HUMAN 10A. A Humanities Colloquium: From Homer to Garcia Marquez

Instructors: Louis Menand, Stephen Greenblatt, Alison Simmons, David Carrasco, Melissa McCormick, Nicholas Boylston
Tuesdays, 10:30-11:45 am | Location: Boylston 110

2,500 years of essential works, taught by six professors. Humanities 10a includes works by Homer, Plato, Sappho, Murasaki, Rumi, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Shakespeare, Descartes, Austen, Woolf and García Márquez, as well as the Bible and the Quran. One 75-minute lecture plus a 75-minute discussion seminar led by the professors every week. Students also receive instruction in critical writing one hour a week, in writing labs and individual conferences. Students also have opportunities to visit cultural venues and attend musical and theatrical events in Cambridge or Boston. 

The course is open only to freshmen. Students who complete Humanities 10a meet the General Education distribution requirement for Arts & Humanities. Students who take both Humanities 10a and Humanities 10b fulfill the College Writing requirement. This is the only course outside of Expository Writing that satisfies the College Writing requirement. No auditors. The course may not be taken Pass/Fail.