The Course Catalog
Each quarter, we offer lifelong learners access to more than 70 courses at the University of Chicago. Explore all of our course offerings below.
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Abortion and the Right to Privacy Abortion and the Right to Privacy
For almost 50 years since the momentous decision of the United States Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade (1973), a woman's right to choose an abortion for at least some period of her pregnancy has been the...
Against Explanation: Wittgenstein on Frazer Against Explanation: Wittgenstein on Frazer
One of the few truly great thinkers of the last century, Wittgenstein’s genius is perhaps nowhere more fully on display than in the collection of strange, enigmatic, and provocative comments published...
Against Interpretation: Susan Sontag and the Erotics of Art Against Interpretation: Susan Sontag and the Erotics of Art
"To interpret is to impoverish, to deplete the world—in order to set up a shadow world of ‘meanings," Sontag proclaims in her brilliant and inciting "Against Interpretation." "Away with all duplicates...
Alumni Sequence: The American Tradition Year I Alumni Sequence: The American Tradition Year I
We begin the sequence with a consideration of America’s colonial heritage and of the forces and ideas that shaped its emergence into nationhood. In the seminar, we will reflect on the country’s uneasy...
Alumni Sequence: The Middle Ages Year II Alumni Sequence: The Middle Ages Year II
In the seminar we will read four texts designed to provide guidance to the perplexed. Benedict’s monastic rule lays out the practices and attitudes he considers necessary to governing religious...
America's Contested History I America's Contested History I
In this three-quarter sequence, we will examine the history of America, from the colonial period to the present, as “contested ground” over the origins and meaning of liberty and equality. Using some...
Anna Karenina Anna Karenina
An insightful study of Russian political, economic, social, and cultural history, Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina (1875-1877) can also be seen as a precursor of the twentieth-century exploration of...
Augustine's De Magistro Augustine's De Magistro
Written in the style of a Platonic dialogue, Augustine records a conversation between himself and his son Adeodatus. They wrestle with how to synthesize the insights of Plato's Meno and the...
Basic Creative Writing Basic Creative Writing
This course will introduce you to creative writing, from generating ideas to revising drafts. Find your voice and develop your craft through in-class and at-home writing exercises, as well as...
Basic Program Year Four: Autumn Basic Program Year Four: Autumn
The Year 4 Seminar texts cover a wide range time periods and genres, including philosophy, biography, satire, and romance, which connect through the themes of love, character, and humor as they...