CIS 101 - A Well Examined Life

In this transdisciplinary course, students will come together to contemplate and reflect upon philosophical and practical negotiations with the idea and meaning of a “good life.” Taking the charge of the college to heart- to develop “humane instincts and disciplined and creative minds for lives of leadership and service”-the course would encourage students to explore ideas about individual fulfillment, social responsibility, and the relationship between the two (e.g. What are our individual rights, and what do we owe our community members, especially in a time of pandemic?). These explorations will involve deep study of scholarly and creative responses to questions about what it means to live a “good life,” as well as commitment to a set of practices, activities, and assignments that put those ideas into action or expression. Students will be encouraged to conceptualize, research, re-imagine, and share their ideas about where they have been, what lies ahead, and their role in the world.