Core 1000 is designed to expose students to the disciplines that make up the modern university. The sequence gives students a substantial interdisciplinary grounding in the areas composing the humanities. Coordinated Humanities is open only to entering first-year students, who must apply in advance. If you take a three-quarter thematic sequence, Core 2000 requirements are reduced by four hours. If you opt for Foundations courses, you must take two different disciplines.
Foundations courses share a common, interdisciplinary reader.
Integrated-Experience Core 2000 Building on the foundational, interdisciplinary work of Core 1000 courses, Core 2000 courses encourage students to develop even more sophisticated thinking skills. Here students will not only be required to think interdisciplinarily, but to make connections across traditional divisional boundaries. These courses provide our students an opportunity to make connections between the various disciplines that make up the arts and humanities and those in the natural sciences and the social sciences. Core 2000 courses presuppose substantial prior work at the Core 1000 level. Most students do not complete Core 2000 requirements until the junior or senior year.