As a result of their participation in the Collegiate Seminar program, students . . .

• Develop increased appreciation for great books, as demonstrated by their habit of seeking out good reading.
• Grow in their understanding of some fundamental ideas of humankind and of the problems and dilemmas that people have struggled with over the millennia.
• Grow in their intellectual curiosity.
• Grow in their appreciation and understanding of different ways of knowing (philosophical, literary, historical, scientific, artistic, etc.).
• Develop both a tolerance for ambiguity and a desire for clarity, recognizing that ideas and human life are complex and not easily explainable.

READING OUTCOMES

Students grow in their ability to:

1. Read and understand complex ideas in challenging texts that represent different genres and different periods.
2. Analyze texts by drawing inferences, making connections across sections and discovering underlying principles.
3. Critique and question texts and explore their implications.

DISCUSSION OUTCOMES

Sutdents grow in their ability to:

1. Raise pertinent questions presented by the text.
2. Formulate and express their points of view confidently and clearly in discussion.
3. Defend their interpretation of important ideas with logical reasoning based on textual evidence.
4. Listen actively to other discussants and respect the points of view.
5. Engage in a sustained and coherent intellectual discussion.
6. Arrive at an enriched understanding of texts through collaborative inquiry.
7. Relate ideas across seminar texts and tie them to their human experience.

WRITING OUTCOMES

Students grow in their ability to:

1. Use writing as an exploratory tool.
2. Express their ideas effectively in writing that is clear, coherent, intellectually engaging, well developed, and correct.
3. Explicate their own interpretations of the readings with sustained, organized arguments and proper reference to the texts.
4. Relate ideas across seminar texts and tie them to their human experience.