65-102 Current Debates in the Humanities

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This seminar will build upon the foundations laid in the introductory course, moving to focus more specifically on current debates within the humanities. This seminar will examine how the humanities are in dialogue with and are crucial to other fields in addressing issues. Students will examine how humanistic research has contributed to providing more culturally appropriate ways of addressing pressing issues, across different historical and societal contexts. The seminar will be discussion-based, and students will engage in debates, honing their own argumentation skills in both written and oral forms. Students will be expected to interrogate the ways in which humanistic inquiry (as they understood it in the first seminar) can enrich and improve how institutions and individuals address problems, as they familiarize themselves with current controversies and debates within the humanities. This course is only open to students in the Humanities Scholars Program.

Prerequisites: 66-103

Offered: Spring 2027, Spring 2026

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