33 courses with the subject HMN, 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.
Social, artistic and environmental aspects of life in contemporary Venice. Includes site visits, guest lectures, and interviews with Venetians. Taught in Venice. Pass/fail.
Social, political, cultural, and environmental factors of life in Spain today. Taught in Salamanca. Pass/fail.
Social, political, cultural, and environmental factors of life in London today. Taught in London. Pass/fail.
Social, political, cultural, and environmental factors of life in Washington, D.C. today. Taught in Washington, DC. Pass/fail.
Social, political, cultural, and environmental factors of life in Chile today. Taught in Chile. Pass/fail.
Social, cultural, and environmental factors of life in contemporary Vienna. Includes site visits, guest lectures and interviews with Viennese. Taught in Vienna. Pass/Fail only.
1-3 Literature, Culture, and Film
Introduction to key ideas, concepts, and theories from ancient cultures, Western or Non-Western, and their legacies in medieval, modern, and contemporary societies through an interdisciplinary lens. Topics vary with the instructor. (D)
Analyzes pivotal moments, events, and texts in modern and contemporary world history through artistic, literary, cultural, and political manifestations. Topics vary with the instructor. (D)
Texts studied are by such authors as Dante, Montaigne, Cervantes, Goethe, Dostoevsky, and Camus. (D)
East Asian Studies Electives Group Two: Art, Music, Philosophy, and Study of
Explores various works, primarily in translation, from Homer to the present that focuses on the relationship between travel and discovery. (D)
Examines fiction’s engagement with history and society from a cross- cultural perspective. (CD, D, POR)
Explores frameworks in the Humanities for critically and compassionately engaging pressing social concerns within communities. (CD)
A study of late nineteenth and early twentieth century Vienna as reflected in the matrix of the city's civic and artistic life. Taught in Vienna.
Examines London’s history and evolving global identity, focusing on its architecture, folklore, music, literature, and museums. Taught in London. (D)
Offers an immersive exploration of Barcelona’s architecture, folklore, and history, highlighting its cultural evolution, international influence, and the character of the leaders who have shaped the city’s identity. Taught in
Readings and discussions in fictions, drama, and poetry that highlight trends and genres in Italian literature from the Middle Ages through contemporary times, and/or literature that features Italy as seen through the eyes of foreigners. Taught only in Venice.
Study of the relationship between literature and the moral imagination, exploring what diverse authors have to teach us about community, conflict, and the quest for character. (CD, D)
Gender. (3 h) Examines the design, accessibility, and use of public space, focusing on cultural values and intersections of class, gender, and ethnicity. (CD)
and Media
Survey of the global spread of Environmentalism, with an emphasis on its evolution as a disciplinary field that includes eco-feminism and feminist perspectives on the environment. Topics include the investigation of women's roles in environmental history and the construction of global environmental narratives. Also listed as WGS 309.
An introduction to the concepts and tools of the digital humanities. Projects in the digital humanities include exercises that employ the use of these tools to examine data and narratives of the humanities, including disciplinary approaches in literature, public history, women's, gender, and sexuality studies, and media studies. Only offered for 1.5 or 3 hours.
Humanities: Innovation, Public Engagement, and Social Change
Explores the relationship between various virtues of character and the skills, capacities, and competences to navigate the world by drawing on a wide range of interdisciplinary sources, examples, and practices, including close reading, critical reflection, experiential learning, and exploratory writing. Can be repeated for credit.
Examines different cultural, historical, and philosophical understandings and practices of leadership and character through readings, exhibits, performances, tours, and dialogues. Offered abroad. Can be repeated for credit.
4 HPA 150 Introduction to Public Health 3
Explores ideas and questions at the intersection of medical science and the humanities. Topics include the expression of disease in literature and art; the ethics of genetics research; the interplay of religion and medicine; the economics of health care; and the interplay between medical research and care and issues of race, gender, sexuality, colonialism, and disability.
Examines the common roots of law, philosophy, literature, and politics. Focuses on the interpretative strategies, and critical skills, and virtues of character and mind that legal professionals, humanists, and artists share. (EI)
A study of the role that urban design and planning play in shaping the urban experience, and the impact of design choices on the evolution of the cities and their possible futures. The course will explore human potential and expression in the built environment, drawing from literary and non-fictional accounts of life in cities. Observations and design exercises in local neighborhood and community spaces will serve as a basis for understanding the role of place in urban culture and its ability to shape the human experience. (CD)
Selected themes and approaches to the study of human culture that bridge disciplinary and/or national boundaries. Can be repeated for credit.
A research project in the humanities that pursues a topic studied in one of the courses of the minor and a synthesis of views from a least two traditional disciplines.
Capstone project in the minor. P - HMN 389.
Source: Wake Forest University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
