Introduction to the Humanities I

6 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) This course offers a cross-disciplinary introduction to study in the Humanities, those fields of study concerned with the creative and intellectual products of human culture, Team-taught by faculty from a range of Humanities disciplines, the course introduces students to texts from different genres, forms, cultural contexts, and historical periods, and to the ways that methods across Humanities disciplines complement and inform one another, Students participate in small seminar-style tutorial groups, where they delve more deeply into the reading and lecture material, using the methods and methodologies of humanistic inquiry to contrasting and to draw connections between traditions, texts, and approaches. Note: Combined with MULT-1302, this course satisfies the 1st-year requirements in Classics, English, and Religion and Culture. Experimental Course - This course is offered on a trial basis to gauge interest in the topic. Students who successfully complete this course receive credit as indicated.