Category: Humanities

1. In your own words, write a 75 word summary of the reading assigned for this week (P. 57 – 93).
2. After viewing the documentary on Van Gogh, what can you say about this painting?
To receive full credit, your initial response to Question 2 must be 250-300 words 

Choose one of the following options. Be sure to use the Resource assigned.
Resource:
https://leocontent.umgc.edu/content/umuc/tus/humn/humn100/2242/week-2/humn-100-required-resource-set–1–introduction-to-western-philo.html
https://leocontent.umgc.edu/content/umuc/tus/humn/humn100/2242/week-2/humn-100-required-resource-set–2–what-is-philosophy-.html
https://leocontent.umgc.edu/content/umuc/tus/humn/humn100/2242/week-2/humn-100-required-resource-set–3–three-philosophical-tradition.html
Discussion Instructions:
Option #1: Truth, Belief and Knowledge 
Examine how a philosopher challenges your assumptions about truth, belief, or knowledge by doing the following:
1. Explain how the philosopher in the assigned Gateway into Philosophy resource challenges your assumptions about truth, belief, or knowledge?   
2. Identify one argument or thing they say that challenges or questions your assumptions. Include a quote from the assigned Gateway into Philosophy resource in your discussion.
3. Define epistemology in your own words and discuss what you learned by examining the epistemology of this philosopher.
Make sure to: 
* Use what you have learned in the Required Readings about World Philosophy, your own cultural background, experiences, judgments and reasoning to answer these questions.  
* Use at least one quote from this week’s Required Learning Resources, and one from the assigned Gateway resource in your answer. Make sure to provide in-text citations for both quotes in MLA format. 
* Provide references for all sources in MLA format. 
Option #2: Ethics 
Examine how a philosopher challenges your assumptions about ethics by doing the following:
1. Explain how the philosopher in the assigned Gateway into Philosophy resource challenge your assumptions about what’s right and what’s wrong.
2. Identify one argument or thing they say that challenges or questions your assumptions. Include a quote from the assigned Gateway into Philosophy resource in your discussion.
3.  Discuss what you learned by examining the ethics of the philosopher?  
Make sure to: 
* Use what you have learned in the Required Readings about World Philosophy, your own cultural background, experiences, judgments and reasoning to answer these questions.  
* Use at least one quote from this week’s Required Learning Resources, and one from the assigned Gateway resource in your answer. Make sure to provide in-text citations for both quotes in MLA format. 
* Provide references for all sources in MLA format. 
Option #3: Reality 
Examine how a philosopher challenges your assumptions about reality by doing the following:
1. Explain how the philosopher in the assigned Gateway into Philosophy resource challenges your assumptions about what’s real.
2. Identify one argument or thing they say that challenges or questions your assumptions. Include a quote from the assigned Gateway into Philosophy resource in your discussion. 
3. Discuss what you learned by examining the metaphysics of the philosopher?  
Make sure to: 
* Use what you have learned in the Required Readings about World Philosophy, your own cultural background, experiences, judgments and reasoning to answer these questions.  
* Use at least one quote from this week’s Required Learning Resources, and one from the assigned Gateway resource in your answer Make sure to provide in-text citations for both quotes in MLA format. 
* Provide references for all sources in MLA format.

The Role of National Governments in Addressing Global Climate
The Role of National Governments in Addressing Global Climate Change Objective: To critically analyze the role of national governments, particularly the U.S. government, in addressing global climate change. This assignment will encourage you to think about the spectrum of government intervention, from pure libertarianism and individualism to a benevolent dictatorship, and to support your position with empirical evidence. Instructions: 1. Review the Readings:
- Ensure you have thoroughly read the assigned materials:
- Book chapter: ″The Imperative of Ecological Health″
- Climate Change FAQ (https://www.nytimes.com/article/climate-change-global-warming-faq.html
- What is the Paris Agreement? (https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-paris-agreement
- Paris Climate Agreement: Everything You Need to Know (https://www.nrdc.org/stories/paris-climate-agreement-everything-you-need-know 2. Choose Your Position:
- Reflect on the role of the U.S. government in addressing global climate change. Consider the spectrum of government intervention: from pure libertarianism and individualism, where the government has minimal involvement, to a benevolent dictatorship, where the government has significant control and implements strict policies to combat climate change. 3. Provide a Detailed Analysis:
- In at least 300 words, provide a detailed analysis addressing the following points:
1. Position Statement: Could you clearly state your position on the spectrum of government intervention in dealing with global climate change? Explain why you believe this level of intervention is necessary or optimal.
2. Empirical Evidence: Please support your position with empirical evidence. Use data, examples, case studies from the readings and additional research to justify your stance.
3. Role of the U.S. Government: Discuss the specific role of the U.S. government in your chosen level of intervention. How should the U.S. government act to address global climate change effectively?
4. Impact on Global Climate Change: Analyze how your proposed level of government intervention would impact global climate change. Could you look at both the potential benefits and challenges of your approach? 4. Use Course Materials and Research:
- Integrate at least three concepts or theories from the course materials to support your analysis. You may also include insights from additional credible sources you find during your research. Guidelines:
- Spelling and Grammar: Use a spelling and grammar check tool (like Microsoft Word) to ensure your essay is well-written and error-free.
- Length: Your response should be at least 300 words. You may exceed this length if you need to.

Read Tadeuz Borowski’s short story, “This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen”: https://www.pelister.org/courses/topics/borowski/this-way-for-gas.pdf
Read and respond to this powerful work with a very brief summary and your thoughts.
This response should be 4-5 pages, Times New Roman, 12-point, double-spaced, MLA style. Make sure you have a strong thesis and use supporting evidence to back your claims.
If you use outside sources, then you MUST include in-text citations and a Works Cited. If you read a source and take information from it, that is paraphrasing, and, thus, you need to include an in-text citation. Don’t use long quotes as filler: if you use a long quotation, then your response needs to be longer.
Please don’t use AI and plagiarism, it’s very important assignment and to get a good grade.

1. The attached document is a 1 month data. We will get a monthly data for 3 months, then add the cost of each drug to the data. Based on the research topic “Technology Improves Cost-Saving in Pharmacy Inventory”, what are the possible inferences that can be made from the data if I supply you with the rest of the data? What statistical analysis can be used to support the project? 2. Please complete the attached IRB Consultation

Discussion Question:
Please consider how you have developed the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that enable your achievement of the course goals listed in the syllabus. Then write a minimum of 400 words describing how this course has helped you achieve these goals.

Choose one of the following options for your Original Post. 
Discussion Instructions
Option #1: Quotes 
Required Reading #1 
“On the one hand, they [the Humanities] are nonscientific, have little to do (at least directly) with business or economics, and they are not part of physical education or sports, either. On the other hand, though, they can deeply affect these more practical sides of life by informing how we think and express ourselves and how we anticipate and deal with change.” 
Required Reading #2 
Quote 1
”While there is a strongly idealistic streak among those who defend the Humanities as an essential part of a well-rounded education, on a practical level, their study also helps students develop and enhance many transferable skills for today’s workplace. Students can practice skills like communication, creativity, critical thinking, cultural responsiveness and awareness, and emotional intelligence by studying the Humanities.” 
Quote 2
”Perhaps, then, it is necessary and even crucial to bother with the Humanities. It is important to know who we humans, in our creativity and presence, are as individuals and who others are within their cultures, societies, histories, and within the world, if we want to co-exist with others, explain why we have difficulties co-existing, or work towards mutual understandings. And, there are few other fields of study that can as comprehensively contextualize and provide insight into the complexities of being human as effectively as the Humanities can.”
Required Reading #3 
Quote 1
”Rooted in critical thinking, both the humanities and the sciences strive for objectivity. Innovation in either discipline requires creativity chastened by analysis. Interpretations or models are always subject to further examination as new information or perspectives emerge.” 
Quote 2
”While the humanities have scholarly standards, it is unclear to most people what the humanities’ social purpose is or how humanistic inquiry can be used to improve one’s life.” 
Quote 3
”Scientists provide us with the empirical data crucial to making informed policy decisions, but the data tell us nothing about the implications of our decisions. For that we need artists and writers to bring those repercussions to life, scholars to remind us how others have addressed or failed to address similar problems, and philosophers to help us clarify our responsibilities.” 
Quote 4
”In addition, scientific researchers are careful to limit their conclusions to what they can demonstrably extrapolate from data. It is not their responsibility to prepare us for the consequences of climate change. This is precisely where the humanities have an important contribution to make to the conversation. Artists and writers imagine and help us to understand or anticipate something we have never seen before, such as the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the Santa Ana fires of California, or the horrors of war. Our system of education needs to train students not only to value artistic vision, but also to cultivate their own imagination.”
Instructions: Choose one of the quotes above and do the following: 
1. Place the quote at the top of your post.  
2. Paraphrase the quote in your own words and mention briefly how it relates to the point of the entire reading.
3. Discuss how it relates to your relationship with the Humanities in your everyday life OR why you disagree with something in the quote.   
4. Use at least one or two specific examples from your life or our culture to illustrate your points.   
5. Use at least one additional quote from any of this week’s Required Readings in your discussion in your discussion. 
6. Remember to use at least two quotes (one for step #1 and one for step #5) from the Required Learning Resources. Make sure to provide in-text citations for both quotes in MLA format. 
7. Provide references for all sources in MLA format.    
Option #2: The Field of the Humanities 
Think about your perceptions of the Humanities before and after reading the Required Learning Resources for this week and do the following:   
1. Discuss your initial thoughts about taking an Introduction to Humanities course when you first enrolled. What did you think this class would be about? What topics did you think would be covered? How did you feel about taking this class?
2. Reading ::
– [ ] https://leocontent.umgc.edu/content/umuc/tus/humn/humn100/2242/week-1/humn-100-required-resource-set–1–what-are-the-humanities-.html
– [ ] humn-100-required-resource-set–2–why-bother-with-the-humanitie.html
– [ ] https://leocontent.umgc.edu/content/umuc/tus/humn/humn100/2245/week-1/humn-100-required-resource-set–3–the-power-of-the-humanities.html?ou=1027759i
1. Explain which of the following three reasons for studying the Humanities presented in the Required Learning Resources most appeals to you and why? Provide a quote from the resources to support your choice and reasoning.
1. Self-development
2. Skills development 
3. Seeing “Big Picture”  
2. Choose another quote from any of the Required Learning Resources that provides you with new information about the Humanities and do the following: 
1. Provide the quote and cite it.
2. Briefly explain why you may not have known this information before. 
3. Conclude your post with a comment about how the Required Learning Resources for this week changed your understanding of the Humanities. If your perception did not change, comment on what you anticipate may be the most useful or interesting thing you will get out of this class.  
4. Remember to use at least two quotes (one for part 2 and one for part 3) from any of the Required Learning Resources. Make sure to provide in-text citations for both quotes in MLA format.  
5. Provide references for all sources in MLA format. 
Option #3: Do your own research 
Find an article in the UMGC library from a reliable resource that either argues in favor of including Humanities courses in a college education or that argues against its inclusion. You may use one of the articles found in the references at the end of any of the Required Learning Resources. Then do the following: 
1. Briefly summarize the main point of the article and quote one main piece of support the author provides for their perspective.  
2. Compare this author’s perspective to a perspective presented in any one of the three Required Learning Resources for this week. Make sure to include another quote from that resource. 
3. Discuss which author’s perspective you find the most convincing and explain why.  
4. Remember to use at least two quotes, one from the resource you found and another from any of the Required Learning Resources in your discussions. Make sure to provide in-text citations for both quotes in MLA format. 
5. Provide references for all sources in MLA format.

it should be a summary of topics and aguments of the term paper. Include at least four direct quotes from ancient texts dealing with the trojan saga. 

BLEVE Assignment
Perform a BLEVE consequence model of SPLITTER TOWERof the ISOM unit of Texas City Refinery by using ALOHA software. Prepare a 2-3 page report (Font: Times New Roman, size: 12, margin: 1 inch) including these sections: (1) Problem definition; (2) Methodology/calculations of BLEVE; (3) Explain your result; (4) Conclusions and recommendations; and (5) References. Please add the ALOHA report as appendix to the report (does not count as page limit of the report). Assume the ISOM unit contains pure HEXANE and your preferred location in Florida (anywhere but avoid the national parks). Use a random time of the day and date of 2023 for this exercise. Logical sequence of this assignment is following: Step 1: Watch the CSB video and list the information you will be using for the model. Also, watch the lecture very carefully. Download ALOHA software and practice the class problem.

Step 2: If any of the required data is missing in the video please make logical assumptions (with reference if possible).
Step 3: Determine the BLEVE threat zone.
Step 4: Generate the report and attached it with the homework assignment.
Step 5: Place the ALOHA generated threat zone in google map and see how it affects the nearby community. Save this file and attached with the assignment.
Step 6: Discuss your opinion based on the findings in tasks 3and 5.
Grading outline:
Problem definition: 10%
BLEVE Methodology: 10%
BLEVE Report: 50% (from ALOHA software)
Results and Discussion: 20%
Conclusions and recommendation: 10%

Answer several IQs based on the reading that will require you to do a bit of research and reflection. Remember, each response should be at least 1 paragraph (5-7 substantive sentences each.)