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[pic] |Course Syllabus
College of Humanities
HUM/105
World Mythology | |Copyright © 2011, 2009, 2005 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved.
Course Description
This course provides an overview of mythology and its relationship to ancient and current cultures. The course covers the purposes and types of myths, the development of myths and mythological characters, the common elements of mythological structures, the predominant characteristics of deities and sacred places in myth, contemporary theories of myths and mythology, and how myths and mythic structures shape contemporary culture.
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Course Materials
Leonard, S., & McClure, M. (2004). Myth & knowing: An introduction to world mythology. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Rosenberg, D. (2006). World mythology: An anthology of great myths and epics (3rd ed.). Chicago, IL: McGraw Hill.
All electronic materials are available on the student website.
|Week One: Foundations of Mythology |
| |Details |Due |Points |
|Objectives |Differentiate how the word myth is used popularly with how it is defined academically. |...