Composition includes personal responses and thesis papers.
Each seminar uses the approach of one or more disciplines to explore a different topic related to the theme of human nature. Topics in the past have included Food for Thought, Twentieth Century Sounds, Death and Dying, and History, Art, and Propaganda. This course examines major movements in the United States from the Great Depression to the present to understand how the historical and social developments of the twentieth century have shaped the lives of our grandparents, parents, and selves. Readings are drawn from history, literature, sociology, and other disciplines. Films, lectures, music, and art supplement the readings.