WIT Western Intellectual Traditions, or WIT, is a two-term class taken by all Hendrix freshers. WIT introduces major issues, problems, and achievements in the development of Western culture.
Students read and discuss key works of philosophy, political theory, drama, and literature.
Studies are concentrated on Classical Greece, the High Middle Ages, the Seventeenth Century, and the late Ninteenth Century. Musical, artistic, scientific, and historical developments are also presented through a series of lectures.