Class discussions based on the readings will generate and analyze a series of critical questions. Open to Honors students. Our main concern will be to discuss what we value, and why we value it, and how we arrive at such determinations. For the first half of the term we will all prepare one book for discussion each week. In the second half of the term we will use what we have read and talked about to inform our discussion of our main topic.
Students are responsible for leading the discussions in the second half of the term.
Independent study in working on the writing of fiction. There will be some assigned reading. Open to Honors students. Scientists in a great variety of fields now spend most of their effort analyzing large collections of numbers. This seminar will consider the different ways in which numbers are claimed to be realistic.