Sections offered FALL 2023: #2093 #31717 RICHARD CECIL MW 1:15 PM–2:30 PM MW 3:00 PM–4:15 PM HU 111 HU 108 CLASS NOTES: COLL Intensive Writing section; IUB GenEd A&H credit; COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit In this course we will read ten great imaginative explorations of the central problem of government—to achieve… Read more »
Hutton Honors Seminars
HON-H 238 – Catalyzing Community Consulting
Sections offered FALL 2023: #31783 KEITH DAYTON TuTh 4:45 PM–6:00 PM HU 217 CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd S&H credit; COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit Consulting firms hire students for their academic knowledge (and curiosity), analytical aptitude, communication, and leadership skills. Top consulting firms are incredibly selective in making the right hire (for… Read more »
HON-H 233 – Accident, Catastrophe, and Trauma in Literature and Film
Sections offered FALL 2023: #10158 JOHANNES TURK MW 9:45 AM–11:00 AM BH 140 CLASS NOTES: COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit; IUB GenEd A&H credit Accidents and catastrophes are dramatic and always possible events that challenge individual and collective life. They break the protective shields that ward off the threats surrounding us. Their… Read more »
HON-H 234 – 21st Century American Fiction
Sections offered FALL 2023: #5588 #8689 GARETH EVANS 11:30 AM–12:45 PM MW 1:15 PM–2:30 PM HU 108 CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd A&H credit; COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit READING Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah. Jesmyn Ward, Sing, Unburied, Sing. Hernan Diaz, Trust. Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch. Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future. Daniel Woodrell, Winter’s Bone…. Read more »
HON-H 226 – The Films of the Coen Brothers
Sections offered FALL 2023: #31774 CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON TuTh 3:00 PM–4:15 PM HU 108 CLASS NOTES: COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit This course on media authorship will explore the movies of Joel and Ethan Coen, the Academy-Award winning filmmakers responsible for such classic American movies as No Country for Old Men, Fargo, and… Read more »
HON-H 228 – Modern Madness
Sections offered FALL 2023: #9362 GARETH EVANS TuTh 11:30 AM–12:45 PM HU 217 CLASS NOTES: COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit “Modern Madness” examines how various forms of madness have been defined and treated between 1800 and the present. We will see madness described as the result of heredity, moral degeneracy, upbringing, trauma, fatigue,… Read more »
HON-H 237 – The Attention Economy
Sections offered FALL 2023: #33358 CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON TuTh 1:15 PM–2:30 PM HU 108 CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd S&H credit; COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit TikTok is certainly more than just a marketing tactic, but the bottom line is that the platform uses our fascination with short videos to capture our attention and… Read more »
HON-H 212 – What is a Good Education?
Sections offered FALL 2023: #4780 ROBERT KUNZMAN TuTh 9:45 AM–11:00 AM HU 111 CLASS NOTES: Satisfaction of the English composition requirement; COLL Intensive Writing section; COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit; IUB GenEd S&H credit; meets with EDUC-H 205 What is a good education? Embedded in this question are many others we will… Read more »
HON-H 303 – What is Art?
Sections offered SPRING 2023: #37082 EYAL PERETZ TuTh 3:00 PM–5:30 PM SECOND EIGHT WEEKS SE 010 CLASS NOTES: COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit It is becoming increasingly common in our days to understand art and relate to it from two main perspectives. Either art is a leisure activity that is supposed to entertain… Read more »
HON-H 238 – Education Across Time and Culture
Sections offered SPRING 2023: #36549 BRADLEY LEVINSON TuTh 4:45 PM–7:15 PM SECOND EIGHT WEEKS WH 109 CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd S&H credit; COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit; COLL (CASE) Culture Studies: Global Civ & Culture This course is designed for students to explore the nature of education as a perennial human endeavor,… Read more »