A Humanities Colloquium: from Homer to Joyce:  2,500 years of essential works, taught by six professors. Humanities 10a will tentatively include works by Homer, Sappho, Sophocles, Plato, Virgil, Dante, Boccaccio, Shakespeare, Descartes, Du Bois, Kafka and Woolf. One 75-minute lecture plus a 75-minute discussion seminar led by the professors every week. Students will receive instruction in critical writing one hour a week, in writing labs and individual conferences. Students also have opportunities to participate in a range of cultural experiences, ranging from plays and musical events to museum and library collections.

Courses:
The course is open only to first-year students. Students who complete Humanities 10a meet the Harvard College Curriculum divisional distribution requirement for Arts & Humanities. Students who take both Humanities 10a and Humanities 10b fulfill the College Writing requirement. This is the only course outside of Expository Writing that satisfies the College Writing requirement. No auditors. The course may not be taken Pass/Fail. Students must apply to be admitted to the course. Enrollment is limited to 90.