General Education Seminar 120g:

Seminar in Humanistic Inquiry (4.0 units)

Interpretation and analysis of works of the imagination, exploring language, thought, and cultural traditions in relation to one another. (Satisfies GE-B, Humanistic Inquiry) Open only to Freshmen.
  • Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Freshmen
  • General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
SectionSessionTypeTimeDaysRegisteredInstructorLocationSyllabusInfo
Water and the Imagination
35327D001Lecture8:30-9:50amMon, Wed16 of 17Jackie WangCPA111session dates
Laughter and the Transformation--From Ancient Athens to Modern Standup
35332D001Lecture9:30-10:50amTue, Thu
18 of 17
Devon HarlowWPH107session dates
Vampires and Other Monsters in World Literature, Film and Art
35333D001Lecture9:30-10:50amTue, Thu
18 of 17
Ellen OliveiraTHH215session dates
Feminist Science Fiction Studies
35334D001Lecture9:30-10:50amTue, Thu
18 of 17
Atia SattarTHH110session dates
Modern Russian Culture
35337D001Lecture9:30-10:50amTue, Thu
19 of 17
Natalia DameWPH203session dates
Being Muslim in America
35338D001Lecture9:30-10:50amTue, Thu
18 of 18
Arjun NairCPA256session dates
The Uncanny in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
35339D001Lecture10:00-10:50amMWF
18 of 17
Thea TomainiTHH115session dates
Science in Western Philosophy
35340D001Lecture10:00-10:50amMWF
17 of 17
Zlatan DamnjanovicGFS201session dates
Envisioning Afterlives: Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory in Literature and History
35341D001Lecture10:00-11:50amMon, Wed
18 of 17
Lori MeeksSOSB41session dates
Poetry Across Media
35342D001Lecture11:00-12:20pmTue, Thu16 of 17Bruce SmithONLINEsession dates
Labor in the Greco-Roman World
35343D001Lecture11:00-12:20pmTue, Thu
12 of 12
Steven GonzalezTHH106session dates
Contemporary Korean Film and Culture
35344D001Lecture11:00-12:20pmTue, Thu
19 of 17
Youngmin ChoeCPA258session dates
Biblical Protagonists
35345D001Lecture11:00-12:20pmTue, Thu
17 of 17
Kristine GarrowayGFS113session dates
Climate Fiction--Speculative Fiction for a Broken World
35346D001Lecture11:00-12:20pmTue, Thu
17 of 17
Stephanie BowerWPH106session dates
Modern Russian Culture
35347D001Lecture11:00-12:20pmTue, Thu
19 of 17
Natalia DameWPH107session dates
St. Petersburg--City of Myth
35348D001Lecture11:00-12:20pmTue, Thu
19 of 17
Colleen McQuillenCPA205session dates
Reason and the Unbearable Lightness of Being
35349D001Lecture11:00-12:20pmTue, Thu
18 of 18
Sally PrattCPA151session dates
Language, Law and Literature
35350D001Lecture11:00-12:20pmTue, Thu
18 of 17
Sandra DisnerCPA256PDF (170500 KB)session dates
Classics in Greek Literature and Philosophy
35351D001Lecture12:00-12:50pmMWF
19 of 17
CPA255PDF (555248 KB)session dates
Reading "Black Love"
35352D001Lecture12:30-1:50pmTue, Thu
16 of 16
Lanita JacobsKAP166session dates
Human Reason--Its Scope and Limits
35353D001Lecture12:30-1:50pmTue, Thu
Canceled
Janet Levinsession dates
Kurosawa's Cosmos
35354D001Lecture12:30-1:50pmTue, Thu
19 of 17
Kerim YasarCPA256session dates
Indian Traditions of Mind and Body
35355D001Lecture12:30-1:50pmTue, Thu
19 of 17
James MchughCPA210session dates
Literature of Resistance
35356R001Lecture12:30-1:50pmTue, Thu
19 of 17
Yaffa WeismanWPH101session dates
Culture, Conformity, Revolt
35357D001Lecture12:30-1:50pmTue, Thu
17 of 16
David RolloONLINEsession dates
Masterpieces of the Short Story
35359D001Lecture12:30-1:50pmTue, Thu14 of 15Alexander ZholkovskyTHH215 & ONLINEWord (24191 KB)session dates
The Dream of Poetry
35360D001Lecture12:30-1:50pmTue, Thu13 of 14Carol Muske-DukesONLINEWord (72633 KB)session dates
Ultra-Close Readings of the Hebrew Scriptures
35361D001Lecture2:00-3:20pmMon, Wed
17 of 17
Bruce ZuckermanTHH217session dates
Reading Scripture--The Hebrew Bible, New Testament and Qur'an in Dialogue
35362D001Lecture2:00-3:20pmMon, Wed
17 of 17
Reuven FirestoneWPH101session dates
Trouble As Their Business--Mid-20th Century Noir and Detective Fiction
35363D001Lecture2:00-3:20pmMon, Wed
19 of 17
Ben LevineCPA210session dates
Messiah--The History of an Idea
35364D001Lecture2:00-3:20pmMon, Wed
17 of 17
Joshua GarrowayWPH107session dates
Mindfulness in Cultural Practices
35365D001Lecture2:00-3:20pmMon, Wed
19 of 17
Thomas WardTHH215Word (180029 KB)session dates
Plants Attack! Botany in Fiction, Film and Ecological Thought
35366D001Lecture2:00-3:20pmMon, Wed
18 of 17
Antonia SzabariTHH112Word (28329 KB)session dates
Vampires and Other Monsters in World Literature, Film and Art
35367D001Lecture2:00-3:20pmMon, Wed
17 of 17
Ellen OliveiraTHH110session dates
Immigration and Assimilation -- the U.S. Catholic Experience
35368D001Lecture2:00-3:20pmMon, Wed
18 of 17
James Lewis HeftTHH108Word (33158 KB)session dates
Slavery and Salvation
35369D001Lecture2:00-3:20pmMon, Wed
17 of 17
Kelsey MossWPH203session dates
Indian Images
35370D001Lecture2:00-3:20pmTue, Thu16 of 17Ketaki PantONLINEsession dates
Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Magical Realism
35371D001Lecture2:00-3:20pmTue, Thu
18 of 17
Marjorie BeckerWPH107session dates
Christianity and the Roman Empire
35372D001Lecture2:00-3:20pmMon, Wed
15 of 14
Sheila BriggsCPA256session dates
Eastern European Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
35373D001Lecture2:00-3:20pmMon, Wed
18 of 17
Andrzej BrylakWPH206Word (380606 KB)session dates
On Beauty
35375D001Lecture2:00-3:20pmTue, Thu
18 of 17
Daniel TiffanyCPA109session dates
Representations of Nature in the Roman Empire
35376D001Lecture2:00-3:20pmTue, Thu
18 of 17
Emily BrownTHH217session dates
Transforming Italy--Italian Literature Today
35378D001Lecture3:30-4:50pmMon, Wed
18 of 17
James FortneyCPA206session dates
Los Angeles Stories
35379D001Lecture3:30-4:50pmMon, Wed
18 of 17
Christopher FreemanTHH217PDF (611621 KB)session dates
Christianity and the Roman Empire
35380D001Lecture3:30-4:50pmMon, Wed
12 of 12
Sheila BriggsCPA161session dates
Daughters of Africa--Black Women in U.S. History
35381D001Lecture3:30-4:50pmMon, Wed
19 of 17
Francille WilsonCPA111session dates
Trouble As Their Business--Mid-20th Century Noir and Detective Fiction
35382D001Lecture3:30-4:50pmMon, Wed
18 of 17
Ben LevineCPA106session dates
On Beauty
35386D001Lecture3:30-4:50pmTue, Thu
17 of 15
Daniel TiffanyCPA109session dates
Mindfulness in Cultural Practices
35388D001Lecture5:00-6:20pmMon, Wed
19 of 17
Thomas WardONLINEWord (182029 KB)session dates
Anime, Comics, and the Japanese Experience of the Second World War
35391D001Lecture5:00-6:20pmTue, Thu
19 of 17
Benjamin UchiyamaCPA254session dates
Reading "Black Love"
35392D001Lecture5:00-6:20pmTue, Thu14 of 17Lanita JacobsKAP165session dates
Ghost Stories-Throughout Time and Around the World
35393D001Lecture5:00-6:20pmTue, Thu
18 of 17
Tok ThompsonONLINEWord (54272 KB)session dates
Information accurate as of February 7, 2022 7:48 am.