CORE 101 Humanities for Just Communities
This summer virtual course is part of the Humanities for Just Communities (HJC) curriculum, which aims to demonstrate the power of the Humanities to address a different social justice issue each year. Open only to incoming first-year students. Graded on Credit/No Credit basis only.
Health and Illness
In summer 2022, the HJC summer virtual course will introduce students to the range of ways Humanities disciplines—including History, Media Arts & Culture, Music, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Theater—approach the study of human health and illness. Equipped with analytical frames from these fields, students will explore the connectedness of human and ecological health; the intersection of U.S. migration and health histories; narratives of pain and suffering; the relationship between music, sound, and disease; representations of pandemics in theatrical performances; and students will build an understanding of health justice.