Honors College 201H - Ideas That Change the World

In this seminar, students will examine texts and works of art that have profoundly shaped the world we live in. The course is divided into four units: Models of Inquiry; the Impact of Science and Technology; Social Philosophy and Civic Engagement; and Art in the World. The course is supplemented with several plenary lectures by distinguished honors faculty speakers.

Students adding this class after the first meeting must email the instructor for the assignment, pjgorman@honors.umass.edu.