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Core
Director Of The First-Year Course: Kurt Fosso
Exploration and Discovery, a yearlong course, provides students with a sustained opportunity to develop and hone their college-level skills. Over the two semesters, students engage a diverse array of textual materials that call upon and challenge their critical skills as readers. They also advance their strength and confidence as writers through regular guided practice, constructive feedback from faculty and peers, and opportunities for revision. In the spring semester, students increase their competency in the fundamentals of research, including information literacy. Exploration and Discovery is also designed to help students improve their ability to speak persuasively in formal and informal classroom settings. Accordingly, all sections are capped at 19 students in order to foster thoughtful, focused discussion.
CORE 106 Exploration And Discovery I
Staff
Content: Explores enduring works, questions, and ideas in the liberal arts tradition. The common slate for fall 2008, read in all sections, includes selections from the Bible as well as provocative works by Plato, Sophocles, Virgil, Galileo, Descartes, and Mary Shelley. Themes and topics will vary by section.
Prerequisite: None.
Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
CORE 107 Exploration And Discovery II
Staff
Content: Multidisciplinary approaches to studying the human condition in a diverse world. Theme and content vary by section, but all seminars display historical and disciplinary breadth and focus upon topics in the liberal arts tradition.
Prerequisite: None.
Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.