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 First-Year Courses Interpretive Practices Interpretive Practices (4 semester hours) teaches first-year students general methods of interpretation in reading, writing and classroom discussion that provide a basis for skills they will continue to develop throughout their college career at Earlham and throughout their lives. Although these classes share common objectives, their reading lists and topics vary from section to section. Students are expected to: • Sharpen Interpretive reading skills for analyzing and interpreting different kinds of texts. • Strengthen general skills required for coherence and clarity in written expression. • Communicate intelligently and effectively both in writing and through participation in group discussion. • Become better, more constructive and more open-minded listeners. • Develop skills that support and enhance life-long learning and engaged, committed citizenship.
The Earlham Seminar (4 Semester hours) engages first-year students in exploring a topic of interest in an intimate, challenging and collaborative learning environment. These seminars introduce students to active, successful participation in a learning community and encourage students to find new ways to engage and understand the world. Earlham Seminars share these distinctive characteristics: • Each seminar investigates a topic and a set of related questions, using multiple ways of knowing, in order to examine intentionally how knowledge is constructed. • Seminars may be grounded in an academic discipline, but the issues raised are often interdisciplinary in scope. • Seminars engage a range of perspectives, discourses and values in the readings. • Seminars emphasize reading, reflection, writing and oral communication skills, and provide opportunities for students to critique and analyze information, construct arguments, listen interpretively and demonstrate an understanding of various perspectives. • Seminars encourage personal creativity and confidence in ideas and development of cooperative learning and research skills.
Living and Learning in Community (1 semester hour) seminars are rooted in developmental theory in psychology and help students to understand their own growth process within the framework of a learning community. The seminar, Living and Learning in Community, aims to: • Promote an integrative appreciation of students’ educational experience both inside and outside the classroom. • Strengthen skills of living and learning in a community that embody both common values and respect for differences.
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Earlham College · 801 National Road West · Richmond,
Indiana 47374-4095 |