The Song of the Stars

MEDREN 176CNS

Is the world ordered and arranged or is it a chaos? Was there a time when the universe was not? Was it generated and will it end or is it eternal and everlasting? Who made it, if anyone? Ancient and medieval stargazers contemplated these and other questions, looking to the heavens to solve riddles of existence, fate, consciousness, and beauty, and to navigate ways of being and moving in the world. Listening in on the song of the stars, this class encounters premodern religions, literatures, and the enchanted cosmos.

Prerequisites

Reserved for first-year students in The Cosmos constellation. Students may enroll in one constellation course per semester.

Curriculum Codes
  • HI
Cross-Listed As
  • RELIGION 103CNS
Typically Offered
Spring Only