INTRODUCTION

What is actually humanities and why do we need to study it? Is it not an additional burden on the students? How can it help us as a person? This and other questions that lingers into our mind are just some of the things that intrigues us to the need of studying humanities. I just hope with some of the brief definitions we can be clarified to the reason for the study of humanities.

This module will further indulge us we explore into the adventures of the world of humanities and amazes us to how it can help us being the kind of person and future professionals as we are. It does not answers all your needs for engaging you into the understanding and skills of your course but will aid you in being the kind of person you are as you faces the new world you are in-hopefully a more humane world.

The study of humanities certainly evolved from where and how it started. It does not center alone on the arts alone but can also be viewed in its significant role played in the field of research and science and technology. It is no longer viewed as non-functional or aesthetic only in nature but also functionally, from the chair designs, its color and to whom it will be useful to.

The connection between art and humanities cannot be over looked. We see a close connection when it comes to its dullness and significance. We cannot produce something out of science without using any of the principles of arts as well as its elements, like colors, principle of balance and perspective.

In fact, the principle of linear perspective was accidentally discovered by Leonardo de Vinci when he created his work in projecting line and space. The same principle now being used by engineers and optometrist , ophthalmologist when our eye sights are being tested. In the same way, i wonder how we can promote a very interesting advertisement without using or applying all the elements and principles of arts like colors.

Nonetheless, despite its similarities and usefulness, there is still something that differentiates science and humanities thus maintaining and preserving its unique identity.

a. While humanities deals with the internal world (emotions and feelings) for which an artist cannot and may not be able to project its work unless something inspires them, science on the other hand centers on the external world, drawing its concepts and theories in promoting and harnessing its energies and environment.

b. Humanities cannot and may not be controlled. Humanities cannot regulate nor approximate the degree or amount of emotions, thoughts and feelings to be generated in order to enable him to produce its art work and the manner it is created be it ugly, beautiful and absurd is not subjected to any evaluations before it can be accepted. It is thus accepted as it is despite its perfections or imperfections. While science being an integral part of research is always subjected to observation, measurement and experimentation in order to be accepted.

c. Humanities is subjective being internal and inspired by thoughts and feelings, while science is more objective considering it need to be controlled, observed and experimented following sets on guidelines to follow to be measured to validate its work and result.

d. But the most importance factor that differentiate humanities with science is that humanities is more focus on the individual while science focuses on the group.