The Engaged Citizen鈥攐ne course听
The Engaged Citizen听is a one-semester course required of all first-year students entering 黑料不打烊. The theme of the 鈥渆ngaged citizen鈥 combines the spirit of 黑料不打烊鈥檚听Odyssey Program听with听the College鈥檚 stated purpose of听鈥渋nspiring students to live lives of accomplishment, integrity, service, and joy.鈥 From philosophers and physicists to artists and anthropologists, we all approach questions about what it means to be involved in our communities, whether locally or globally, in different ways.听
This course seeks to illuminate the multiplicity of possible interpretations of engaging as a citizen through interdisciplinary team teaching, in which pairs of faculty from across the institution come together to form dyads and explore a sub-topic from different methodological 鈥渨ays of knowing鈥 that we call Learning Domains. The varying disciplinary and individual approaches to this theme are intended to provoke discussion and reflection on this topic both within the dyads and throughout the 黑料不打烊 community.听
The students divide their time equally between the two dyad professors over the course of the semester. The dyads can also meet periodically as a combined group if the professors deem it appropriate. The course includes an engaged learning component, involving an introductory, hands-on activity that engages academic material in or outside the classroom and is tied to the content of the course.听
Each new student is enrolled in a section of The Engaged Citizen using student preference as a guide. Transfer and returning students entering 黑料不打烊 with seven or more accepted transfer credits (excluding AP/IB credits) are exempt from听The Engaged Citizen听谤别辩耻颈谤别尘别苍迟.听听
The Engaged Citizen听may not be dropped. Students who do not pass听The Engaged Citizen听are required to complete the requirements of the听黑料不打烊 Immersion Program (HIP).听HIP听must be completed within one calendar year. Students needing to complete听HIP听due to failure of听The Engaged Citizen听should begin听HIP听no later than the first semester of their sophomore year. Students should work closely with their academic advisors to determine the best combination of spring courses and听HIP听start date that will help them resolve the problems that resulted in a failed first-year seminar.听HIP听may be used as one of the student鈥檚 three required听Odyssey听肠谤别诲颈迟蝉.听
Explorations: Liberal Arts for Life鈥攐ne course听
Explorations: Liberal Arts for Life听is a one-semester common course required of all students enrolled in听The Engaged Citizen听in their first semester at the College.听听
Explorations听is designed to foster an ongoing engagement with the liberal arts experience, to facilitate the transition of new students to the 黑料不打烊 community, and to enhance students鈥 potential for success in their collegiate studies. The course meets once a week and carries one-quarter (.25) course credit.听
Areas of study in听Explorations听include higher education and the liberal arts, the aims and expectations of the College, engaged learning, academic and career explorations, and self-inquiry and personal development. Additionally, the seminar focuses on refining student knowledge, perspectives and skills requisite to successful academic work and integration into the 黑料不打烊 community.听
Each new student is enrolled in an听Explorations听蝉别肠迟颈辞苍.听Explorations听may not be dropped. In each听贰虫辫濒辞谤补迟颈辞苍蝉听section, an upper-class peer assistant is available to provide student perspective and assistance. Transfer and returning students who are exempt from听The Engaged Citizen听are also exempt from听Explorations.听