You can use blocks to build self-designed majors and minors or a CRIS major or minor; you can also get a certificate of completion to enhance your résumé or CV.

Right now we have 19 blocks available in three topic areas: worldbuilding (4 blocks), social justice (10 blocks), and environment and sustainability (5 blocks). Here are all the blocks with spring course offerings highlighted.

New blocks are coming soon: Building Equitable Worlds, Genocide Studies, Medical Humanities, Women’s Health, Race and Medicine, Science and Art, Forensic Anthropology, and more!

What can you do with a block?

1. 3 or 4 blocks OR 2 blocks + one existing minor = self-designed major
2. 1 block + 2 additional course units (maybe even from the same block) = self-designed minor
3. 1 block + a relevant experience + a visit to Career Works = certificate of completion.

Want a certificate of completion in Sex and Gender? Start by building a block with one or more of these spring courses:

• PSYC 225. Psychology of Women TR 12:25–1:45
• SOCI 225. The Sociology of Sex and Gender MWF 8:45–9:45
• SPAN 251/English 250. Crossing Borders in Medieval & Early Modern Spanish and English Literature MWF 2:50–3:50

You could add a major in Worldbuilding. We have four blocks for that—mix and match, add a social justice or environment and sustainability block, or combine two of them with a minor in English, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies—whatever makes sense to you. Here are a few of the courses that count toward Worldbuilding blocks offered this spring:

• ENGL 254. Vampires and the Victorians
• PART 170. Theory of Music, Sound, and Space TR 12:00–1:45
• RLST 240. Worldbuilding in Buddhist Narrative MWF 2:50–3:50

Questions? Contact Professor Natalie Gummer, director of the Center for Integrative Learning.