May be repeated for credit. Offered fall semester. LIB 480 Annual Synoptic Lecture Series . Features a person who has done significant work in several areas and whose life and career we can usefully study. Past lecturers include economist Kenneth Boulding, film makers Leo Hurwitz and Ken Burns, writers Tillie Olsen and Chaim Potok, cultural critics Ivan Illich and Alan Ryan, and philosophers Jacob Needleman and John McDermott.
Students meet in discussion groups before and after lecturer's visit.
May be repeated for credit. Offered every year. LIB 490 Internship . A supervised work experience through which students can relate liberal studies principles, academic work, and practice. Student, faculty, and advisors agree on the scope of the study, its components, and methods of evaluation.