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Saint Mary’S Collegiate Seminar: Re-Envisioning A Venerable Great Books Program For The 21st Century, Jose A. Feito
Saint Mary’S Collegiate Seminar: Re-Envisioning A Venerable Great Books Program For The 21st Century, Jose A. Feito
Jose Alfonso Feito
For nearly three quarters of a century, the Collegiate Seminar Program has been the cornerstone of the general education requirement at Saint Mary’s College of California, a Catholic liberal arts university with approximately 2800 undergraduates. Over the past eight years, the College has been immersed in a process of collaboratively re-envisioning its entire core curriculum, including the Seminar Program. We have endeavored to facilitate a democratic, inclusive and transparent community process which respects the values and traditions of our institution while also identifying and integrating best practices from across the nation. In multiple formats, the process has highlighted collective …