IDS 1210 Identity: An Introductory Exploration

This course serves as the core requirement in the Identity Thread of the Integrative Core.  In the course, we will explore fundamental premises about human identity within different world cultures, and study ways in which the development of modernity has challenged and remolded those views.  The ultimate aim of the course is to present major questions that the study of identity poses, and explores a variety of approaches to investigating these questions.  The course will prepare students for other courses they will take within the thread.