Culture Courses

An overview of modern Chinese history, including the fall of the Qing and the end of imperial China.

Explore the birth of modern China with a focus on the time between the fall of the Qing and the end of World War II.

Explore the Maoist period of China, from the Communist Party to the death of Mao and the reopening of China.

Use the case study method to study China from the rise of Deng Xiaoping to the present.

Traces Albert Einstein’s engagement with relativity, quantum mechanics, Nazism, nuclear weapons, philosophy, the arts, and technology.

Develop skills in digital research and visualization techniques across subjects and fields within the humanities.

Explore the ethical controversies of financial markets.

Learn how to better understand the rich and complex ways that religions function in historic and contemporary contexts.