All sections read the Inferno of Dante. LBRL 123 Explores the ways in which Western understandings of the world have produced, and reacted to, the industrial and scientific revolutions. Focusing on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the course deals with new understandings of the relationship of the individual to society and the physical universe, the emergence of modern ideologies, including the crisis of belief and the conflict of differing systems of thought in the contemporary world. The Freshman Humanities Sequence Special sections of the above courses, numbered 121a, 122a, 123a, are reserved for entering freshmen only and must be taken in sequential order beginning with LBRL 121a in the fall. It is designed to provide a careful introduction to academic life for students.
Special attention is given to expository writing.
The course usually fills quickly during Summerstart registration.