Columbia’s Newest Addition to the Core: Stank Hum

Die-hard Core Curriculum fans rejoice!  The Center for the Core Curriculum is pleased to announce its newest addition to the Columbia Core Curriculum: “Masterpieces of Personal Hygiene,” otherwise referred to as “Stank Hum.”

The course will be interdisciplinary in nature, inviting students to engage with the stank in many forms: chemically, philosophically, artistically, romantically. Students will participate in dynamic (and stanky) classroom discussions that will challenge their understanding of corporal odor. In addition to time spent in the classroom, students will be invited to attend a robust schedule of (stanky) extracurricular activities, such as interactive cheese caves, empty-but-you-realize-why-too-late-subway-cars, and the 8 yard-radius that surrounds Dig Inn. 

The course will be offered for the first time in the Spring of 2024 and will be required of all students, including graduating seniors and especially SEAS students. There will be one section, and it will have just six spots.