Courses and Instructors
Odyssey Courses
HUM 110 (Introduction to the Humanities I) and HUM 111 (Introduction to the Humanities II) are non-degree, credit-bearing foundation courses in the humanities for adult learners in the Odyssey Project program.
Together, they form a two-course sequence that constitutes the full Odyssey Project first-year curriculum at Illinois. We recommend that students complete HUM 110 in the fall before enrolling in HUM 111 in the spring, but the courses may be taken in either order. Students who complete the coursework will receive University of Illinois credit (4 hours per course, with two non-degree courses offered) that will be transferable to a two- or four-year institution.
Odyssey Instructors
HUM 110
Associate Professor of Art Education Jorge Lucero is an artist who tests the pliability of the institution as material. For this work—which he sometimes calls “teacher as conceptual artist”—Jorge makes everything from teaching and publications to installations and events.
Jon Hale is Associate Professor of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, as well as Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
HUM 111
Valerie O'Brien teaches English at the University of Illinois Laboratory High School. An award-winning instructor, she has taught a variety of literature and composition classes at the University of Illinois, including Introduction to Fiction, Modernist Poetry, Science Fiction, and Fairy Tales and Gender Formation.
Augustus Wood is an Assistant Professor in the Labor Education Program and is a scholar of political economy and gentrification, labor, and social movements in modern African American urban history.