FYSM 10100. FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR IN CRITICAL INQUIRY Required of all first-year students, the First-Year Seminar in Critical Inquiry focuses on the processes of critical inquiry in a writing-intensive, small seminar. Each seminar invites students to engage a set of issues, questions, or ideas that can be illuminated by the disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives of the liberal arts. Seminars are designed to enhance the intellectual skills essential for liberal learning and for successful participation in the Colleges academic program. First-Year Seminar may not be taken S/NC.
Section -03: "BEING GOOD"
This course investigates connections between ‘being good at something’ – being skilled -- and being ‘good for something (and/or someone’) – being a good person. We will read, view and discuss examples of goodness and excellence, across cultures and histories, and from many areas of life (in the arts, sports, crafts, or other skills). Perhaps we can learn from skill-based activities some ways of becoming better persons (friends, family members, community members), and find ways to practice – to engage in ‘experiments in practice’ of being and becoming good persons.
- Teacher: Mark Graham