Sections offered FALL 2023: #14187 JOANNA NIZYNSKA Tu 4:45 PM–7:15 PM HU 108 CLASS NOTES: COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit; meets with SLAV-P 364 and SLAV-P 564 Against a background of postwar Europe, we will study and discuss Poland, a country with arguably, if history is a judge, the most unfortunate geographical… Read more »
Hutton Honors Seminars
HON-H 303 – Reading & Rereading Henry James
Sections offered FALL 2023: #34865 HERBERT MARKS MW 6:30 PM–9:00 PM Second Eight Weeks BH 016 CLASS NOTES: COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit; meets with CMLT-C 313 “One cannot read a book; one can only reread it.” In this course, we shall test Nabokov’s maxim against Henry James’s late masterpiece The Golden… Read more »
HON-H 303 – Literature Today: 1950 to the Present
Sections offered FALL 2023: #34864 HERBERT MARKS MW 3:00pm-5:30pm Second Eight Weeks BH 209 CLASS NOTES: COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit; meets with CMLT-C 338 Literature in our own time has had to thrive as best it can in the shadow of the great achievements of Modernism. Writers working in the late… Read more »
HON-H 303 – Faces of War and Freedom
Sections offered FALL 2023: #35078 LUKASZ SICINSKI M 4:45 PM–7:15 PM BH 143 CLASS NOTES: COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit; COLL (CASE) Culture Studies: Global Civ & Culture; meets with SLAV-P 363 What does living through a war look like from the perspective of a civilian? How do we respond to circumstances… Read more »
HON-H 241 – Animal Thinking
Sections offered FALL 2023: #13910 JOHNATHON CRYSTAL TuTh 9:45 AM–11:00 AM PY 128 CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd N&M credit – Natural Science; COLL (CASE) N&M Breadth of Inquiry credit Fundamental aspects of human experience include remembering the past, choosing in the present, and planning for the future. Do non-human animals remember the past, choose in… Read more »
HON-H 241 – Quick and Dirty Mental Operations: The Price of Adaptive Cognition
Sections offered FALL 2023: #5590 LEAH SAVION TuTh 9:45 AM–12:15 PM Second Eight Weeks SY 004 CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd N&M credit – Natural Science; COLL (CASE) N&M Breadth of Inquiry credit Human survival depends on effective gathering of huge amounts of information, adequate processing, fast learning, and controlling the environment to secure predictability… Read more »
HON-H 240 – From Sick Care to Health Care
Sections offered FALL 2023: #10125 AMIT HAGAR, LEAH SAVION, CADE MARCOTTE TuTh 9:45 AM–11:00 AM GA 1106 CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd S&H credit; COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit This interdisciplinary course offers a critical analysis of the most essential aspects of medicine: its underlying conceptions of sickness and practices, diversity and equity… Read more »
HON-H 238 – School Crises and Savior Complexes
Sections offered FALL 2023: #34613 CHRISTOPHER LUBIENSKI MW 4:45 PM–6:05 PM Thirteen Week ED 1230 CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd S&H credit; COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit “School Crises and Savior Complexes” critically examines portrayals of problems and solutions facing schools as presented in popular culture, news media, and political discourse. Popular representations… Read more »
HON-H 238 – Applied Improvisation: “Improv”ing Communication Apprehension and Skills
Sections offered FALL 2023: #32518 DAWN WISHER TuTh 9:45 AM–12:15 PM First Eight Weeks HU 108 CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd S&H credit; COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit This interactive course will help you develop important communication skills, build self-confidence, foster creativity and spontaneity, and enhance your teamwork skills in a fun and… Read more »
HON-H 238 – Social Impacts of Big Data
Sections offered FALL 2023: #12318 YOUNEI SOE TuTh 9:45 AM–11:05 AM Thirteen Week SW 103 CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd S&H credit; COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit Every day, billions of people interact with information technologies on the internet and contribute to a world of valuable information. But the human brain simply cannot… Read more »