Humanities Courses

Learn the music and cultural impact of three canonical operas from the 1800s: Les Huguenots, Das Rheingold, and Otello.

An introduction to the study of bioethics and the application of legal and ethical reasoning.

An exploration of the haunting figure at the heart of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays.

An exploration of the magnetic and ambivalent character of Shylock in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.

Explore acts of storytelling in Shakespeare’s Othello alongside world-class artists who interpret Othello’s story in new forms and contexts today.

Learn how to read William Shakespeare's plays through his biography, Elizabethan and Jacobean history, and modern performance.

Study Japanese scroll art as text and as "little movies" that immerse the viewer through visual narration. 

Reimagine global health problems with some of the leading global health thinkers and actors through a case-based biosocial framework.

Learn how early American politics informed the U.S. Constitution and why its promise of liberty and equality has yet to be fully realized.

Learn how the Manchus conquered the Qing and established the last of the imperial dynasties.

Learn about the forces in American politics that seek to influence the electorate and shift the political landscape.

Learn about the Qin and Han dynasties, and how Buddhism and ideas of self-realization influenced the medieval period.

Explore the impact of the conquest dynasties and the world of the Ming.

Learn about China’s origins, its integral early thinkers, and competing states and schools of thought.

Explore China’s imperial period, with a focus on the Song dynasty and the role of the exam system in government.