HMN 160. Contemporary Venetian Experience. (1.5 h)

Social, artistic and environmental aspects of life in contemporary Venice. Includes site visits, guest lectures, and interviews with Venetians. Taught in Venice. Pass/fail.

HMN 170. Contemporary Spanish Experience. (1.5 h)

Social, political, cultural, and environmental factors of life in Spain today. Taught in Salamanca. Pass/fail.

HMN 180. Contemporary London Experience. (1.5 h)

Social, political, cultural, and environmental factors of life in London today. Taught in London. Pass/fail.

HMN 185. Contemporary Washington Experience. (1.5 h)

Social, political, cultural, and environmental factors of life in Washington, D.C. today. Taught in Washington, DC. Pass/fail.

HMN 186. Contemporary Chilean Experience. (1.5 h)

Social, political, cultural, and environmental factors of life in Chile today. Taught in Chile. Pass/fail.

HMN 190. Contemporary Viennese Experience. (1.5 h)

Social, cultural, and environmental factors of life in contemporary Vienna. Includes site visits, guest lectures and interviews with Viennese. Taught in Vienna. Pass/Fail only.

HMN 200. Introduction to Humanities: Themes in Literature, Culture, and Film. (3 h)

An introduction through literature and film to the history, principles, and concepts of the Humanities. (D)

HMN 211. Dialogues with Antiquity. (3 h)

Introduction to key ideas, concepts, and theories from ancient cultures, Western or Non-Western, and their legacies in medieval, modern, and contemporary societies through an interdisciplinary lens. Topics vary with the instructor. (D)

HMN 212. Reading the Modern World. (3 h)

Analyzes pivotal moments, events, and texts in modern and contemporary world history through artistic, literary, cultural, and political manifestations. Topics vary with the instructor. (D)

HMN 213. Studies in European Literature. (3 h)

Texts studied are by such authors as Dante, Montaigne, Cervantes, Goethe, Dostoevsky, and Camus. (D)

HMN 219. Introduction to Japanese Literature. (3 h)

Explores Japanese literature of the modern and contemporary periods. The course examines ways in which literature reveals underlying Japanese values and provides commentary on social, cultural, class, sexuality and gender-based tensions in Japanese society. Course topics include narratives of Japanese cultural and historical development and tropes of modernity in film, art, and culture. (CD, D)

HMN 225. Literature, Travel, and Discovery. (3 h)

Explores various works, primarily in translation, from Homer to the present that focuses on the relationship between travel and discovery. (D)

HMN 226. Contemporary Global Fiction. (3 h)

Examines fiction’s engagement with history and society from a cross-cultural perspective. (CD, D, POR)

HMN 227. Engaged Humanities. (1.5-3 h)

Explores frameworks in the Humanities for critically and compassionately engaging pressing social concerns within communities. (CD)

HMN 228. Viennese Culture 1860-1914. (3 h)

A study of late nineteenth and early twentieth century Vienna as reflected in the matrix of the city's civic and artistic life. Taught in Vienna.

HMN 229. London as a Global City. (3 h)

Examines London’s history and evolving global identity, focusing on its architecture, folklore, music, literature, and museums. Taught in London. (D)

HMN 230. Barcelona as a Global City. (3 h)

Offers an immersive exploration of Barcelona’s architecture, folklore, and history, highlighting its cultural evolution, international influence, and the character of the leaders who have shaped the city’s identity. Taught in Barcelona. (D)

HMN 232. Italy in Literature. (3 h)

Readings and discussions in fictions, drama, and poetry that highlight trends and genres in Italian literature from the Middle Ages through contemporary times, and/or literature that features Italy as seen through the eyes of foreigners. Taught only in Venice.

HMN 272. Literature and Ethics. (3 h)

Study of the relationship between literature and the moral imagination, exploring what diverse authors have to teach us about community, conflict, and the quest for character. (CD, D)

HMN 275. Inclusive Public Spaces: Examining Role of Space, Place and Gender. (3 h)

Examines the design, accessibility, and use of public space, focusing on cultural values and intersections of class, gender, and ethnicity. (CD)

HMN 290. The Humanities through Film, Literature and Media. (3 h)

Using film, literature and media genres as tropes for analysis, an exploration of new and innovative approaches to the humanities in the late 20th and early 21st century including public humanities, digital humanities, and environmental humanities and examining cultural studies, interdisciplinary studies, and gender and sexuality studies as approaches for investigating social justice, environmental justice, and social action. (CD)

HMN 292. Environmentalism, the Humanities, and Gender. (3 h)

Survey of the global spread of Environmentalism, with an emphasis on its evolution as a disciplinary field that includes eco-feminism and feminist perspectives on the environment. Topics include the investigation of women's roles in environmental history and the construction of global environmental narratives. Also listed as WGS 309.

HMN 294. Digital Approaches in the Humanities. (1.5-3 h)

An introduction to the concepts and tools of the digital humanities. Projects in the digital humanities include exercises that employ the use of these tools to examine data and narratives of the humanities, including disciplinary approaches in literature, public history, women's, gender, and sexuality studies, and media studies. Only offered for 1.5 or 3 hours.

HMN 295. Social Entrepreneurship and the Humanities: Innovation, Public Engagement, and Social Change. (3 h)

Introduction to the role played by the humanities in social entrepreneurship, exploring the premise that norms can be developed for the application of the humanities, and that the knowledge derived in this process can empower and be a tool in community-based engagement and social change. Course includes a social entrepreneurial project in the local community.

HMN 350. Character and Competence. (1-3 h)

Explores the relationship between various virtues of character and the skills, capacities, and competences to navigate the world by drawing on a wide range of interdisciplinary sources, examples, and practices, including close reading, critical reflection, experiential learning, and exploratory writing. Can be repeated for credit.

HMN 351. Leadership and Character in Global Context. (1-3 h)

Examines different cultural, historical, and philosophical understandings and practices of leadership and character through readings, exhibits, performances, tours, and dialogues. Offered abroad. Can be repeated for credit.

HMN 365. Humanity and Nature. (1.5-3 h)

Examines the relationships between humans and our environments through literature, film, history, philosophy, and visual art. Only offered for 1.5 or 3 hours. (D only if taken for 3 hours)

HMN 370. Medicine and the Humanities. (3 h)

Explores ideas and questions at the intersection of medical science and the humanities. Topics include the expression of disease in literature and art; the ethics of genetics research; the interplay of religion and medicine; the economics of health care; and the interplay between medical research and care and issues of race, gender, sexuality, colonialism, and disability.

HMN 374. Humanities and Law. (3 h)

Examines the common roots of law, philosophy, literature, and politics. Focuses on the interpretative strategies, and  critical skills, and virtues of character and mind that legal professionals, humanists, and artists share. (EI)

HMN 375. Urban Design and the Human Experience. (3 h)

A study of the role that urban design and planning play in shaping the urban experience, and the impact of design choices on the evolution of the cities and their possible futures. The course will explore human potential and expression in the built environment, drawing from literary and non-fictional accounts of life in cities. Observations and design exercises in local neighborhood and community spaces will serve as a basis for understanding the role of place in urban culture and its ability to shape the human experience. (CD)

HMN 385. Special Topics. (1-3 h)

Selected themes and approaches to the study of human culture that bridge disciplinary and/or national boundaries. Can be repeated for credit.

HMN 389. Directed Reading and Research. (1.5 h)

A research project in the humanities that pursues a topic studied in one of the courses of the minor and a synthesis of views from a least two traditional disciplines.

HMN 390. Directed Writing. (1.5 h)

Capstone project in the minor. P - HMN 389.