The Introduction to the Humanities program builds on nearly 90 years of undergraduate tradition at Stanford. As did the pioneering “Problems of Citizenship” course in 1919, today’s IHUM courses engage freshmen with significant issues, themes, ideas and values of human identity and existence. Through close study and critical interpretation of important texts from literature, history, philosophy and the dramatic, visual and material arts, IHUM provides all first-year students with a strong foundation in liberal education.
OUR NEW CURRICULUM—IHUM and Thinking Matters
In 2012-13, Stanford University will transform the Introduction to Humanities (IHUM) Program to include a broader range of disciplinary areas of study. This new curriculum of IHUM-transition and “Thinking Matters” courses will span such diverse fields as American studies, environmental studies, biological sciences, social psychology, and political philosophy as well as the traditional humanities disciplines. We are now accepting applications for one-year lecturer positions to teach in the new curriculum.