

Empire will take us to a variety of settings, including ancient Rome, the clash between Spanish and Inca civilizations, and U.S.

This year’s cycle of Humanities Core is organized around the theme Empire and Its Ruins, which will emphasize how humans have made sense of the rise and fall of societies and the effects of dominant structures on people who are marginalized.

Your participation in seminar will require you to read course texts critically, interpret faculty lectures, engage in small and large group discussion, and reflect upon how your perspectives change over the course of the year. At the same time, you will be an active participant in a smaller intellectual community, your seminar. You will be expected to challenge your abilities in argumentation, interpretation, research, and writing in different genres and mediums. It fulfills numerous general education requirements in Writing, Arts and Humanities, Multicultural Studies, and International Issues. The Humanities Core Course is an interdisciplinary introduction to the humanities for freshmen that is designed to develop reading, writing, note-taking, information literacy and discussion skills. 2, in class.įinal exams are scheduled according to seminar days/time.
