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Human Being and Citizen II

Human Being and Citizen II


Course Code

HUMA 12400 97

Course Description

In the winter quarter, we examine conceptions of the human good in connection with practices of the self as they pertain to virtue, the social order, spiritual beliefs and practices, and community. We ask what constitutes human flourishing and explore relations and tensions between individual self-formation and the social and political good. Texts include Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Augustine's Confessions, and Dante's Inferno.

Course Criteria

This course is only open to incoming UChicago transfer students. Please visit the Summer Session Incoming Transfer Students page to apply.

This course must be taken alongside HUMA 12300, Human Being and Citizen I, as well as an afternoon writing course that runs August 4-September 12, 2025 (no class September 1).

Instructor(s)

Samantha Fenno

UChicago Registration 1Visiting Application 2

1 UChicago students can self-register.

2 Visiting students and pre-college students apply through the same application.

Session

September Term

Course Dates

August 25th - September 12th

Class Days

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat

Class Time

9:00 am - 11:00 am

Core Course

Part of UChicago Core Curriculum

Course Code

HUMA 12400 97

Modality

In-Person