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Past Courses

An illustration of Mars
KNOW11009

Everyone is talking about Mars. Is there life there? Will humans ever set foot on the surface? Should we try to establish a settlement? How did we become obsessed with the Red Planet in the first...

Ornate world map from 1671.
HUAS91101

Today, Google and Apple Maps get us from Point A to Point B, but medieval and Renaissance maps serve a much broader range of functions, acting as endlessly fascinating windows into early modern...

William Faulkner
BASC70218

This course will be a close reading and discussion of William Faulkner's novels Absalom, Absalom! and As I Lay Dying. Course Syllabus.

Fernando Pessosa
BASC70213

The stature of the national modernist writer of Portugal, Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935), has been on the rise in the English-speaking world. At the time of his death, Pessoa left two trunks full of...

A novel lit up with string lights
WRIT31800

Explore essential aspects of fiction writing such as plot, voice, dialogue, character, and point of view. Every week, students will read published stories and generate new work in response to writing...

HUAS79110

This course is a comprehensive introduction to the work of filmmakers associated with the Nouvelle Vague in France: those who began their careers as film critics writing for Cahiers du Cinéma; the so...

flash nonfiction
WRIT42404

In this workshop, we will explore the craft issues related to flash nonfiction. Writing shorter pieces of 700-1,000 words, will allow you to work on intensity of language, wrapping an idea in a...

Person writing a notebook
WRIT42804

In this workshop, we will explore the craft issues related to flash nonfiction. Writing shorter pieces of 700-1,000 words, will allow you to work on intensity of language, wrapping an idea in a...

Flags outside the UN
HUAS32002

Foundations of American Foreign Policy would aim to examine and assess the foreign relations of the United States from its founding period until its rise as a global power with the Spanish American...

James Baldwin and Toni Morrison
BASC70191

The relationship between African American philosophical literature and the western canon is complex. Whereas great works of European literature have had an undeniable influence on the work of many...