Courses listed in brackets are acceptable alternatives.
The two courses must total at least 7 credit hours. General Education Option Life of the Mind is an interdisciplinary project involving faculty members committed to the belief that the General Education curriculum should include courses that cross the boundaries of traditional academic departments to deal with broad intellectual concerns. Through them students are introduced to the great historical traditions of Western and Oriental thought and to the most provocative ideas of the 20th century. The faculty do not present these ideas as accepted truths, but instead faculty and students together explore them as possible answers to the central human questions. Through this exploration, students come to value the social, ethical and spiritual significance of intellectual activity - of the life of the mind.