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 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 CC 220: Cocurricular: Architects of the Arts: The CFA Peer Mentoring Experience
Students serve as mentors for incoming first-year College of Fine Arts students enrolled in CFA FA 100 and learn to support other students in their creative, personal, and professional development. Through thoughtful engagement and community excursions, peer mentors reflect upon their worldviews and beliefs while developing an understanding of their role as artistic leaders among their peers and within their community. To be eligible, students must be enrolled in the College of Fine Arts and have completed CFA FA 100. Effective Fall 2021, this Hub cocurricular fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: The Individual in Community. -
HUB CC 224: Cocurricular: Mentoring the Engineering Community
This cocurricular is for students who serve as mentors for the ENG EK 100 program. Students focus on building and participating in the College of Engineering and BU communities and consider what it means to be an inclusive engineer in the world. As part of the experience, students lead class discussions, reflect on their time mentoring engineers, consider their own experience as students and leaders, and discuss their place in the engineering community. Effective Fall 2024, this course fulfills a single requirement in the following BU Hub area: The Individual in Community. -
HUB CC 232: Cocurricular: Experiencing Cuba: Afro-Cuban Culture, Society, and Arts
Students travel to Havana, Cuba, where they engage with 1) the historical legacy of Africa and trans-Atlantic slavery in Afro-Cuban traditional culture and religion; 2) the ways in which contemporary artists in Cuba engage with that Afro-Cuban cultural legacy; and 3) the ways in which Afro-Cubans have experienced Cuban socialism. The experience includes pre-trip and post-trip activities and meetings. Students must take either CAS AA 306 or CFA MH 563 as a corequisite for HUB CC 232. Effective Spring 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy. -
HUB CC 280: Cocurricular: Building a Research Community
This cocurricular experience is designed to complement and enrich a student's UROP research experience by providing opportunities to foster interdisciplinary discourse with other researchers about the ethical, moral, cultural, and political effects of research on society. Students critically analyze and reflect upon their own research and consider what is means to be a contributing member of a research community. To be eligible, students must have participated in the summer UROP program. Effective Fall 2019, this Hub cocurricular fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: The Individual in Community. -
HUB CC 282: Cocurricular: Public Health Education and Identity with the Boston Student Community
Undergraduate Corequisites: KHC HC 302 - Students explore the relationship between global and community public health issues by facilitating public health lessons for youth in Boston Area Health Education Center programs. Students enhance their understanding of how their identities impact their work, how they perceive global health challenges, and how communities interact with the world at large. Students must take KHC HC 302 as a corequisite for HUB CC 282. Effective Fall 2018, this Hub cocurricular fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: The Individual in Community. -
HUB CC 283: Cocurricular: Publicly Engaged Scholarship and Equitable Service within the Boston Community
Students consider how the traditional college "town & gown" relationship can be equitable and in service to the college and local partners. Students explore their own history with service, analyze current opportunities in the Boston area through BU, and actively liaise with a local non-profit organization. Through a combination of weekly discussions, guest speakers, and reflections, students analyze the power dynamics between a University and local community and non-profit services as it currently stands at Boston University. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: The Individual in Community. -
HUB CC 284: Cocurricular: Global Decolonization Initiative Research Internships
This cocurricular experience, offered through the Pardee School's Global Decolonization Initiative (GloDec), is designed to enrich students' research experience through guided teamwork and collaboration. Students develop qualitative case studies in teams for one of GloDec's two research projects, Nuclear Sites or Connected Partitions. The experience includes research meetings, reflection papers, and presentations of findings. Students first apply through GloDec. CAS IR 377 is a prerequisite for Connected Partitions. CAS IR 315/CAS PO 358/CAS HI 335 or CAS IR 522 is a prerequisite for Nuclear Sites. Effective Fall 2021, this Hub cocurricular fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Teamwork/Collaboration. -
HUB CC 285: Cocurricular: Research Scholars Seminar
This cocurricular uses design thinking and problem-based learning to inspire students to approach research in novel and creative ways. Students collaborate across disciplines to design innovative and novel approaches to research that address real-world issues and consider how their work can lead to more impactful research outcomes. The experience cultivates persistence and intellectual and social thriving among student researchers. Effective Spring 2024, this course fulfills a single requirement in the following BU Hub area: Creativity/Innovation. -
HUB CC 290: Cocurricular: Social Science Research Fundamentals 1
This cocurricular is open to undergraduate research interns at the Center for Innovation in Social Science (CISS) and other students carrying out independent or mentored research projects in the social sciences. The course offers research skill and professional development workshops that supplement the CISS internship or other structured social science research experience. Students work with CISS faculty and staff, BU library staff, and their own faculty mentor to search for and select a wide variety of information resources to gain a better understanding of their discipline. Students complete reflection assignments and CISS interns present their research at a Spring undergraduate showcase. As the first semester of a yearlong cocurricular experience, HUB CC 290 is a prerequisite for HUB CC 291. Effective Fall 2023, this cocurricular is part of a Hub sequence: when taken with HUB CC 291 this cocurricular fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Research and Information Literacy. -
HUB CC 291: Cocurricular: Social Science Research Fundamentals 2
This cocurricular is open to undergraduate research interns at the Center for Innovation in Social Science (CISS) and other students carrying out independent or mentored research projects in the social sciences. The course offers research skill and professional development workshops that supplement the CISS internship or other structured social science research experience. Students work with CISS faculty and staff, BU library staff, and their own faculty mentor to search for and select a wide variety of information resources to gain a better understanding of their discipline. Students complete reflection assignments and CISS interns present their research at a Spring undergraduate showcase. Students must have taken HUB CC 290 as a prerequisite for HUB CC 291. Effective Spring 2024, this Hub cocurricular fulfills a single requirement in the following BU Hub area: Research and Information Literacy -
HUB CC 299: Cocurricular: WIN in Your Career
Prerequisites: CASEN120 or CASWR120,or KHCST111 or CGSRH101. - Students reflect upon what they have learned in the BU Hub and how these learning experiences can support their future career path. Students consider how Hub learning complements their major, how their knowledge and skills can be applied to their career aspirations, and how interdisciplinary forms of knowledge are important to career readiness. Students write on a weekly basis about their Hub experiences and collect their writings together in a final ePortfolio that can be used to support their career and personal development. Effective Spring 2025, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU HUB areas: Writing-Intensive Course. -
HUB FY 101: Cocurricular: The First Year Experience
Through discussions, activities, and field trips, students investigate the social, academic, and cultural dimensions of student life at BU. Students join a small community of peers who serve as conversation partners as together they learn how to leverage BU's resources to create a richer and fuller college experience. Students explore personal values and goals and how they interact with their communities of choice at BU. Effective Fall 2019, this Hub cocurricular fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: The Individual in Community. -
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 explore how warfare and the building and sustaining of the American military as an institution has influenced the US economy, culture, and society along with issues that students care about today. 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 RL 401: Research and Information Literacy (RIL) in Honors Thesis/Directed Study
Undergraduate Corequisites: Must be concurrently enrolled in an Honors Thesis or Directed Study co urse with a faculty mentor. - 0-credit course that is taken concurrently with an honors thesis or directed study project course in order to earn a Hub requirement in Research and Information Literacy (RIL). Effective Spring 2023, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Research and Information Literacy. -
HUB SA 225: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy with Study Abroad
0-credit course for BU students studying abroad to fulfill a Hub requirement in Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy (GCI). Effective Spring 2024, this course fulfills a single requirement in the following BU Hub area: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy.
