JE MONDEJAR COMPUTER COLLEGE

BRGY. 71 NAGA-NAGA
TACLOBAN CITY
2ND SEMESTER
S.Y. 2021-2022
Program Title: BSBA 2
Subject: ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Topic/s: DEFINITION OF HUMANITIES
Module: 1

LEARNING
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the module the students are expected to:
a. Define the word Humanities
b. Identify the different humanistic disciplines and put them into historical context, keeping
in mind their various socio-cultural functions.

INTRODUCTION

What is Humanities?
Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the
Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the
main area of secular study in universities at the time. “The term ‘humanities’ includes, but is
not limited to, the study and interpretation of the following: language, both modern and classical;
linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archaeology; comparative religion;
ethics; the history, criticism and theory of the arts; those aspects of social sciences which have
humanistic content and employ humanistic methods; and the study and application of the
humanities to the human environment with particular attention to reflecting our diverse heritage,
traditions, and history and to the relevance of the humanities to the current conditions of
national life.”
What are the Humanities?
a) Literature
 Is a series of careful readings of literary works that reward both first encounters
and long study with the purpose of considering particular conceptions of what it
means to be human as well as the place of such conceptions in the development
of critical thought.
b) History
 History of Humanities, along with the newly formed Society for the History of the
Humanities, takes as its subject the history of a wide variety of disciplines
including archaeology, art history, historiography, linguistics, literary studies,
musicology, philology, and media studies, tracing these fields from there.
c) Philosophy
 Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental questions about existence,
knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed

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 as problems to be studied or resolved. The term was probably coined by
Pythagoras.
d) Language
 A language is a structured system of communication. Language, in a broader
sense, is the method of communication that involves the use of – particularly
human – languages. The scientific study of language is called linguistics.
e) Linguistics
 Linguistics is the scientific study of language. It involves the analysis of language
form, language meaning, and language in context. Linguists traditionally analysis
human language by observing an interplay between sound and meaning.
f) Anthropology
 Anthropology is the scientific study of humans, human behavior and societies in
the past and present. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavior and
cultural anthropology studies cultural meaning, including norms and values.
Linguistic anthropology studies how language influences social life.
g) Art history
 Is the study of objects of art considered within their time period. Art historians
analyze visual arts' meaning (painting, sculpture, architecture) at the time they
were created.
Why do we need to study humanities?

 The Humanities serve to provide the student with certain skills values through the arts.
Students learn to appreciate the importance of value that no other subject can describe
those values which are directly an exact.
Aim of Humanities

 During Medieval Age

o The humanities dealt with the metaphysics of the religious philosopher.
 During the Renaissance period
o To make man richer because during that time only the rich people can make art
like paintings, sculpture and etc.
 During 19th and 20th century
o Is to appreciate and understand the importance of human being, his ideas and
aspirations.
Activity.
Write your answer on a short bond paper.
What are HUMANITIES AND GIVE THE MEANING OF HUMANITIES IN THE DISCIPLINE.

“The arts and humanities teach us who we are and what we can be. They lie at the very core of the culture of
which we're a part.”

Prepared by:

FREDERICK NORADA LIPON

Instructor

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