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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









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