12292 TRAVIS BROWN TBA TBA THIS COURSE IS OPEN *ONLY* TO INCOMING STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE INTENSIVE FRESHMAN SEMINAR (IFS) PROGRAM IN JULY-AUGUST 2024.
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HON-H 237 Sex, Drugs, Glocks & Roll — open to IFS students only
13967 JODY MADEIRA TBA TBA THIS COURSE IS OPEN *ONLY* TO INCOMING STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE INTENSIVE FRESHMAN SEMINAR (IFS) PROGRAM IN JULY-AUGUST 2024.
HON-H 234 Ghost Stories
31032 HERB MARKS W 3:00-5:30 pm TBA Consulting the spirit world with the help of a Ouija board, the poet James Merrill received an unsettling message: “Give up everything except the ghost!” If all art is haunted, as Merrill seems to suggest, and artists are spiritual conjurers, the barrier separating the dead and the living… Read more »
HON-H 234 Literature of the Holocaust
31022 ALVIN ROSENFELD TuTh 3:00-4:15 pm BH 140 Above class meets with JSTU-J 203 Course Description Among the most compelling literatures of our day is that which records and seeks to interpret the Nazi war of genocide against the Jews. This course will introduce students to this literature and encourage them to reflect upon many… Read more »
HON-H 238 The 2024 Election
8302 KURT ZEMLICKA TuTh 9:45-11:00 am BH 141 What is the scope and function of politics in our society? Do you talk about politics over the dinner table? With your friends? What do you like about some political leaders and detest about others? How can we tell? Which political messages work and which fail? How… Read more »
HON-H 238 Taking Words Seriously
8216 ROBERT TERRILL MW 4:45-6:00 pm HU 111 We often assume that the most effective communication is clear, direct, and unambiguous. This is particularly true for the communication that happens in public, and therefore helps us to govern ourselves in a democracy. We tend to believe that public discourse should function as a transparent window… Read more »
HON-H 234 Changing the Course of History: American Protest Novels
31021 PAUL GUTJAHR MW 1:15-2:30 pm EP 256 What power do novels exercise? Can they change people’s minds? Can they lead the world to a better place? This course will look at two hundred years of protest and reform novels in the United States, seeking to understand the problems they were trying to address and… Read more »
HON-H 234 Environmental Ethics — open ONLY to freshman Wells Scholars
10157 CHRISTOPH IRMSCHER TBA TBA THIS COURSE IS OPEN *ONLY* TO FRESHMAN WELLS SCHOLARS.
HON-H 232 Beauty and the Self — open only to IFS students
14088 EMILY ESOLA TBA TBA THIS COURSE IS OPEN *ONLY* TO INCOMING STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE INTENSIVE FRESHMAN SEMINAR (IFS) IN JULY-AUGUST 2024.
HON-H 232 Stories of the Self: Themes in Memoir and Autobiography
12137 ERIC METZLER TuTh 11:30am-12:45 pm HU 217 Humans tell stories about themselves and their experiences to connect with others, share values, build relationships, and create kinship and friendship bonds. We all have stories to tell, but what makes stories compelling enough that others (i.e., strangers) would want to hear them or purchase them as… Read more »