In many cases, this has to do with the topic the creative work portrays rather than the work itself. Everyone has biases and assumptions, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Our biases…
