FYS: Humanities and Fine Arts
The First-Year Seminars in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts (HFA) offer exciting subjects that invite you to see aspects of our world with new eyes and a new appreciation for its complexity. These courses tackle issues of social justice, historical change, and ethical choice. But wait! That’s not all. In addition to introducing you to an exciting topic, these courses will help you adjust to life at UMass.
Humanities and Fine Arts Seminars for Fall 2023:
- From Black Power to Black Lives Matter (FYS 191HFA01)
- Star-Crossed Lovers Across Genres: Romeo and Juliet Through Adaptation (FYS 191HFA03)
- Imagining Artificial Beings (FYS 191HFA08)
- HFA Opportunity Scholars Seminar (FYS 191HFA14)
- HFA Connect RAP First Year Seminar (FYS 191HFA15)
- Creating Video Games for Social Impact (FYS 191HFA16)
- Camp! Kitsch! Opulence!: The Fabulous History of Being Extra & Over the Top (FYS 191HFA17)
- Where the Holocaust Meets Comics: Reading Maus I-II (FYS 191HFA18)
- Home and Belonging: A Space of One's Own (FYS 191HFA19)
- Let's Make Some Noise! Programming Interactive Art & Sound (FYS 191HFA20)
- Your Life, By Design (FYS 191HFA21)
- Shakesqueer (FYS 191HFA22)
- Performing Power, Performing Progress: Race, Gender & Class Onstage (FYS 191HFA23)
- Freewriting Set Free (FYS 191HFA24)
- Beyonce: the Myth, and Music and the Money (FYS 191HFA25)
