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PROGRAMS
OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Humanities
Senior
Seminar
The
Humanities
Senior
Seminar
[HUM/CLHI
497(W)]
provides
seniors
majoring
in
the
humanities
the
opportunity
to
synthesize
their
liberal
arts
experiences.
Each
seminar
focuses
intensively
on
a
single
significant
work
in
the
humanities
or
literature.
Recent
seminars
have
focused
on
texts
such
as
My
Antonia
by
Willa
Cather;
Madame
Bovary
by
Gustave
Flaubert;
The
Parthenon
by
Iktinos,
Kallikrates,
Pheidias;
The
Second
Sex
by
Simone
de
Beauvoir;
Ulysses
by
James
Joyce;
Life
and
Fate
by
Vasily
Grossman;
and
Black
Reconstruction
in
America
1860-1880
by
W.E.B.
DuBois.
The
four
seminars
for
academic
year
2005-2006
include:
Mary
Wollstonecarft's
A
Vindication
of
the
Rights
of
Woman;
Ralph
Ellison's
Invisible
Man;
Thomas
Hobbes'
Leviathan
and
the
Modern
Age;
and
John
Milton's
Paradise
Lost.
A
visiting
scholar
enhances
each
seminar
and
works
with
students
to
develop
their
theses.
Institute
for Continued Learning
Willamette
University's Institute for
Continued Learning was
established in 1992, initiated to
serve retired and semi-retired
persons interested in continuing
academic studies.
Lecture/discussion sessions cover
the range of the liberal arts and
sciences; the instruction draws
upon the competencies of invited
university faculty and the
institute's enrolled members.
Classes meet Tuesdays and
Thursdays, morning and afternoon,
through the University's two
semesters. The program is
non-credit, non-examination; an
incidental fee is required for
participation.
Direct inquiries to Membership
Chair, Willamette University
Institute for Continued Learning,
900 State Street, Salem, Oregon
97301-3931.
Interdisciplinary
First-Year
Program
The
first-year
seminar
is
a
one-semester
course
required
of
all
entering
first-year
students.
The
seminar
provides
a
challenging
and
engaging
introduction
to
the
liberal
arts
curriculum
by
focusing
on
close
reading,
writing,
discussion,
and
critical
thinking.
Seminars
are
small,
averaging
16
students,
and
are
taught
by
faculty
from
across
the
curriculum.
These
faculty
also
make
advising
an
integral
part
of
the
first-year
seminar,
guiding
students
in
selecting
their
academic
curriculum.
Lilly
Project
Willamette
University's
Lilly
Project
for
the
Theological,
Spiritual
and
Ethical
Exploration
of
Vocation
is
a
university-wide
program
dedicated
to
helping
students
to
engage
the
larger
questions
of
meaning
and
purpose,
and
to
discern
their
vocation,
their
calling
in
life.
Funded
by
a
generous
grant
from
the
Lilly
Endowment,
Inc.,
the
Lilly
Project
is
embedded
in
the
intellectual
and
residential
life
of
the
Willamette
University
community,
offering
opportunities
for
members
of
the
community
to
consider
issues
of
vocation,
service,
meaning-making
and
life
choices
through
a
variety
of
academic
and
co-curricular
programs.
The
Lilly
Project
provides
resources
to
support
a
number
of
visiting
lectureships
each
year,
including
two
visiting
scholars
and
one
scholar
in
residence
who
bring
resources
and
insights
on
vocation
to
campus,
for
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