BACHELOR OF ARTS AND
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE PROGRAMS

V. SPECIAL PROGRAMS

Georgetown College offers three seminar options for first-year students: the Liberal Arts Seminar, the Science and Society Seminar, and the Ignatius Seminars.

The College currently offers three seminar options for first year students:

Liberal Arts Seminar The College offers a special “Liberal Arts Seminar” to thirty first-year students. Its aim is to foster in the student an integrated approach to learning. The program is under the direction of four faculty members--an historian, a professor of literature, a philosopher and a theologian--and involves extensive reading, independent study, and the exploration of ideas through small discussion groups. The seminar is valued at eighteen credits, which count as fulfilling required first-year courses in literature (2 semesters), history (2 semesters), philosophy (1 semester, either general or ethics), and theology (1 semester).

The Science and Society Seminar combines instruction in the humanities and the sciences to examine themes that define contemporary life. The theme for Fall 2009 is “Philosophy of Biology: Drugs and People.” The Science and Society Seminar fulfills one semester each of the general education requirements in philosophy and science.

The Ignatius Seminars are a series of courses offered in the first semester for the intellectually curious student interested in an integrative and personal approach to learning. These seminars introduce Georgetown College first-year students to the depth and diversity of Georgetown’s dynamic intellectual community. Favorite topics of College faculty form the offerings for these seminars that invite small student groups to join their professors in the creative exploration of mind and spirit. The Ignatius Seminar is a free elective course.

Honors work is available in the departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Economics, English, Government, History, Philosophy, Physics, and Political Economy. Descriptions of special seminars, tutorials, and independent study available to honors students appear under the major descriptions. Enrollment in all honors courses is limited. Application for admission is made to the appropriate department.

The purpose of these programs is to permit students of high academic achievement to enjoy greater responsibility and initiative in their major work.

In a limited number of cases the College makes available to its students the option of an additional credit for integrating community-based work for social justice with course materials so that the student’s learning is enriched by the work in the community, while that work is deepened with course work. Approval for the additional credit depends upon the appropriateness of the work to the aims of the course and requires the approval of the professor, dean’s office, and the Center for Social Justice which facilitates and coordinates the program.

The Baker Scholars Program was started over thirty years ago by the family of George F. Baker, who believed in cultivating good business people--intellectually inspired and socially conscious. The Program offers a unique opportunity to experience the world of business firsthand, enhanced by mentoring relationships with alumni of the Program and visits to various business environments in multiple cities.

The Program is a closely-linked, active network that connect current Georgetown College juniors and seniors to current industry leaders across the business world. Baker Scholars who demonstrate need also receive financial aid, and each participates in various Baker-sponsored community service efforts.

For more information on the Baker Program and the selection process, please visit our website: http://bakerscholars.georgetown.edu.

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