Seminar II

2-0-1 units · Undergraduate

Presents the topic of "Talking Across Differences" by exploring arguments across the cultural and political divide in weekly faculty-led lunch discussions. Topics include current controversial issues such as: immigration, gun control, AI, gene editing, and separation of church and state. Reading assignments consist of articles on opposing sides of the issues. Discussion involves a variety of formats, including table discussions, conversations with visiting speakers, debates, and role-playing. Introduces students to complex issues and to powerful, and even compelling, arguments on both sides. Aids first-year students in their exploration of different modes of inquiry belonging to different disciplines and introduces them to faculty from around the Institute and beyond. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for first-year students. Preference to students in Concourse.