Unlike traditional learning, the seminar is a method of interrogating texts and examining the questions that arise from them in discussions where the student and the seminar leader are equals.

The core of Collegiate Seminar are four courses that explore the great writers of the European tradition. In two optional courses, multicultural and non-western writing is explored.

Students matriculating as freshmen in 2012–13 are subject to the new Core Curriculum requirements and during the spring of their first year enroll in:

The Texts Online - provided by the Saint Mary's College library Web site.

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