Hub Interdisciplinary Courses
The listing of a course description here does not guarantee a course’s being offered in a particular term. Please refer to the published schedule of classes on the MyBU Student Portal for confirmation a class is actually being taught and for specific course meeting dates and times.
All of the undergraduate schools and colleges at BU offer courses that fulfill BU Hub requirements. For a listing of these courses offered by a particular school or college, please visit the Bulletin section for that school or college. For a complete listing of all courses that fulfill Hub requirements, please visit the BU Hub website. For curated lists of Hub courses that focus on interdisciplinary themes of global significance, please view the BU Hub Pathways for Social & Racial Justice and for Environment & Society. For a listing of Hub courses in BU Study Abroad programs, please visit the BU Study Abroad website.
In addition to courses offered in the schools and colleges, there are Hub specialty courses that fulfill Hub requirements and have “HUB” as the college code, including the Cross-College Challenge (XCC), Hub social and racial justice courses, Hub interdisciplinary courses, Hub cocurriculars, Hub Study Abroad experiences, and other Hub opportunities. Any offerings in this section reflect the Hub requirements fulfilled by them in the 2025/2026 academic year.
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HUB IC 201: Race, Policing, and Resistance in the United States and Beyond
In this course, students explore policing and its role in life and politics in the US, including origins and development, the institution of policing, race and racism, and resistance to policing. Effective Fall 2024, this course fulfills a single requirement in each of the following BU Hub areas: Historical Consciousness, Quantitative Reasoning I. -
HUB IC 203: Pitching Ideas for Success
This course provides an introduction to formulating and pitching business ideas and starting your own ventures, including how to receive funding for, operate, and grow an enterprise. Through three different types of learning--lectures, case studies, and pitching and feedback--the course develops the skills needed to execute a future business plan. Effective Fall 2024, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Digital/Multimedia Express, Quantitative Reasoning I. -
HUB IC 205: Understanding War Through Film
How has warfare, and the preparation for it, shaped the American experience? In this course, students use film (documentaries, movies, and primary source material) to explore how warfare and the building and sustaining of the American military as an institution has influenced the US economy, culture, and society. Effective Spring 2025, this course fulfills a single requirement in each of the following BU Hub areas: Historical Consciousness, Social Inquiry I, Digital/Multimedia Expression. -
HUB IC 207: Heroes and Heroines: Quest for Self and Identity
Explore how iconic classic and contemporary heroes struggle with identity, confront evil, and lead for the greater good through the art of decision-making and storytelling while uncovering your quest for personal growth, leadership, social justice, creativity, and risk taking. Effective Spring 2025, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Creativity/Innovation, Social Inquiry I. -
HUB IC 209: Interdisciplinary Introduction to Forced Displacement
Over 120 million people have been displaced from their homes by war and persecution, creating a protracted humanitarian disaster. This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to this subject by exploring such questions as: What disciplines and methodologies will help us understand this global challenge? Who should bear responsibility for the welfare of refugees? What is our ethical responsibility to those who are displaced, and how do we write, research, and study others ethically? Do we believe in a basic human right to mobility and the search for “the good life”? How does forced displacement impact our understanding of home, identity, and belonging? Effective Fall 2025, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Creativity/Innovation, Philosophical Inquiry and Life's Meanings, Social Inquiry 1. -
HUB IC 211: Engaging with Communities: Ethics and Skills
Introduces students from all disciplines to basic principles of ethical community engagement and prepares them to apply acquired skill sets to practical situations such as internships. Students learn to apply, interact with, and critically reflect upon themes related to community engagement and service, ethics, professionalism, social categories of advantage and disadvantage, and social justice and power in society. Students are encouraged to incorporate their own cases and prospective community engagement into discussions and assignments. Effective Fall 2025, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Ethical Reasoning, Social Inquiry 1. -
HUB SJ 101: Social & Racial Justice: Systems and Structures
This course provides students with foundational knowledge in the historical and systemic bases of social and racial inequities as well as the efforts to build a more just world. It will assist students in critically assessing inequities and efforts towards justice in social systems such as education, environment/sustainability, health, housing, and entertainment. Effective Fall 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Historical Consciousness, Critical Thinking. -
HUB SJ 102: Social & Racial Justice: Advocacy and Action
Undergraduate Prerequisites: HUB SJ 101 - This course provides students with opportunities to engage the principles, theories, and practices of social and racial justice. Areas of focus will include effective evidence-based research to identify and articulate social problems; and a study of the role of the individual in social justice movements and organizations. Students explore how to engage in advocacy and action to challenge inequity. HUB SJ 101 is a prerequisite. Effective Spring 2023, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: The Individual in Community, Social Inquiry I, Teamwork/Collaboration.
