CCCOnline offers Arts and Humanities courses in art appreciation and art history, humanities, music appreciation and music history, and philosophy. Students who are working on an associate’s degree at a home college in any program area are required to take at least one – and sometimes a few – courses in one or more Arts and Humanities subject areas. Students may enroll in one or more of these courses to meet the requirements for certificate and degree programs at the various Colorado community colleges.

A knowledge and appreciation of arts, culture, and civilization not only adds great value to learning across the curriculum, it adds to our conversations with others in our world. Arts and Humanities courses are designed to impart general knowledge about and appreciation of the arts, the humanities, and philosophical thinking.

• In humanities classes, you will study the human condition from early civilizations through medieval and modern times.
• In others you will learn about the art and music of different cultures throughout history.
• And you will learn to think logically and behave ethically from philosophers who lived thousands of years ago and some who are still alive.

Arts and Humanities courses will challenge you to think about the world in a new way and express your ideas about what you learned differently and entices your critical-thinking skills, improves your written expression, and become a well-rounded thinker ready to transfer to a four-year college or university.