HUM 101The Ancient and Medieval World6
- Subject
- HUM
- Credits (min)
- 6
- Credits (max)
- 6
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.houghton.edu
Houghton University · Courses
HUM
16 courses with the subject HUM, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
HUM 102The Early Modern World3
- Subject
- HUM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.houghton.edu
HUM 150Independent Language Learning I3
- Subject
- HUM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.houghton.edu
HUM 151Independent Language Learning II3
- Subject
- HUM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-graduate
- Source
- www.houghton.edu
HUM 201The Modern World3
- Subject
- HUM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.houghton.edu
HUM 210Introduction to Global Humanities3
3-F/S Trains students in the use of interdisciplinary humanities. Through selected case studies focusing on different world regions, students will learn to use history, literature, politics, philosophy, theology, language, and the arts as interconnected means for understanding global cultures, regions, and issues. Liberal Arts.
- Subject
- HUM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.houghton.edu
HUM 247Switzerland: A Case Study in
European Politics and Culture 3-WSP General introduction to Switzerland, covering history, politics, literature, and culture. Topics include Switzerland as a multinational, multilingual, and multi-confessional country; Swiss neutrality, federalism, and direct democracy; the country’s relation to the European Union; and its experience with immigration. Special attention to similarities and differences between Switzerland and the United States. Fulfills part of General Education Global Competence requirement. Liberal Arts.
- Subject
- HUM
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-graduate
- Source
- www.houghton.edu
HUM 348Vienna 1900: Politico-Cultural Crisis
and Creativity 3-WSP Studies the late 19th-century crisis of faith and reason in turn-of-the-century Vienna, where the Habsburg Empire was crumbling under the pressure of ethnic and national rivalries and competing political ideologies. Across cultural realms – political, literary, philosophical, artistic, musical, architectural, scientific – a remarkable outburst of creativity by a group of first-rate writers, artists, and thinkers reveals the surface refinement and elegance as well as the subterranean turmoil and decay that mark the fin de siècle period. Liberal Arts.
- Subject
- HUM
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-graduate
- Source
- www.houghton.edu
HUM 351Translation Workshop1
1-F&S Brief introduction to translation studies, a growing field in today’s globalized world. Students reflect on the nature of translation and associated problems. Students must have sufficient command of a language other than English to prepare a 2–5-page translation of a text from that language. Most of the semester is devoted to workshopping these student translations with a concluding reflection paper on the process. Enrollment limit: 12 students. Beneficial for any student wishing to hone language and translation skills, whether for educational or professional purposes. May be repeated multiple times. Liberal Arts.
- Subject
- HUM
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 1
- Type
- course
- Repeatable
- May be repeated multiple times.
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.houghton.edu
HUM 362Loyalty
3-WSP Careful consideration of the meaning, origin, objects, and limits of loyalty with special attention to its political manifestations. Draws on a wide range of philosophical, political, legal, theological, and literary sources. Liberal Arts.
- Subject
- HUM
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-graduate
- Source
- www.houghton.edu
HUM 367Living Like a Narnian: The Social and
Ethical Thought of C. S. Lewis 275
- Subject
- HUM
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-graduate
- Source
- www.houghton.edu
HUM 376Manzanar: Race, Citizenship, and
- Subject
- HUM
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-graduate
- Source
- www.houghton.edu
HUM 382Around the World: Reading Across Borders1
- Subject
- HUM
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 1
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.houghton.edu
HUM 395Special Topics
1, 2, 3, or 4-WSP Liberal Arts.
- Subject
- HUM
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-graduate
- Source
- www.houghton.edu
HUM 425The Great Books2
1-WSP The purpose of this seminar is for students to engage classic texts and authors they might otherwise not encounter in their normal coursework; often, the texts chosen are lengthy ones that would otherwise be excerpted or simply skipped in favor of more compact readings. The reading differs each time the course is offered, so it may be taken multiple times. Liberal Arts.
- Subject
- HUM
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-graduate
- Source
- www.houghton.edu
HUM 481Senior Capstone: Humanities
- Subject
- HUM
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-graduate
- Source
- www.houghton.edu
Source: Houghton University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61