Honors - Feit Interdisciplinary Humanities Seminar

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Each semester, this seminar in the humanities focuses on a general theme, an epoch, or a movement from the point of view of two or more different disciplines in the arts and sciences. The course stresses the study of primary sources and student and faculty exchange; outside lectures, field trips, or other assignments utilizing the cultural resources of the city may be required. The subject or theme, the format, and the faculty and student members of the seminar change each semester. The seminar is open to excellent students of junior and senior standing who have completed at least 6 credits in humanities and have obtained the permission of the director of the seminar program. The seminar is required for certain scholarship students. Admission is restricted to 15 to 20 students. An excellent student may enroll in more than one seminar. With formal permission from both the Feit Seminar director and an advisor from the relevant department, students may use a Feit Seminar as the capstone in their Tier III m