Other features of both programs include the use of contemporary computer technology for communication and research and, in some cases, a community service experience.

Course configuration and thematic focus may vary year by year. For example:

how human identity or the "self" is understood in relation to groups, cultures, and institutions;

human identity in relation to issues of racial and ethnic diversity and gender difference and also cultural definitions of the individual in relation to nature;

the formation of traditional concepts and challenges to them from early history through the early modern period; and

in the context of the last two centuries, the impact contemporary academic disciplines, especially the natural and social sciences, have had on the way we regard our humanity, our function in society, and our place in the world.

U Uni 151 Human Identity and Technology I (3)
general education: HA
Brings writing, language, literature, and the arts to bear on issues of human identity as the "self" is understood in relation to groups, culture, and institutions.

U Uni 152 Human Identity and Technology I (3)
general education: SS
Explores the questions of how individual identity is understood in relation to groups, cultures, and institutions and how that understanding is produced through various technologies.

U Uni 153 Human Identity and Technology II (3)
general education: HD
Explores human identity as it relates to issues of racial and ethnic diversity and gender-related concerns in the United States; explores as well how human identity is related to sociopolitical concerns and their aesthetic representations.

U Uni 154 Human Identity and Technology II (3)
general education: NS
Examines cultural definitions of the individual in relation to nature; questions of the origin of life and the fate of Homo sapiens will be explored, along with study of the environment.

U Uni 155 Human Identity and Technology I (3)
general education: CHP
Examines how writing, literature, the arts and religion have represented the changing manifestations of our understanding of human identity.

U Uni 156 Human Identity and Technology I (3)
general education: HA
Explores the historical development of the concept of human identity from prehistory through the eighteenth century.

U Uni 157 Human Identity and Technology II (3)
general education: SS
Examines contemporary approaches to issues of human identity, particularly as it relates to society.

U Uni 158 Human Identity and Technology II (3)
general education: NS
Explores contemporary understandings of human identify from Darwinian evolution through contemporary genetics.