Courses

Are you a frosh who is interested in the humanities but unsure of which time period, language, or culture to explore first?

Are you a STEM student who seeks a rich humanities learning experience and guidance on where to begin?

Are you looking for conversations that cut across traditional areas of study?

Humanities Core courses will give you the chance to think and read rigorously about compelling global topics. The courses are all electives offered in academic departments and can usually be counted toward the host department’s major and minors. The courses count for Ways—mostly A-II but in some cases ED.

Although you can take whichever course interests you, HumCore is designed to be taken as a set of courses, providing a broad chronological sweep from 2000 BC to the present day.

Fall courses deal with the ancient world across Africa, Asia, and Europe. The winter courses address middle periods, such as Renaissance Europe, Classical Islam, and medieval Japan. The spring courses cover global modernity up to the present day.  In spring each year, we link up with COLLEGE to offer our HumCore courses as an option in the Global Perspectives quarter.

Learn more about a humanities certificate

For spring courses, please browse the COLLEGE Global Perspectives courses and look for the "Global Humanities" seminar cluster.