12139 LAURA FOSTER W 12:40-1:30 PM (honors discussion) MW 1:50-2:40 pm (lecture) LH 101 BH 310 The course examines the diverse and historically varying relationships forged between biological sex, culturally formulated discourses of masculinity and femininity, and the sexed body. Specifically, this course deepens student engagement with the field of gender studies by teaching them… Read more »
HON-H 303 World Literature and Translation
35983 NATHANIEL RUDAVSKY-BRODY TuTh 1:15-2:30 pm SE 245 In a world without translation, would there be literature? This class is devoted to the art of literary translation. We’ll begin by rolling up our sleeves: every week students will bring their own translations of poems and prose, to be workshopped in a supportive environment. Our goal… Read more »
HHC-H 212 Past Authors, Questions II
35759 NORMAN FURNISS TuTh 1:15-2:30 pm HU 111 PREREQUISITE: COMPLETION OF THE ENGLISH COMPOSITION REQUIREMENT Class subtitle: Perspectives on Liberty and Equality All of us face difficult challenges to our usual ways of living and our usual ways of thinking. The hysteria surrounding the upcoming Presidential Election and wars in Gaza and The Ukraine have… Read more »
HHC-H 211 Classic Authors & Questions I
35756 RICHARD CECIL MW 3:00-4:15 pm HU 111 PREREQUISITE: COMPLETION OF THE ENGLISH COMPOSITION REQUIREMENT This fall we will focus on the qualities that make a person a hero(ine), in the eyes of ancient authors, and compare those qualities with ones we admire today. Beginning with Gilgamesh’s heroic struggle to overcome death, and ending with… Read more »
HHC-H 211 Classic Authors & Questions I
35755 RICHARD CECIL MW 1:15-2:30 pm HU 108 PREREQUISITE: COMPLETION OF THE ENGLISH COMPOSITION REQUIREMENT This fall we will focus on the qualities that make a person a hero(ine), in the eyes of ancient authors, and compare those qualities with ones we admire today. Beginning with Gilgamesh’s heroic struggle to overcome death, and ending with… Read more »
ARTH-A 102 Renaissance Through Modern Art (honors discussion)
7505 MICHELLE FACOS W 3:00-3:50 pm (honors discussion) MW 11:30am-12:20 pm (lecture) ED 2101 FA 102 ARTH-A 102 is a course in cultural literacy that presents the major movements in Western art since the Renaissance, along with its best-known works of painting, sculpture, and architecture. Rather than a book, we use www.smarthistory.org, with text and… Read more »
HON-H 237 Individual and Societal Well-Being
11161 DAWN KUTZA TBA TBA THIS COURSE IS OPEN *ONLY* TO INCOMING STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE INTENSIVE FRESHMAN SEMINAR (IFS) PROGRAM IN AUGUST 2024.
HON-H 240 Analytics, Sports, and the Winning Edge
34725 WAYNE WINSTON MW 3:00-4:15 pm HU 217 Are you an avid sports fan? Do you want to improve your Excel skills and learn new ways to analyze more kinds of data? Then this course is for you! Data analytics has transformed team sports over the last twenty years: baseball teams don’t bunt as much… Read more »
HON-H 304 Living the Grateful Life
34488 JOEL WONG MW 3:00-4:20 pm BH 217 THIS CLASS MEETS DURING THE THIRTEEN WEEK SESSION. What does it mean to be grateful? And how can we live more grateful lives? Many people believe in the benefits of gratitude yet struggle with being grateful. This course will address interdisciplinary perspectives on gratitude. You will learn… Read more »
HON-H 303 We Are Here: Minorities in the Post-Communist Reality
35443 JOANNA NIZYNSKA Tu 3:00-5:30 pm TBA When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Europe—for over four decades divided by the “iron curtain” between the Eastern Bloc controlled by the Soviet Union and the so-called “West”—unified. Together with this unification came the violent breakdown of previously homogenized communist societies. The suppressed minorities—ethnic, gender, sexual, religious,… Read more »