The Course Catalog

Each quarter, we offer lifelong learners access to more than 70 courses at the University of Chicago.

Click through on any course below to register online. For registration questions, please contact grahamregistrar@uchicago.edu  or call 773.702.7249.

**PLEASE NOTE THAT SUMMER QUARTER COURSES WILL BE LISTED AND OPEN FOR REGISTRATION IN MID-APRIL.

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MLAP 36400 Spring

Digital Ethics Digital Ethics

The philosophy of technology is an exciting and broad field. This course serves as an in-depth introduction to the fields of applied ethics and technology studies.

The course will pair classic...

Handwritten Hebrew on a Torah parchment scroll.
HUAS70060 Spring

How to Read Classic Texts: Reading Religious Texts as Literature How to Read Classic Texts: Reading Religious Texts as Literature

Like its counterpart How to Read Classic Texts, this course aims to help students improve their reading skills as they approach reading religious texts as literature.

Detail of the face of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from a 1780s painting by Johann Nepomuk della Croce.
HUAS78056 Spring

Perfection and Eternal Youth: Immortal Masterpieces of Mozart Perfection and Eternal Youth: Immortal Masterpieces of Mozart

With a focus on his most timeless masterworks, this course will examine Mozart's impressive assimilation of Italianate and Germanic musical styles, suffused with his unique sublimity. We will delve...

Pope Francis dressed in white, including a white cap, pictured from behind.
HUAS28002 Spring

Pope Francis' "Care for Our Common Home" Pope Francis' "Care for Our Common Home"

Pope Francis’ Care for our Common Home has been hailed as one of the most important and most incisive religious statement on our global ecological crises. Pope Francis (Jorge Bergoglio) was elected...

Apple with carved heart rate on it
MLAP 33350 Summer

The Normal and the Pathological: Sickness, Care, and Wellbeing Across Cultures The Normal and the Pathological: Sickness, Care, and Wellbeing Across Cultures

Taking its title from an important text by historian and philosopher of medicine Georges Canguilhem, this class considers how sickness, care, and wellbeing have been differently understood and...

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HUAS79005 Spring

The Science of Ha! The Science of Ha!

Science has split the atom, charted the cosmos and plumbed the mysteries of life. The one thing it can’t do is tell a joke. While artificial intelligence can generate mild quips (“Siri, will you marry...

Portrait of Tsar Nicholas II
MLAP 46400 Summer

Tsars, Soviets, and Putin: Modern Russia, 1860-present Tsars, Soviets, and Putin: Modern Russia, 1860-present

This course provides an overview of the history of Russia and its empires, told through original primary sources. Covering the period from 1860 to the present, we will examine the allure and...