This symposium also seeks to understand how each way of knowing integrates with other ways in the interpretation and resolution of a specific issue or problem. A research paper is included. Students must earn a grade of C or higher. Additional fee for lab. The Perspectives symposium seeks to develop the historical imagination, which begins with the present situation, understands the present through the past, and so deepens our ability to shape the future.
Investigation is interdisciplinary and multicultural.
Students learn to appreciate the difference between fact and fiction, to argue effectively by testing the opinions of key historical figures against evidence, and to recognize persons, acts, ideas and events which made a difference. Students must earn a grade of C or higher. Competence in Communication Skills in written communication, oral communication and information management will be developed throughout the IDS symposia. In their first symposium, students will begin to develop a portfolio of their products and of their self-evaluation. Portfolios are returned to students upon completion of their studies.