Core Cultures

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The Core Cultures program, one of Hampden-Sydney College's core curriculum requirements, is a campus-wide, interdisciplinary course sequence that introduces students to two complementary approaches to understanding the human past. The program encourages students to become aware about significant historical and cultural issues, explore the human condition and human civilization, and consider the "way we live now" through both Western and global cultural legacies. The Core Cultures program aims to help fulfill the College's mission by "promoting an understanding of the world and our place in it." 

Core Cultures Program

Dr. A. Gardner Harris, Director
Elliott Associate Professor of Asian Religions
Maples 004
Hampden-Sydney College | Hampden Sydney, VA 23943
(434) 223-6268
gharris@hsc.edu