Senior Seminar in the Humanities

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Read different types of information critically and effectively synthesize for a wide audience the information communicated in that reading.
• Write effectively with a voice appropriate to the communication or task at hand.
• Use a variety of data types and/or information sources to effectively evaluate interdisciplinary information in reading, writing, and speaking media.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Group Discussion	35%
Capstone Paper, including Proposal and Draft	35%
Capstone Paper Presentation	25%
Senior Survey	5%

Work that summarizes, rather than analyzes, synthesizes, and/or evaluates the topic will receive a grade of C+ or lower, even if the summary is excellent.

Work that is moderately successful in analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating the topic will receive a grade of B.

Work that successfully analyzes, synthesizes, evaluates the topic, and persuasively interprets the topic will receive a grade of B+ or higher.

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93-100%	A
90-92%	A-
88-89%	B+
83-87%	B
80-82%	B-
78-79%	C+
73-77%	C
70-72%	C-
68-69%	D+
63-67%	D
60-62%	D-
0-59%	F

Attendance/Participation:

Students must participate in the course by logging in on a regular basis, participating weekly in Group Discussions, participating in required activities, and submitting required assignments.

Failure to participate in the course constitutes failure to abide by the attendance policy. Students who do not abide by this policy may be withdrawn at the professor’s discretion per instructions from the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Montas, Roosevelt. Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation. Princeton University Press, 2021.