The yearlong freshman IHUM Requirement consists of three courses over three quarters: an autumn course, generally taught by faculty across different disciplines, and a winter-spring course sequence taught by faculty within the same department.
The autumn course brings together faculty from different disciplines to provide multiple perspectives on three to five primary course texts, which may be written documents, artistic works, or cultural artifacts. The courses build a foundation in the study of thought, values, beliefs, creativity, and culture and promote the primary pedagogical objective of building students' skills of close analysis and interpretation.
The two-quarter, twenty-week IHUM course sequences promote depth of study, often in a single field. Rather than covering basic knowledge in preparation for advanced study in a given discipline, the IHUM sequences explore broad issues organized around a central theme.
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2003-2004 (PDF, 2.04MB)
2004-2005 (PDF, 1.94MB)
2005-2006 (PDF, 1.85MB)
2006-2007 (PDF, 1.84MB)
2007-2008 (PDF, 1.58MB)
2008-2009 (PDF, 2.26MB)
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