30230 MAHASWETA BAXIPATRA MW 3:55-5:10 pm HU 111 The fluid space of the Indian Ocean and the adjoining regions of Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australia define the Indian Ocean World. Since ancient times, a rich linguistic, literary, cultural, and imaginative interconnectedness has existed in this World.  The subsequent phase of… Read more »

7212 KURT ZEMLICKA TuTh 12:45-2:00 pm EP 256 This course looks to explore the myriad of ways in which “science,” in a variety of forms, is discussed and presented to scientific communities, governmental organizations, and the public. Specifically, we will focus on five main components related to the above topic: The shifting conceptions of what… Read more »

32574 RICHARD GUNDERMAN Th 12:45-3:15 pm HU 217 Loneliness is a condition that takes a toll on human biology, health, and psychology, with philosophical and even spiritual dimensions.  Among the groups suffering most from loneliness are young adults, and the US Surgeon General has described loneliness as a public health crisis, recently exacerbated by the… Read more »

31128 ROBERT KUNZMAN TuTh 12:45-2:00 pm HU 111   If at first you don’t succeed…” Failure has many cliches.  But how do different fields (psychology, law, education, science, entrepreneurship, medicine, engineering and design, art, athletics) understand and navigate failure?  What does it mean to have a healthy relationship with failure?  How can we combat perfectionism, risk aversion, and… Read more »

11792 RICHARD GUNDERMAN Th 3:55-6:25 pm HU 217 Eugenics, the notion that it is possible to decrease suffering, increase happiness, and even enhance humanity itself by altering patterns of reproduction, once exerted powerful sway over scientists, intellectuals, and policy makers in the US.  IU’s seventh president, biologist David Starr Jordan, who was also the first… Read more »

10340 AMIT HAGAR TuTh 9:35am-12:05 pm (First Eight Weeks) EP 256 The purpose of this course is to provide a gentle, non-expert, introduction to Neuropharmacology with a historical perspective of psychedelic drug research, their use in psychiatric disorders, research restricting regulatory controls, and their recent emergence as potential breakthrough therapies for several brain-related disorders. In… Read more »

30253 MARK BAILDON MW 9:35-10:50 am HU 111 By most accounts, societies, their institutions, and citizens are not doing enough, and with the necessary urgency, to address climate crisis. This course examines the critical intersections between environmental studies, politics, and public communication strategies. The course will utilize an inquiry-based approach to explore climate change and climate… Read more »

11601 MARCO ARNAUDO MW 12:45-2:00 pm HU 217 This class investigates the concept of military leadership and its applications to the civilian context. We will start by discussing key concepts of leadership, and we will then move onto case studies from different periods in history, including ancient China, the European Middle Ages, the American Civil War, and recent and ongoing… Read more »

30231 MICHAEL WEINMAN MW 11:10 am — 12:25 pm HU 111 This course offers a semester-long engagement with Plato’s Republic in dialogue with the main works and movements that shaped its cultural and intellectual context. Republic offers a unique point of entry into the literary, philosophical, and political achievements of fifth and fourth century Athens;… Read more »

30228 STEVEN WAGSCHAL HU 108 This course explores Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote, the two-part novel widely considered to be one of the greatest pieces of fiction ever written. We will read the novel within its socio-historical context of late Renaissance Spain, a turbulent time in which powerful monarchs and the Spanish Inquisition kept a… Read more »