The program seeks to develop the skills and habits of inquiry, analysis, argument and expression needed for a rigorous treatment of these questions. The program is made up of a set of closely related core courses which are intended to provide an integrated liberal education, to be cumulative and to furnish the basis for an intellectual community of students and faculty. The focus of the program is the Great Books Seminar which meets, under the guidance of two faculty leaders, twice weekly, throughout the entire program. Leaders for this seminar are drawn from a variety of disciplines and faculties of the University. The lectures will illuminate the works and issues addressed in the program from a variety of perspectives.
Students also attend concerts, art exhibitions and dramatic productions.
Each student in the program is assigned a faculty adviser for regular and incidental consultation. Where one-half credit courses are used to satisfy this requirement, both half credits must be in the same language. Greek or Latin recommended. Program Notes 1. One elective credit should be used to complete the language requirement and one to complete the science context requirement.