FY 1000 - Ethics of Engagement

Institution:

SUNY College at Old Westbury

Subject:

First-Year Experience

Description:

This course introduces students to academic and campus life at Old Westbury, emphasizing the themes of self-discovery, the meaning of a liberal education, the relationship of the individual to society and the nature of values and of personal and social responsibility. By situating the major intellectual and emotional challenges students confront in their first year of college within the framework of ethics, the course encourages students to evaluate their ideas and assumptions, and the impact of their decisions on themselves, their community and the world. Organized around a series of ever-widening concentric circles, the course moves from a discussion of the role of ethics in individual life, to ethics in personal relationships, to ethics in the Old Westbury community and culminates in the quest for social justice and sustainability in the American and global context. In the process, students are challenged to consider multiple perspectives and to reflect upon their identities, values and aspirations within the larger common good. The course fosters critical thinking and the effective articulation of ideas by introducing students to the close reading of texts and the writing of substantive analytical essays that are the basis of most college learning. Students will also be expected to write weekly reflective journals and to produce a final project. FY1000 is "linked"to a General Education course in a Learning Community. Corequisite: A "linked" general education course will be required.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.oldwestbury.edu

Phone Number:

(516) 876-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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