10520 MONIQUE MORGAN TuTh 2:20-3:35 pm HU 108 This course considers the critical perspectives on our world offered by the imagined worlds of English-language science fiction in a variety of media. We will explore three case studies of adaptation and influence across media: from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to Alex Garland’s Ex Machina, from H. G…. Read more »
Honors Courses
HON-H 233 Happiness & the Good Life — H. Marks
32490 HERBERT MARKS TBA (First Eight Week course) TBA Meets with CMLT-C 200 What is happiness? How should we define a good life? The question of how one should live is at the center of a long tradition of practical philosophy. In the West, the principal approaches were sketched out by the ancient Greeks,… Read more »
HHC-H 211 30207 Classic Authors & Questions I — Richard Cecil
30207 RICHARD CECIL MW 2:20-3:35 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 »
HHC-H 211 30206 Classic Authors & Questions I – Richard Cecil
30206 RICHARD CECIL MW 12:45-2:00 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 »
GNDR-G 105 Sex, Gender and the Body (honors discussion)
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 »