Courses

This course will introduce you to creative writing, from generating ideas to revising drafts. Find your voice and develop your craft through in-class and at-home writing exercises, and through discussions of your own and your fellow students’ written work.

The Year 4 Spring Seminar focuses on readings related to the founding and early years of the United States. The Tutorial is a close reading of Plato’s dialogue Phaedo, which explores the nature of the soul and death. Course code: BASC40303

The Year 1 Seminar explores human nature and the problem of evil in political, social, and individual contexts.

The Year 1 Seminar explores human nature and the problem of evil in political, social, and individual contexts.

The Year 3 Spring Seminar focuses on philosophical and psychological ideas about human nature and morality. The Tutorial is a close reading of Dante’s most famous work, Inferno. Course code: BASC30303

The Year 2 Spring Seminar focuses on the idea of natural law and its relationship to society and culture. The Year 2 Spring Tutorial covers a selection of English Lyric Poetry. Course code: BASC20303

No matter the difficulty of getting the voice or characters or movement right, you need to stay in touch with your own pleasure in order to meet the challenges and keep at the task of writing the best piece you can write. In this class, we will use various imaginative games emphasizing creative play and purposeful experimentation.

Dialogue is the single most effective pathway by which we come to understand your characters, their inner turbulence, and the more crafted personas with which they navigate the world.

Improve your writing for greater clarity, organization, and persuasiveness. The University of Chicago’s Writer’s Studio invites you to take our Effective Writing for Business and the Professions course for better communication in business and beyond.

This course covers the fundamental aspects of modern project management, both managerial and technical. Additionally, it gives the students direct experience in the use of appropriate tools and techniques to successfully execute a project.

The frequent banning of books and films in China has reinforced a vision of Chinese censorship as a very strict system. This course explores literary and film censorship in China from the 1980s to the present to complicate this vision.

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An insightful study of Russian political, economic, social, and cultural history, Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina (1875-1877) can also be seen as a precursor of the twentieth-century exploration of consciousness.

The Year 1 Seminar explores human nature and the problem of evil in political, social, and individual contexts.

This three quarter series is a study of the historical geography of the land of the Bible from prehistory to the establishment of the modern State of Israel and the conflict over the Palestinian territories. While the history of this land varies from one era to the next, the land remains the same.

How do we understand the art that has come out of the great art revolutions of the late 19th and 20th centuries? Even a viewer who is equipped with basic principles for viewing art may be at a loss in addressing modern visual work.

How do we understand the art that has come out of the great art revolutions of the late 19th and 20th centuries? Even a viewer who is equipped with basic principles for viewing art may be at a loss in addressing modern visual work.

The period from 1840 (Tchaikovsky’s birth) to World War I saw a seismic shift in the agendas and techniques of Romantic composers. The early Romantic generation of Chopin and Mendelssohn had used modest means -- piano solos, lieder, and intimate chamber music -- as a platform for introspective, often quirky, personal expression.

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Successful project managers must be able to work with other managers, stakeholders, and vendors as well as their own employees. They must be able to resolve disputes, gain approval for budgets, negotiate contracts, and “sell” to all levels of the organization.