A-S 1100 - Transformative Texts, Great Questions, and the Human Experience I: Antiquity to Modernity

The first of a transformative humanities literature sequence, this course will provide students with the opportunity to address the perplexities of the human experience via a dialogical, relational, and textually rich study of transformative texts in the humanities and social sciences. The coursework will (1) help students develop the intellectual skills and habits which are a signature of a liberal arts education rooted in the humanities, and those which enable students to succeed as citizens, regardless of vocation; (2) cultivate the critical thinking and analytic skills which enable students to more clearly think, read, write, and speak about fundamental concerns of human existence and experience; and (3) prepare students to analyze evidence, synthesize conflicting points of view, evaluate assumptions and biases to attain a balanced perspective, and develop critical interpretations of their significance.

Credits: 4 hours