Course Description
This course introduces the liberal arts intellectual tradition, the purpose of which is to help students on the journey
of learning how to learn. It draws from the humanities, mathematics, natural, social, and behavioral sciences. Students examine
a broad range of knowledge and possible professions, explore how human knowledge has developed and grown through history,
and develop the ability to discuss multicultural relationships and connections among the various liberal arts through written
and oral participation and reading from original sources.
Prerequisite: ENG 100 or appropriate placement
score.
Course Syllabus
Wollstonecraft
Stupid Girls
The Banking Concept of Education
Sudbury School
The Loss of the Creature
Take a look at the links below to some VERY traditional LIB programs.
This will give you an idea of what studying the liberal arts through "Great Books" means. Watch the "St.
Johns Program" video and be able to explain how this approach to the liberal arts differs from QCC's
St. John's College
Thomas Aquinas College
Shimer College
Below are some links to relevant LIB information
Why study the Liberal Arts?
QCC Liberal Arts Program