AL 43002 - Great Questions and the Liberal Arts

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

Arts and Letters (Non-dept.)

Description:

This course, designed primarily for graduating seniors, will revisit and expand some of the great questions explored in the College Seminar on "Faith, Doubt, and Reason," and it will encourage broad reflection on the value of a liberal arts education. The course will be student-centered, with considerable focus on discussion. Readings in the humanities will be taken from such works and authors as Plato, Goethe, Hegel, Kafka, and Benedict. Readings from the social sciences will be taken from works by Neil Postman, Christian Smith, and Richard Light. The arts will be included via a campus performance of Marlowe's Doctor Faustus; films by Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, and Woody Allen; and engagement with the works of a contemporary painter, Maria Tomasula. Permission of instructor required.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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