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The Herbst Program is designed to help engineering students get the most out of their limited opportunity for courses in the humanities and social sciences. Through seminars averaging only 12 students and an interdisciplinary curriculum based on literature, philosophy and the arts, the program encourages mental flexibility, open-mindedness and critical thinking skills that are essential for success in engineering careers in rapidly changing technological and social environments.

The Herbst Program offers courses at all levels of undergraduate study, and one may take a single course or all of the courses we offer. Readings and assignments are selected with the goal of helping students learn to examine their own convictions, to seriously consider the perspectives of others and to engage in a meaningful dialogue. Small group settings create effective communities of learning among students and faculty.

By the end of a Herbst seminar, students will be able to:

Wrestle confidently with questions that have no absolute and unequivocal answers, and appreciate that the process of asking and answering such questions can and should be rigorous

Read sustained, intellectually challenging texts rhetorically to assess how writers make and support claims, sustain arguments and analyses, position themselves in relation to audiences and write their way into complex issues

Weigh alternate evidence and points of view and come to a satisfactory determination of the validity of an argument

Express their own most deeply-held values and explain the origins and importance of these values; question these values in comparison to those embodied in the texts we examine

Present a point of view convincingly鈥攚ith carefully-chosen supporting evidence鈥攊n the process of interacting live with peers

Engage productively and diplomatically in the positive give-and-take of academic debate

Demonstrate clarity of argument and expression in a written essay and a position paper

Demonstrate confidence and facility with the processes of revision of written work Interrogate their world consciously and intentionally

Fall 2024听courses can be found on the course catalog at

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• 贰狈贰厂听1010.听Humanity in a Tech Age (see topic descriptions below)
• ENES听1843.听Special Topics
• ENES听1850.听Engineering in History: The Social Impact of Technology
• ENES听2010.听Tradition and Identity
• ENES听2020.听The Meaning of Information Technology
• ENES听2100.听History of Science and Technology to Newton
• ENES听2120.听History of Modern Science from Newton to Einstein
• ENES听2130.听History of Modern Technology from 1750 to the Atomic Bomb
• ENES听2210.听Modern Science and Technological听Society
• ENES听2360.听A Global State of Mind
• ENES听2843.听Special Topics (see current topic descriptions below)
• 贰狈贰厂听3100.听Ethical Awareness for Engineers
• 贰狈贰厂听3280. Science and Religion
• 贰狈贰厂听3350. Gods, Heroes, and Engineers
• 贰狈贰厂听3430. Ethics of Genetic Engineering
• ENES听3700.听Global Seminar -听Culture Wars in Rome
• ENES 3720. Global Seminar - Voices of Vienna
• ENES听3750.听Global Seminar -听Xi'an, China: Self-Awareness and Images of the Other
• ENES听3840.听Independent Study
• ENES听3843.听Special Topics (see current topic descriptions below)
• ENES听4830.听Special Topics (see current topic description below)

贰狈贰厂听1010 Topic Descriptions:

• Technology and the Human Quest.听听70,000 years ago, Homo sapiens had no more impact on the environment than did jellyfish. By 1945 we became the most dominant species on earth, capable of destroying ourselves and all other life on the planet. In little more than the first half of the 20th century, we progressed from horse and buggy to landing on the moon. In the years that followed, we developed computing and information technologies whose exponential growth led to even faster change. By the end of the 21st century, according to the theory of transhumanism, a segment of humanity will bioengineer itself into a fundamentally different species. Now more than ever, it is imperative to ask: What does it mean to be human in an increasingly technological age? Designed specifically for engineers, this course considers this question from multiple angles, as it juxtaposes ancient and modern thinking at the intersection of engineering, ethics, and society.
• Living Well as Engineers.听听Over the past century, remarkable innovations听in the fields of听Engineering, Applied Mathematics, and Computer Science have led to the creation of nuclear weapons, social media, and artificial intelligence. However, these disciplines, by their own definitions, do not address the ethical considerations of their use. This course, designed for engineering and applied science students, uses great works of literature, philosophy, music, and fine art to introduce undergraduates to fundamental questions about living well. These explorations take place through seminar discussions and regular practice in rhetorical writing.
• Designing the Renaissance.听 This course is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the intellectual dynamics of the Northern European and Italian Renaissance, a time when intellectuals valued the power of reason, when mathematical perspective was invented, artistic techniques became more sophisticated, and immense cathedrals were dominating the skylines of cities.听 Learn about Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and other great artists, architects, and engineers.听 Study the artworks of Hieronymus Bosch, Botticelli, Caravaggio, and Gentileschi.听 Dive into the depth of the human soul by reading Dante and Machiavelli.
• Kids in the Early Space Age.听 This course covers the period from the launching of Sputnik through the first Apollo moon landing. It will focus on how children and teenagers in America understood and responded to the advent of human space flight, what influences shaped their attitudes towards space travel and exploration, and how the dawning of the space age impacted their own senses of self and life possibilities. Key identity factors (gender, social class, religion, race, ethnicity) will be considered, as will the broader political, social, economic, and cultural dynamics that marked the early space age as an era of change and possibility.
• Antarctic Culture and Science.听 This course will introduce students to 250 years of historical, literary, and scientific exploration of the Antarctic region. Through 听historical and fictional readings from James Cook, Robert Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Ursula K. Le Guin, and others, we will examine themes of nation-building, cultural myth-making, leadership models, and the opportunities and limitations of post-Enlightenment scientific empiricism. The final portion of the course will focus on current scientific questions and engineering challenges in the Antarctic.
• Final Frontiers.听 This course explores understanding of the frontier in film, thought, and culture.听 Topics include westward expansion, the western genre, the space race, and digital frontiers.
• Disaster Culture.听听In this class we will interrogate the role or risk and disaster in society.听Risk assessment is an often unnoticed part of our daily lives;听however, our collective imaginings of disaster are often apocalyptic in scale. Why is this? To answer this question we will examine different kinds of risks including environmental, economic, and public health, and we will assess how individuals and communities assess risks and anticipate disasters through policy,听infrastructures, and in popular culture.听
• Enlightened Engineers.听 In this course we examine principles of enlightenment from various historical, personal, sociological, psychological and cultural perspectives. We consider the tensions between abiding by rules and standing up for principles as well as the exclusion of many within ostensibly virtuous societal frameworks through works of literature, philosophy, art and music. We study aesthetic concepts from different cultures and their ethical implications. Questioning aspects of the legacies students inherit and the paths they are expected to follow both personally and in their careers can guide engineers toward actively participating in their development as human beings as well as in the creation of a more inclusive, equitable, and beautiful world.
• Origins of Modern Science.听 Science is a defining aspect of the modern world, offering both unprecedented power over the natural world and persuasive frameworks for understanding it. In this seminar, we investigate the origins of modern scientific practices and ways of thinking by examining canonical elites such as Newton and Darwin, everyday people such as artisans and homemakers, and marginalized practitioners such as enslaved West African healers. Through the lens of both primary historical sources and modern scholarship, we ask questions such as who produces science, what makes science distinct from other ways of knowing, what is the relationship between science and technology, and how does science both emerge from and influence its social and cultural contexts.
• For International Students.听 Sections 800 and 801 are designed for students who are English Language Learners.听 To be eligible for these sections, you must be a non-native speaker of English who wants to devote extra attention to your English skills.听 Reading assignments will be discussed in each class meeting, and writing assignments are due every week.听 Students are required to meet with the instructor outside of class every week and to attend occasional workshops.听 If you are eligible for this course and wish to enroll, please email herbst@colorado.edu for special permission.

HUEN听3843 Topic Descriptions:

• Humanities & Medicine.听 Co-taught by Herbst Professor Scot Douglass and Dr. Mark Kissler (CU Medical School faculty/University Hospital Physician), the course 鈥淗umanities & Medicine鈥� explores the the stories we tell about disease and healing, the story that scientific clinical medicine tells about itself, and the practice of medicine.听听It brings together Mark鈥檚 clinical experience with compelling narratives and theoretical frameworks to engage the rich topic of the role story plays in health, medicine, life and death.听 For those considering a career in the health sciences, this course would provide a deeper and unique texture to your future school applications and professional experiences.听This ENES 3843 course听will be taught in Maymester 2021 as a live听synchronous听hybrid course鈥攊n-person (section 001) and simultaneously remote (section 002).听 It听is worth 3 upper division H&SS credits听and open to all students.听If you want to take the course and have听fewer than 57 credit hours, contact herbst@colorado.edu to be enrolled manually.听 For more information, contact听scot.douglass@colorado.edu.听听
• Harry Potter and the Conflict of Being.听 Addressing the idea of conflict from a wide variety of perspectives: personal identity, class, race, morality, education, age, ambition, leadership and friendship, this course will explore how these themes are worked out both within this extended coming of age narrative and against the classical background that J.K. Rowling so freely appropriates. Through a close reading of the texts, themselves, we will map out their philosophical/existential significance and how this is related to their popularity.
• Science & Religion.听 This course asks the difficult questions that most people are afraid to talk about.听 An open mind is your only requirement.听 We'll read great works in philosophy and theology to see how others have addressed these questions, and we'll use those as a springboard for our own discussions.
• History of Modern Science from Newton to Einstein.听 Surveys the great discoveries and theoretical disputes from Newtonian celestial mechanics to the theory of relativity.听 Includes physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology, and biology; closely examines scientific method, evolution, light, and quantum theory.听 Uses original sources by Newton, Faraday, Lavoisier, Darwin, etc., for immediate contact with the great minds in science.
• Modern Science听& Technological Society.听 Explores challenges that engineering and science pose for society plus the ways that societies shape or impede science and engineering.听 Case studies range from contemporary issues (global warming, nuclear weapons, and genetic engineering) to classic cases (the execution of Socrates).听 Core texts in the Western Tradition supplement听contemporary articles and films.
• Fueling History: Oil to Atoms.听 Human energy use is at an all-time high, and many scientists give dire warnings about the future.听 How did we get to this point?听 This class answers that question by听tracking human energy use around the world and across time.听 Major themes will include the links between the fossil fuel era and Euro-colonial empires, oil and war in the Middle East, renewable energy options, and the climate change dilemma