This course provides an introduction to the methods and theories used throughout the Humanities core major, covering its four streams; Power, Diaspora, and Race; Arts, Material, and Popular Cultures; Digital, Technological, and Natural Worlds; Texts, Contexts, Interpretations. (All Humanities Majors will be required to take this core course. This is not a general education course)
This course examines the effects of technologies of information and communication upon the construction and functioning of a personal identity. The course also examines the cultural, political, psychological and spiritual dimensions of recent changes in the nature of personal identity.
Examination of the relationship between science and religion through a study of the implications of the following intellectual developments for religious thought: the rise and triumph of Newtonian science, the Darwinian revolution, relativity theory, quantum physics, "big bang" theory, and creationism
Explores the influence of digital technologies on particular aspects of the arts, popular culture, the internet as well as in venues where culture is archived such as universities and museums in North America and internationally. Critical analysis of these cultural practices is enriched with the development of a simple multimedia project. No technical knowledge expected […]
Examines the role of consumer technologies, ranging from the automobile to the iPod in terms of how they affect the cultural landscapes of contemporary culture and society.
The course moves from the close reading of great works of the literary imagination to examine the roles that the author and the reader play in the process of textual interpretation. The effects of digital media on reading and textual meaning are a central concern. Prerequisites: 78 credits and permission of the coordinator of Humanities.
How is scientific knowledge and its associated technologies transformed as they cross cultural boundaries? This course analyzes scientific theories, objects, and technologies in circulation, as they move from their point of origin to locations around the world. It will draw on recent scholarship on the global history of science, science and translation studies, and the […]
Students discover how local cultural production is fostered, disseminated, and in some cases restricted in and by the communities they serve. Building on cultural theories and concepts of public pedagogy, students work in small groups with partner organizations to engage in a choice of research or community focused experiential learning activities to be used for […]
Offers an interdisciplinary study of the images, meanings and values that humans have assigned to animals in specific historical and cultural contexts. The question "What is an Animal?," and various perspectives on why the answer matters, will be explored through readings in and encounters with social history, cultural studies, fiction, philosophy, animal rights, literature and […]
Explores technologies of knowledge in social and cultural context, examining histories of classification, ethical and political concerns about information, debates over artificial intelligence and artificial life, and the social impact of technologies like the book, telegraph and computer. Previously offered as: AP/HUMA 2920 9.00.