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"Freshman Studies is, in a sense, a course about such questions -- the large and fundamental questions which thoughtful people in every time and place have asked -- and the refinement of those questions into the various fields of research we call the liberal arts. The readings represent, in part, a sampling of some historically important attempts to answer the large questions and the smaller questions that follow from them."

"But it is important, to begin with, to see that the existence of questioning itself is the primary mode of human discovery and the only good questions can begin to suggest good answers." -- Mark Dintenfass, The Freshman Studies Book, p. 8

Discovering and discussing these "good questions," on paper and in class, is how we'll spend most of our time in Freshman Studies. Starting with close readings (viewings, listenings), we'll try to ask ourselves and each other interesting questions and learn what we can by answering them.

For more description, please (re)read The Freshman Studies Book, by Professor Dintenfass.