HistCon Minor Courses in Spring 26 with GEs!

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Hi Psych Slugs! 

I hope your Winter Quarter is going smoothly. The History of Consciousness Department will be offering some courses in Spring that will also fulfill GEs and may be of interest. 

HISC 1: Introduction to History of Consciousness

Theory for all! Join this course to think through the big picture with boundary-crossing radical intellectual traditions, to analyze problems in your world, and act to make a difference. Come make History of Consciousness together.  

HISC 23: What is Communication?

We’ve never had more resources to help us to communicate, yet misunderstanding has rarely been more widespread. In this course, we’ll ask what communication is, how it works, how it breaks down, and why it matters. Examining how communication operates- within the person, between individuals, and within society more broadly- we’ll explore how it shapes what people feel, believe, think, and do. Communication isn’t only about transferring information; it influences how we see ourselves and others, affects our relationships, and even shapes history. Through readings that range from classical philosophy to contemporary social theory and cultural criticism, we’ll explore how communication sustains shared norms and institutions- and how it can also disrupt, challenge, and reshape them.

HISC 189: Neither East nor Europe: A Political History 

This course examines how imperial formations, national projects, and political transitions shape the categories through which Eastern Europe is understood. Through close and symptomatic reading of materials ranging from cartography and film to ethnography and political theory, students will explore how historical narratives shape political consciousness and condition what futures become imaginable.