Overview
A group of students will live together in Myers Hall and take a year-long course (2 credits per term) exploring methods of dialogue and the question: what makes for good discourse?
Course Description
IDSC 128 Civil Discourse on a Diverse Campus: An Experiential Living-Learning Community
Why is it so hard to get along? This residential course will meet once a week for the students’ first three terms at Carleton to connect the classroom to the dorm room by creating a cohort dedicated in engaging in difficult conversations that can help reduce the impact of conflict within individuals and our community at large. We will work with a basic theoretical framework and readings to help identify universal local and global issues that will be explored in open-ended class discussions and through exchanges with guest speakers. Assignments will include a journal and on campus outreach assignments.
What has been done?
- Completed one year
- 20 students per year
What’s next?
- The course program will be evaluated by external reviewers in fall 2017.
- The course is in its second year of a two year grant.