Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL HUMANITIES

Department: Humanities Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Poets, philosophers, artists, and theologians all seek to convey experiences of disease, affliction, and healing this course develops tools for understanding the limits and possibilities of their works, particularly in light of current scientific techniques designed to repair, sustain, and optimize the human body. Readings, films, and short essays. Cross-list: HEAL 200, HUMA 200.

Long Title: HRC UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWSHIP

Department: Humanities Division

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 1

Description: The HRC Undergraduate Fellowship requires students Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: DICKENS IN THE 1860s: POLLUTION, VIOLENCE, EMPIRE, AND AUTHORSHIP

Department: Humanities Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This seminar explores Dickens's last decade of life, when he produced works that raised questions about crucial Victorian issues: pollution; imperialism; birth, death, and resurrection; education reforms; capitalism and industrialism; society; values; celebrity authorship; characterizations of women, classes and violence; late style; and others. Instructor Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: HRC MELLON RESEARCH SEMINAR

Department: Humanities Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This seminar will cross-culturally map death journeys and religious preparations for them in order to investigate the relationship between the anticipated after life journey and the group's metaphysics and praxis. Participants will be engaged in the creation and cultivation of an interdisciplinary approach to the comparative study of traditions. Instructor Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit.