Humanities (HUX) Program: CSU Dominguez Hills

Hello.
I've been accepted to the Humanities (HUX) MA program at Cal State Dominguez Hills. Before I enroll, I wanted to hear from anyone who has experience with this program. I'd appreciate your comments. Thanks!

 

Congrats on being accepted. I have not taken any classes but I plan to apply soon. Please post any experiences you have.
Thanks.

 

Congratulations! I completed an MA from CSUDH HUX several years ago.

Rather than repeat some long posts, I'll refer you to this old thread with lots of information and advice about it, from me and several other HUX students.

http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4730

There are some other interesting HUX threads as well, so do a search. Nicole Ballard from the HUX office (is she still there?) used to post here on Degreeinfo many moons ago, so try a search for posts by 'Nicole-HUX'.

 

HUX Group

Thanks, Bill. The HUX discussion group is very supportive, and I no longer feel so isolated.

Thanks again!

 

Well, having posted to "Question for Ted Heiks," it is now a matter of public record on this forum that I'm one of the screw-ups that didn't finish his HUX degree at California State University, Dominguez Hills (www.csudh.edu). But if you'd like my opinion, here goes (and even if you wouldn't like my opinion, please feel free to ignore this post).

I was accepted into, and first registered for classes in, the HIX Program in Fall 1997 and finally washed out as of Spring 2003.

PROGRESS (OR LACK THEREOF) THROUGH THE PROGRAM

Fall 1997

HUX 505: Defining the Humanities: Philosophy I
HUX 530: War and the Human Experience I
HUX 574: Key Periods & Movements: History: The Era of Revolution I

Spring 1998

HUX 501: Defining the Humanities: History C+

Summer 1998

Completed HUX 505 A-

Fall 1998

Completed HUX 530 A-
Completed HUX 574 C+

Spring 1999

HUX 554: Key Individuals: History: Carnegie, Rockefeller, & Ford B
HUX 579: Key Periods & Movements: History: The Arab World A-

Summer 1999

HUX 502: Defining the Humanities: Literature B-
HUX 552: Key Individuals: Philosophy: Rousseau A-
HUX 555: Key Individuals: History: Stalin A

Fall 1999

HUX 599: Thesis I

Spring 2000, Fall 2000, and Spring 2001

HUX 600: Graduate Continuation Course

Fall 2001

HUX 523: Humanities Encounter: Historic Sites A

Spring 2002

HUX 504: Defining the Humanities: Art I
HUX 572: Key Periods & Movements: Philosophy: The Biblical Movement I

Spring 2003

Incompletes in HUX 504 & HUX 572 lapsed to F's as I languished away in hospital with manic-depression for about a month out of that semester

Fall 2003

Dropped from program for failure of re-registration

Fall 2004

Did not even receive so much as a reply on my application for re-admission

OPINIONS OF PROFESSORS

Prof. Alexander I. Burckin - Taught Key Periods and Movements: The Age of Revolution and Defining the Humanities: History. Interest/Expertise in Modern European History, the Civil War, and Military History. He likes to write comments all over your papers - my favorite (on a French Revolution paper) was: "A three page paragraph??? --- NEVER!!!" Because Prof. Burckin also lists the Civil War as one of his interests/expertises, I couldn't help but thinking of one of Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes Jr.'s comments in his Introduction to Civil War General St. John Richardson Liddell's _Liddell's Record_: "Liddell's sentences are endless and aimless. His paragraphs stop only at the bottom of the page." He did, in Defining the Humanities: History, congratulate me on actually getting a paper in on time --- finally. Also a prof at one of the Univ. of Calif. campuses;

Prof. David A. Churchman - Taught The Arab World. Also teaches The Ancient Near East. Lists interest/expertise in Military History. IIRC - He holds both the PhD and the DA from University of Oregon. (My esteemed fellow Lutheran & theological buddy Uncle Janko would love that.) I have a vague recollection that on the paper "Mohammed: The Man or the Times?" he noted that I had argued for the role of the individual using evidence of the role of social forces (or perhaps vice versa). Very amiable chap. No need to avoid him, regardless of what previous posters have said.

Prof. William Cumiford - Taught Defining the Humanities: Philosophy. Interest/Expertise in Philosophy, Latin American History and Government, and Ancient History. Tolerated (and with much good humor, I might add) a 57-page paper (which was only supposed to be a 5-pg. summary) entitled "What Are the Questions?". A veritable Cosmic Muffin & all-around nice guy.

Prof. Myrna Donahoe - Taught Key Periods & Movements: History: Carnegie, Rockefeller, & Ford. Definitely liberal. Also teaches at CSULB.

Prof. Bryan Feuer - Interest/Expertise in Mycenaean Archaeology, Military History, History of Slavery, and Urban History. A sink or swim variety of thesis advisor. Expect little, if any, advice. I obviously didn't pass the survival of the fittest test at CSUDH.

Prof. Lois Feuer - Interest/Expertise in Biblical, Classical, and Renaissance Literature. My original third reader. Resigned from my committee when, according to Dr. Bryan, her workload became too heavy.

Prof. Patricia Gamon - Taught Defining the Humanities: Art. Nice lady. She thought my paper on the Virgin Mary in Mediaeval and Renaissance Art History (though it was much too long for the requirements of her course) could, with revisions, serve as the basis of a thesis should I ever go for an MA in Art History.

Prof. William Hagan - Taught Key Periods & Movements: The Biblical Movement. Interest/Expertise also includes Aquinas (among many other things). Amiable chap. In an email to him regarding my choice on the "define your own subject" paper (I had chosen a comparative exegesis of the Book of Hosea and John 8:3-11), I included a little autobiographical detail about a lady of the evening named "Angel" whom I once met. Given that I had just recently completed a non-credit Latin class, I said unto her, "Thy name shall be called Amanda for thou art worthy to be loved. Smile, thou art the daughter of the Great High King of the Universe Himself!" Looking genuinely astonished, "Angel" told me that her real name was indeed Amanda. Prof. Hagan emailed me back that he wishec he could give me an A just for that.

Prof. Arthur L. Harshman - Taught Humanities Encounter: Historic Sites. Replacement third reader after Lois Feuer resigned. Interest/Expertise in Renaissance Art History, Military History, and the History of Military Uniforms. First HUX Program Director while I was there. Very amiable chap as Historic Sites prof. At first, I didn't care for him as Program Director, possibly because he "suggested" I reduce my first semester's course load from my original proposal of 5 classes (13 credits) to 3 classes (8 credits), being five years out of school and all at the time.

Prof. Howard Holter - Taught Key Individuals: History: Stalin. Interest/Expertise also includes the Civil War and Historic Preservation. Also designed the Comprehensive Exam while I was there. Very demanding but an A is possible.

Prof. James Jeffers - Interest/Expertise in Roman History, Mediaeval History, and Church History. Second reader on my committee. Also third Program Director while I was there. Never had much contact with him as a committee member. It was under his watch as Program Director that I received no response to an application for re-admission.

Prof. Donald Lewis - Taught Key Individuals: Philosophy: Rousseau. He corresponds mostly through email, IIRC. I chiefly remember one of his comments regarding why I used a different version of one of the required Rousseau works. I had to explain to him that my parents had kidnapped me and coerced me into going on a mandatory family vacation in Cannon Beach, Oregon (we were living in Seattle at the time) and the only way I could fit everything in my book bag was to take along this smaller book that included the same Rousseau work. Very demanding but an A is possible. Nice guy.

Prof. Herbert Milgrim - Taught War and the Human Experience. Amiable chap.

Prof. Joan Zitelli - Taught Defining the Humanities: Literature. Interest/Expertise in Eighteenth Century Literature and Children's Literature. Second of three Program Directors while I was there. A very good professor and good program director, too.

TOO BAD THESE PROFS ARE NO LONGER WITH US

Prof. Sadik Cokelez - Hittitology. The other half of Trojan War Studies.

Prof. Nancy Shiffrin - PhD, Union Institute, 1994. Interest/Expertise in Nineteenth Century Black Women's Literature. Would have loved to do an Independent Study (perhaps even a Thesis) in the Civil War Diaries of Black Women Preachers under her.

Prof. Denise Williams - Political Sociology. Would have loved to have done an Independent Study in The Role of Comic Books and Cartoons in the Political Socialization of Children under her.

 

CSU-Dominguez Hills (MA-Negoitation, Conflict Resoultion & Peacebuilding)

Hello Everyone,

I posted a thread last week regarding my interest in CSU-Dominguez Hills MA in Negoitation, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding.

There was a great response to the CSU-HUX program on a previous thread, so I'm wondering if anyone has taken the MA (NCRP). If so, what was your experience and/or opinion(s)? How were the classes structured?