Spring 2026
From Pixels to Power-ups: Decoding the Artistic Dimensions of Video Games LO2/LO10 (Gimenez-Berger 鈥� ART) new seminar
- In this course, we will explore the significance of video games as dynamic artifacts. Through the lens of art history, we will dissect the visual allure, narrative complexities, and societal values embedded in these virtual landscapes, exploring their role as cultural products that both are shaped by, and reshape, our experience of the world.
Fall 2026
Religion, Animals & Being 鈥淗uman鈥� LO2/LO10 (Proctor 鈥� RELI)
- This course provides an in-depth exploration of the complex interactions between religious traditions, ideas and practices surrounding animals and understandings of 鈥渉uman鈥� identities and natures. Course will treat topics including animal rights activism, vegetarianism, animal sacrifice, ritual practice among animals, religious debates over human evolution, the animal 鈥渞oots鈥� of religious belief and practice and recent theorizations of the 鈥減osthuman.鈥�