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15 courses
Health and the Humanities explores a humanistic perspective on health, illness, and medicine, examining language, culture, race, gender, and media's role in shaping biomedical knowledge and patient experiences.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited samplePrinciples of Environmental Science connects environmental science to daily activities through sustainability, conservation, and systems thinking, covering energy, water, land use, food, power, materials, buildings, transportation, and.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Timothy Lindstrom
The course involved weekly assignments and long lab worksheets that some students found repetitive or time-consuming. Reviewers noted that while the class was generally easy for a lab science, the labs were lengthy and required consistent effort.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026A non-technical survey of AI history from 1650 to present, covering technical models, LLMs, and the social, cultural, and scientific context of AI development.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Explores social, historical, and political contexts of literature and literary analysis from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2026–Spring 2026 · limited sampleIntroductory seminar exploring how people make meaning across times, cultures, media, and disciplines within the humanities.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Beatriz Botero
The course was characterized as very easy, though participation was an important component of the class experience.
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Fall 2023–Fall 2025Ways of Knowing in the Sciences introduces science as inquiry and discovery, emphasizing hands-on lab and lecture learning with small group work and interactive discussion.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Basil Tikoff
The class involved a significant amount of weekly homework, which some students described as extreme or frustrating. Assignments often had unclear expectations, leading to confusion about what was required for success.
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Spring 2025–Spring 2025 · limited sampleCritical Thinking and Expression explores verbal, visual, and numerical modes of argument, engaging students in critical analysis and practice of these structures.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · George Clark
The class was discussion-heavy, with assignments given every other week, requiring students to prepare for frequent writing and speaking tasks.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Examines major developments in Western science and technology from the 17th to early 20th century within philosophical and social contexts.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Devin Kennedy
Reading assignments varied in length but were generally skimmable, and while lectures were sometimes boring, attendance was not strictly required to understand the material or achieve good grades.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026Explores the development of literature and arts from the Renaissance to the modern period, featuring figures like Shakespeare, Michelangelo, T.S. Eliot, and Picasso within societal and intellectual contexts.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Karen Britland
The course required four short essays and out-of-class readings, though some students found the homework load minimal.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026This course examines the development of Western political, economic, and social thought from the Reformation to the present, focusing on the origins, logic, and evolution of liberalism, Marxism, and organic conservatism.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Richard Avramenko, Daniel Kapust
The course involved significant reading, including texts from the 13th century, with exams testing specific vocabulary. While the workload was described as not unrealistically difficult, it required consistent effort to succeed.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2023 · limited sampleStudies representative episodes in the interaction of literature and society, organized around social institutions or literary forms and their mutual connections.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Laura McClure
The course required significant reading, sometimes involving difficult translated texts, but students found the workload manageable because the instructor provided in-depth reviews and clear goals for success.
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Fall 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sampleInterdisciplinary analysis of selected topics in the humanities, focusing on how people make social, cultural, historical, and political meaning.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2025–Spring 2025 · limited sampleA capstone seminar for Integrated Liberal Studies students focusing on synthesizing humanistic and social scientific approaches to how people make meaning.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Julia Horn
Weekly readings were heavy, though carefully selected to cover topics smartly. Assessment consisted of two papers that offered significant freedom in research direction.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sampleROME: LUST FOR GLORY examines the development of Rome as a metaphoric and physical focal point of Italian artistic and cultural sensibilities from the Augustan era to today.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2023–Spring 2025 · limited sampleExplore major questions in animal studies through Nordic novels, tales, and films, examining human-animal distinctions and representations in the Anthropocene.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2026–Spring 2026 · limited sample