Humanities Residential College

In the Humanities Residential College you'll get to study the most urgent questions, confounding problems and enduring expressions of human meaning. Students in the Humanities Residential College examine contested definitions of the good, the true and the beautiful; uncover hidden, forgotten or neglected histories; confront systemic legacies of injustice and oppression; examine the nuances of language and its power to shape identity and experience; and learn to connect different forms of knowledge about the world and our place within it. Foundation Seminars centered around humanistic subjects — such as debates about justice, religious freedom, racial inequities and revolutionary politics — will help you develop durable skills in critical thinking, close reading, evidence-based argumentation and analytical writing. During the semester, you and your classmates will also take a trip to a city, such as New York or Washington, D.C., for related experiential learning and cultural engagement opportunities. The Humanities Residential College pushes students to follow their curiosity from the classroom into the world.