Courses within the Humanities Program focus on helping students understand others through their cultures, histories, and forms of expression while building skills in writing and critical reading. A series of introductory surveys taught by senior faculty (HUM 101, 102, 103) introduce students to major approaches and issues in the study of the humanities. These courses are directed towards first and second-year students and may be taken independently or as a sequence. More specialized courses at both the lower and upper-division levels address specific themes in the humanities, for example: the nature of the city; the relationship between science and culture; and food as a mode of human expression.
The University of Oregon course catalog offers degree plans and a complete list of undergraduate courses in the Humanities Program.
Featured Courses
HUM 240 Medical Humanities
Examines the intersection of literature, philosophy, history, and the arts with medical theory and practice.
HUM 245 Food, Art, and Literature
The study of food in the Ancient Greco-Roman world, ancient China, or the modern world using historical, literary, and practical approaches.
HUM 260 Postwar European Culture
Addresses the broad history and culture of 20th century Europe through humanistic themes and texts that reflect aspects of that experience.