Courses - Spring 2023
HNUH
University Honors
HNUH100
Gateway Seminar
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg
First-semester orientation and exploration seminar required of all UH students.
First-semester orientation and exploration seminar required of all UH students.
HNUH218B
What does it mean to be free in the United States? The concept of freedom was embedded in the nation's political culture in the Declaration of Independence, and it has remained a cherished and contested ideal. We can interrogate this concept through the life and times of Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), who dreamed eloquently of freedom, thought carefully about its limits, and worked ardently to build a firmer freedom for a broader population. With Douglass as our guide, we will examine the survival of slavery in a nation built on freedom, images of the expanding United States as a land of opportunity, and the complex meanings and tremendous costs of freedom struggles during the nineteenth century. This history will push you to think critically about the contested concepts that shape our lives, and to consider the values and the perils of a society that positions freedom as its highest ideal.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later.
HNUH218B is the required I-Series course in the Freedom at Stake thematic cluster. Freedom at Stake courses will be offered through Spring 2024.
HNUH218B is the required I-Series course in the Freedom at Stake thematic cluster. Freedom at Stake courses will be offered through Spring 2024.
HNUH218U
Finding Feminist Freedom
"I'm the one that'll make you pay." So goes one verse of what has become a Latin American feminist hymn, "Cancion sin miedo" ("Fearless Song," by Vivir Quintana). Transnationally, feminists today--particularly in the Global South--are on fire: militant, unafraid, angry, and, above all, driven by a desire to build a world where the promise of freedom for all is finally fulfilled. But what is freedom? Is freedom an abstract concept or a lived experience? Is it individual or collective? What is the meaning of 'feminist freedom'? These questions will be gauged by discussing, analyzing, and interpreting texts in feminist theory; decolonial and transnational feminist approaches; and feminist film, documentary, performance, and protest. At the end of the course, you will have learned that there is not one feminism, but many, become familiar with feminist theory and practice, and be equipped to live your own version of a feminist life.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later.
HNUH218U is part of the Freedom At Stake thematic cluster and pairs with HNUH218B to complete the cluster. Freedom At Stake courses will be offered through Spring 2024.
HNUH218U is part of the Freedom At Stake thematic cluster and pairs with HNUH218B to complete the cluster. Freedom At Stake courses will be offered through Spring 2024.
HNUH218W
Freedom and Captivity: Prisons, Punishment, and Citizenship
What does freedom mean if you're incarcerated? How is freedom, citizenship, and social membership mediated through the power of the state? What are the implications of punishment on how freedom is constructed, understood, and experienced? The United States purports to be a beacon of freedom while simultaneously incarcerating more people than any other country in the world. Throughout the course, we will discuss the writings of scholars, theorists, historians, and--most importantly--incarcerated people to interrogate the concept of "freedom" from the vantage point of the prison. Students will use these insights to analyze the complex tensions and relationships between social ideals and practice.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later. This course is part of the Freedom at Stake Thematic Cluster and must be paired with HNUH 218B to complete the cluster. Freedom at Stake courses will be offered through Spring 2024.
HNUH228B
What is at stake for our world as humans seek to redesign biological organisms? Biotechnology advances are enabling us to read, edit and write genomes, including our own. This revolution has been fueled by the quest to understand and cure disease. Yet, these innovations have far-reaching consequences beyond medicine and will reshape our world in ways we can only imagine - or fear. The course will challenge students to confront the risks and rewards for them, their family, their community, and their future, as biotechnology moves out of specialized laboratories and into homes. A demystifying, low-tech approach will introduce them to contemporary genome redesign, clarifying the current limitations and future goals of the field. Students will debate whether redesigning plants and animals will enhance or inhibit momentum in human genome engineering, and formulate their own arguments about who should be able to use these tools and where, who decides, and how much society is willing to risk.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later.
HNUH228B is the required I-Series course in the Redesigning Life thematic cluster. Redesigning Life courses will be offered through Spring 2024.
HNUH228B is the required I-Series course in the Redesigning Life thematic cluster. Redesigning Life courses will be offered through Spring 2024.
HNUH228U
A Life Worth Living: The Legacy of Eugenics in Genetics
Should parents be able to choose their child's eye color? Or alter their child's genome to eliminate a hereditary disability? While these might seem like different concerns, both are eugenic questions. In this class students will learn about the legacy of eugenics and its role in the development of genetics by analyzing science fiction works through the lens of disability studies. We'll explore the past to identify who has historically been considered "fit" and look to the future to consider what kinds of embodiments, and life experiences, society seems willing to let disappear.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later.
HNUH228U is part of the Redesigning Life thematic cluster and pairs with HNUH228B to complete the cluster. Redesigning Life courses will be offered through Spring 2024.
HNUH228U is part of the Redesigning Life thematic cluster and pairs with HNUH228B to complete the cluster. Redesigning Life courses will be offered through Spring 2024.
HNUH228W
Planetary Protection vs. Planetary Imperialism
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg
International space agencies, such as NASA, ESA, and CNSA, continue to push the boundaries of deep space exploration, buoyed by public excitement, scientific ambition, and political motivation. However, the invasion of alien environments warrants an ethical consideration. What are the risks of forward contamination? What are the potential consequences of reverse contamination? How do we avoid a "space race" incentivized by imperialism? What happens next if we do discover life on another planetary body? This course equips students to grapple with such questions in light of the current state of planetary science, world affairs, and the near-term prospects for the commercialization of spaceflight.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later. This course is part of the Redesigning Life Thematic Cluster and must be paired with HNUH 228B to complete the cluster. Redesigning Life courses will be offered through Spring 2024.
HNUH238B
If we believe that racism is bad, why do we still support racist policies? No matter how hard we work to end it, the challenge of racism seems here to stay. Though attitudes toward racial segregation in schools have changed, schools are more racially isolated than ever. There is a disconnect in American public life between support for the idea of equality and resistance to policies aimed at addressing racism, and a deep divide over how to eliminate inequality. This course focuses on public opinion and how these attitudes inform public policy. Can we address systemic inequality through public engagement and by changing the national narrative with the support of evidence? Does change come from shifting views or shifting policies? Students will explore these issues through a case study on racial equity in the Honors College. By developing skills in evidence-based op-ed writing and survey-based experiments, students will add their voices to these pressing public debates of our time.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later.
HNUH238B is the required I-Series course in the Systemic Racism thematic cluster. Systemic Racism courses will be offered through Spring 2024.
HNUH238B is the required I-Series course in the Systemic Racism thematic cluster. Systemic Racism courses will be offered through Spring 2024.
HNUH238U
Unequal Opportunity? Race and the Future of American Education
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg
America's schools are dynamic microcosms of society at large. They simultaneously reflect, reproduce, and shape what happens outside of the classroom, including the many ways that racism affects us all. The educational mechanisms that operate for the benefit of some and to the detriment of others are often hard to see, often because they are hidden in plain sight. For example, national tests are standardized. When racialized differences in test scores appear, they are called "achievement gaps" and the disparity is attributed to essential differences or cultural deficiency rather than inequitable access and opportunity. In this course students will learn methods to critically examine such commonplace notions as the achievement gap and to document their effects on society. They will also develop strategies for self-reflection that enable them to confront inequity in their own educational experience and work to create change.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later.
This course is part of the Systemic Racism thematic cluster. Students who enroll in HNUH238U are required to complete HNUH238B to complete the cluster. Systemic Racism courses will be offered through spring 2024.
This course is part of the Systemic Racism thematic cluster. Students who enroll in HNUH238U are required to complete HNUH238B to complete the cluster. Systemic Racism courses will be offered through spring 2024.
HNUH238W
Monsters and Racism: Black Horror and Speculative Fiction
Cross-listed with: WGSS298W.
Credit only granted for: HONR299Y, HNUH238W, or WGSS298W.
Formerly: HONR299Y.
The previous decade has been considered a renaissance for Black Horror. From Get Out to Lovecraft Country, the genre has enjoyed unprecedented mainstream media buzz and accolades. This course looks at contemporary Black horror and speculative fiction as cultural texts which put into question our notions of human(e) and inhuman(e) through critiques of white supremacy and accompanying oppressions. Students will learn a host of critical skills through close reading and analysis of literature and film by Black creators such as Jordan Peele, Misha Green, Toni Morrison, Jewelle Gomez, and Octavia Butler. With the ability to interpret cultural texts using literary criticism, film analysis, history, cultural studies, ethnic studies, feminist theory, and the social sciences, students will connect these texts to continuing historical and contemporary issues of racial and cultural oppression such as medical discrimination, policing and criminalization, misogynoir, and racialized capitalism.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later. This course is part of the Systemic Racism Thematic Cluster and must be paired with HNUH 238B to complete the cluster. Systemic Racism courses will be offered through Spring 2024.
HNUH248B
Setting the Table: The Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Agriculture
What will the farm of the future look like? Our current food system is plagued with paradoxes. An estimated 41.2 million Americans are classified as food insecure, but we produce 4,000 calories per person per day. Between 2008 and 2012, 1.6 million acres of long-term grasslands were converted to crop production, yet more than 350,000 acres of farmland were lost to development annually. This course will investigate what determines the food we eat and how we can make changes today that will improve both food access and the environment for future generations. Students will learn agribusiness, as well as alternative food movements and regenerative agriculture. They will meet experts from the USDA and Maryland producers. By growing their own vegetables, tracking food consumption, and exploring family history linked to farming, students will leave the course as conscious consumers empowered to navigate food system reform.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later.
HNUH248B is the required I-Series course in the Global Crises, Sustainable Futures thematic cluster. Global Crises, Sustainable Futures courses will be offered through Spring 2024.
HNUH248B is the required I-Series course in the Global Crises, Sustainable Futures thematic cluster. Global Crises, Sustainable Futures courses will be offered through Spring 2024.
HNUH248U
In 2017, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy deemed loneliness an "epidemic." Despite the rise of social media that is meant to foster connection, over 23% of adults report being lonely and social networks have been shrinking for decades. Like a viral epidemic, widespread loneliness has grave consequences. Loneliness shortens lifespans at a rate akin to smoking 15 cigarettes a day and predicts mortality risk better than poor diet or lack of exercise. This course will explore how loneliness became a crisis--exploring potential drivers of loneliness like social media, systemic racism, homophobia, and the rise of romantic love--and what we can do about it. It will end with students developing interventions to diminish loneliness and practicing skills to connect with one another.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later.
HNUH248U is part of the Global Crises, Sustainable Futures thematic cluster and pairs with HNUH248B to complete the cluster. Global Crises, Sustainable Futures courses will be offered through Spring 2024.
HNUH248U is part of the Global Crises, Sustainable Futures thematic cluster and pairs with HNUH248B to complete the cluster. Global Crises, Sustainable Futures courses will be offered through Spring 2024.
HNUH248V
How Can We Study Environmental Problems?
Credit only granted for: HONR249D or HNUH248V.
Formerly: HONR249D.
How do we study environmental problems? The course provides an overview of the ways social scientists collect information about environmental issues and environmental change, most of which are driven by society and the social world. The course focuses on learning how to collect data that are reliable and applicable to research questions. Through the lens of specific case studies of environmental efforts currently underway, students will learn how to construct a testable hypothesis, design a small-scale research project, and write up the findings of this work to understand environmental issues. They will develop a critical eye to the structure of social science research: identifying the object of inquiry, noting what is being tested; how it is operationalized; and evaluating the quality of the research conducted. The course requires no background or prerequisites.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later.
This course is part of the Global Crises, Sustainable Futures thematic cluster. Students who enroll in HNUH248V are expected to complete HNUH248B to complete the cluster. Global Crises, Sustainable Futures courses will be offered through Spring 2024.
This course is part of the Global Crises, Sustainable Futures thematic cluster. Students who enroll in HNUH248V are expected to complete HNUH248B to complete the cluster. Global Crises, Sustainable Futures courses will be offered through Spring 2024.
HNUH249T
National Security: Domestic Dilemmas
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg
Credit only granted for: HNUH249T or HONR278D.
Formerly: HONR278D.
The police detain a man thought to be plotting a terrorist attack the next day in a U.S. city that would kill or injure thousands. They want to subject him to "enhanced interrogation," which some consider to be torture. Should the police be permitted to use enhanced interrogation techniques? Who decides? This course will ask key questions raised during the efforts of our national security apparatus to protect the nation. Given the tension between the powers of the government to protect citizens, and the necessary limits on that power, what are the fundamental principles that should govern our efforts to protect the nation while preserving our values? Students will try their hand at finding the delicate balance of these principles in difficult national security dilemmas. This course is self-contained but paired with HNUH249P in the National Security track, which explores post-9/11 policy decisions around the U.S. effort to create a sustainable democracy in Afghanistan.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later.
HUNH249T pairs with HUNH249PP to complete the National Security Theory/Practice track. This pair of courses can be taken in any order. This track will be offered at least through the 2023-24 academic year.
HUNH249T pairs with HUNH249PP to complete the National Security Theory/Practice track. This pair of courses can be taken in any order. This track will be offered at least through the 2023-24 academic year.
HNUH258X
Carnal Knowledge: Health, Data, and Power from Enlightenment to WebMD
"Carnal knowledge" may sound provocative but, in a literal sense, it describes information derived from and about the human body. Consider a ship captain observing the tattoos of sailors to understand their origins, a surgeon examining a cadaver for signs of saintliness, or a natural philosopher ingesting an herb to determine its toxicity. These are instances of carnal knowledge. Historically, such intimate acts turned the body into a site of data collection and a powerful source of information. Both by choice and by force, the instrumentalization of the human body was used to solve scientific problems as well as to justify hierarchies of race and sex. Through a deep engagement with this material, students will connect topics such as the transatlantic slave trade to cell lines as they uncover the embodied relationship between information and power that still shapes our world today.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later. This course is part of the Information and Power Thematic Cluster and must be paired with HNUH 258A to complete the cluster. Only students who have already taken HNUH258A should register for this class. Information and Power courses will not be offered after Spring 2023.
HNUH258Y
The Power of the Writing Voice
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg
Words have power to ignite political storms, protest movements, and revolutions. Throughout history, writers have used their voices to create stories that have transformed the world. This course will examine powerful voices in history that have inspired social, political, economic, environmental and cultural change. Students will critically examine the power of these voices through the written word, lectures, and various other media. By critically listening to revolutionary speeches and "Soul" music, and by critically reading literature and essays, students will sharpen their own writing voices. As students explore the complex, dynamic relationships between the written word and cultural change, they will gain insight into the nature of power and influence.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later. This course is part of the Information & Power Thematic Cluster and must be paired with HNUH 258A to complete the cluster. Information & Power courses will not be offered after spring 2023. You should only take this course if you have previously completed HNUH258A.
HNUH259T
Drawn to D.C.: Reading the City
A movement known as the Metropolitan Revolution has recognized cities as sites of concentrated economic growth and political power. What does that movement have to do with you? Not only does the city change who you are, but the ambitions and fears that you bring to it also alter what is already there. With Washington, D.C. as a case study, this course considers cities in the context of the ambitious plans that developed them and the unbuilt spaces that open us to imagining them anew. From the ideological tensions and competing policies that politicize urban space, to the construction challenges and social implications of choices made, why we build is as important as what we build. We will experience Washington through its history of spaces, stories, music, art; and learn to see ourselves as co-designers of its present. This course is self-contained but paired with HNUH259P in the Drawn to D.C. track, which explores the created spaces we inhabit, and how they inhabit us.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later.
HNUH259T pairs with HNUH259P to complete the Drawn to D.C.Theory/Practice track. This pair of courses can be taken in any order. This track will be offered at least through the 2023-24 academic year.
HNUH259T pairs with HNUH259P to complete the Drawn to D.C.Theory/Practice track. This pair of courses can be taken in any order. This track will be offered at least through the 2023-24 academic year.
HNUH268A
Both American law and conventional morality support the view that human beings have bodily rights - ones we can waive by giving another person our consent to do what would otherwise be a rights violation. Yet, debate about the sovereignty of an individual's body and the potential rights of others--including the state--over our bodies lies at the core of some of the most contentious issues facing us as a society. This class will investigate the thorny debates that pertain to consent in sexual relations, medicine and research, and bodily markets. What types threats, offers, or cognitive incapacities undermine true consent? How do we evaluate the moral or legal significance of bodily rights when they come into tension with the government's interest? After evaluating arguments, exploring distinctions, and using philosophical tools to arrive at reasoned conclusions about consent, students will learn to apply these conceptual tools to cases from fiction and current events.
Restricted to University Honors students matriculating in Fall 2020 and later. This course is the required I-Series class in the Body Politics cluster. Body Politics courses will be offered through Spring 2023. You should only take this course if you have either previously completed one course in the Body Politics cluster, or if you will take both HNUH268A and one other Body Politics course together in spring 2023.
HNUH268J
American Idle: The Cultural Politics of Laziness
Hard work has long been central to American identity, and the Puritan work ethic that forged a nation lingers in today's grind culture. Recently, though, workers have favored lying down over leaning in, prioritizing self-care over hustle. In this course, we'll explore the history of this tension between labor and (perceived) laziness. From Rip Van Winkle's slumber to Cheech and Chong's stoner antics, laziness has a long American genealogy informed by body politics. Indeed, the concept of "laziness" is loaded with racist, classist, sexist, and ableist notions, dictating who is seen as "lazy" and who enjoys "leisure." By examining the American impulse to both work hard and hardly work, students will learn to critically analyze how certain cultural narratives structure our everyday existence, and how we can resist them.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later.
HNUH268J is part of the Body Politics thematic cluster and must be paired with HNUH268A to complete the cluster. Body Politics courses will be offered through Spring 2023.
HNUH268J is part of the Body Politics thematic cluster and must be paired with HNUH268A to complete the cluster. Body Politics courses will be offered through Spring 2023.
HNUH268Z
Body Boundaries: The science behind asexuality, coloniality, and immortality
Credit only granted for: HONR258A or HNUH268Z.
Formerly: HONR258A.
Animal bodies have clear boundaries across space and time - or do they? Although the most familiar animals have clearly delimited bodies and persist only for a certain amount of time, evolution has produced many remarkable animals that defy simple definitions of bodies. Some animals shatter their bodies into pieces to reproduce, generating a collection of identical clones. Others remain physically attached to their siblings or offspring - coordinating activities across attached individuals and functioning as a meta-organism. Still others continually renew their bodies and attain immortality. In this seminar, we will explore the naturally-occurring phenomena that challenge our concept of body. As we analyze the complex ways that bodies relate to one another in the world and broaden the definition of body, students will engage in authentic scientific practices with transferable skills.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later.
This course is part of the Body Politics thematic cluster. Students who enroll in HNUH268Z are required to complete HNUH268A to complete the cluster.
This course is part of the Body Politics thematic cluster. Students who enroll in HNUH268Z are required to complete HNUH268A to complete the cluster.
HNUH278A
The Research Behind Headlines on Words, Thought, and Behavior
Cross-listed with: HESP214.
Credit only granted for: HNUH278A or HESP214.
How does the human mind use language? Type "Language Science News" into your Google search bar. Among the more than 3 billion hits, headlines like "What is love? It depends what language you speak" and "Science's English dominance hinders diversity" invite you to think about the impact of words on thought and behavior. These are stories about how humans acquire and use language, but they ultimately address big questions about how we experience knowledge itself. In a world of unprecedented access to science journalism, did you ever read a headline about human behavior and wonder: How do we know? This class takes up the elegant ways cognitive scientists design experiments to answer crucial questions about language and thought, brain and behavior, that have no intuitive answers. Students will dive deep into the media coverage of their favorite claims about what we know, debate the psychological science behind these claims, and develop transferable critical-thinking skills in the process.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 and later.
This course is the required I-Series course in the "In A Word" thematic cluster. Other courses in the "In A Word" cluster will be offered through Spring 2023; and HNUH278A will be offered through Fall 2023.
This course is the required I-Series course in the "In A Word" thematic cluster. Other courses in the "In A Word" cluster will be offered through Spring 2023; and HNUH278A will be offered through Fall 2023.
HNUH278X
A Way with Words: Order and Knowledge in Enlightenment Europe
"Without language, things cannot well be expressed or published to the World," wrote Edward Phillips in The New World of English Words (1658). In this course, we will interrogate the power of words to communicate and classify, to impose meaning and order in the historical moment that brought about many of our modern institutions and ways of thinking: the European Enlightenment. From the binomial taxonomies with which Linnaeus ordered "chaos and confusion" to the racist taxonomies deployed to reinforce inequities, we will survey how language facilitated the consolidation of European power at home and abroad. We will further develop the visual literacy to decode how images convey knowledge. Looking back to the period that gave shape to many modern languages, institutions, and divisions of knowledge, we will be poised to face today's crises.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later. This course is part of the In A Word Thematic Cluster and must be paired with HNUH 278A to complete the cluster. In A Word courses will not be offered after Spring 2023. You should only take this course if you have either previously completed HNUH278A, or if you will take both HNUH278A and one other Body Politics course together in spring 2023.
HNUH278Y
Science in an Age of Truthiness
Credit only granted for: HONR299I or HNUH278Y.
Formerly: HONR299I.
Scientific research has the power to advance understanding, create new technologies, and improve our lives. And yet scientific language - which is essential for these achievements - can be appear opaque and untrustworthy to non-scientists. Indeed, the fact that scientific understanding develops over time can even make the knowledge seem capricious. As a result, science is both unfairly maligned and unrealistically praised, sometimes even in the same breath. Through both the philosophy of science and historical scientific literature, we will survey how scientists have done and expressed science. Students will be empowered to critically evaluate current conceptions of science as these are revealed in the debates around climate change and COVID-19.
HNUH278Z
War of Words: Disinformation and Manipulation
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg
Examines a global phenomenon that has taken on massive proportions in the world: the spread of disinformation. We will explore types of false information, from misinformation to propaganda, that are designed to manipulate public opinion. We will survey the historical origins of these tactics, from conspiracy theory to racist propaganda, and how they have been used by governments, interest groups and businesses. Through a hands-on exploration of deep fakes and the alteration of text and image, this course will give students the practical skills they need to verify information and fact check. Students will leave the course conversant in the basics of digital safety for content producers.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later. This course is part of the In A Word Thematic Cluster and must be paired with HNUH 278A to complete the cluster. In A Word courses will not be offered after spring 2023. You should only take this course if you have either previously completed one course in the In A Word cluster, or if you will take both HNUH278Z and HNUH278A together in spring 2023.
HNUH288A
Welcome to the Party: Race, Nightlife, and Identity in America
How does play shape our humanity and national identity? We often define people by the work that they do, whereas we tend to think of leisure and after work playfulness as a release from that identity. This course takes up a particular form of play--nightlife--to reckon with how it shapes what it means to be human and how it impacts nationhood, particularly around matters of race and oppression. Spanning from slavery to the present, this course examines how nightlife has been used to deny black people's humanity and been a vital site of playfulness, manifest as joy, resistance, self-making, and aesthetic innovation. Using performance studies to make sense of the world, our explorations will range from cakewalk dance competitions on plantations to queer night clubs. Once students better understand how nightlife is vital to the making and the unmaking of black people's humanity, they will grapple with play as a meaning-maker in their own lives and in our democracy.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later.
HNUH288A is the required I-Series class in the Virtually Human cluster. Virtually Human courses will not be offered after Spring 2023. You should only take this course if you have previously completed a class in the Virtually Human cluster, or if you will be taking HNUH288A and one other Virtually Human class together in Spring 2023.
HNUH288A is the required I-Series class in the Virtually Human cluster. Virtually Human courses will not be offered after Spring 2023. You should only take this course if you have previously completed a class in the Virtually Human cluster, or if you will be taking HNUH288A and one other Virtually Human class together in Spring 2023.
HNUH288X
The Human Interface, from Anatomy to Avatar
Anthropomorphized pets post on Instagram, FitBits transmit biodata, bots influence elections... In the digital world designed by and for human beings, all sorts of actors imitate people, while people are objectified through surveillance and data mining. Despite a frequent distinction between the internet and 'IRL,' physical bodies are wrapped up in every aspect of existence online: from the factory workers who build our technology to the postures and gestures those devices require us to adopt. Exploring this range of bodily phenomena, this course considers what constitutes a "human body" online and how digitality and connectivity inform our understanding of personhood. From RPGs and dance challenges to AI and visceral responses to internet content, students will analyze the complex relationships between the technological and the embodied, the social and the political, the past and the future.
Restricted to UH students matriculating in Fall 2020 or later. This course is part of the Virtually Human Thematic Cluster and must be paired with HNUH 288A to complete the cluster. Virtually Human courses will not be offered after Spring 2023. You should only take this course if you have either previously completed HNUH288A, or if you will take both HNUH288A and one other Virtually Human course together in spring 2023.
HNUH300
Vantage Point Seminar
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg
Goal-setting and project-design seminar required of all UH students and taken in the second semester of the sophomore year or the first semester of the junior year.
HNUH398P
Federal and Global Experiential Learning
Restriction: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
Cross-listed with: FGSM398.
Credit only granted for: FGSM398 or HNUH398P.
This is the experiential course component of the Federal Fellows Program and Global Fellows Program.
Cross-listed with FGSM398. Credit only granted for FGSM398 or HNUH398P.
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