The college course program was established to ensure that students can have direct exposure in their years at Vassar to some important expressions of the human spirit in a context that is both multidisciplinary and integrative. The aim of a college course is to study important cultures, themes, or human activities in a manner that gives the student experience in interpreting evidence from the standpoint of different fields. The courses relate this material and these interpretations to other material and interpretations from other fields in order to unite the results of this study into a coherent overall framework. The interpretations are expected to be both appreciative and critical and the artifacts will come from different times, places, and cultures.

Courses

College Course: I. Introductory

• •  CLCS 101 - Civilization in Question
• •  CLCS 103 - How We Got Here
• •  CLCS 107 - The Liberal Arts in Question
• •  CLCS 110 - Interactions among Public Health, Political Instability and Environmental Degradation
• •  CLCS 120 - The Vassar Campus
• •  CLCS 121 - Anti-Racist Equity and Justice: Learning and Activism
• •  CLCS 151 - Introduction to Contemplative Studies
• •  CLCS 160 - Issues in Feminism
• •  CLCS 175 - Creating Communities that Care
• •  CLCS 183 - Vassar For Veterans
• •  CLCS 184 - Questions of Character
• •  CLCS 298 - Independent Study Across the Disciplines

College Course: II. Intermediate

• •  CLCS 256 - Building Inclusive Communities
• •  CLCS 260 - Fundamentals of Grantwriting
• •  CLCS 270 - Global Problems, Local Policy
• •  CLCS 280 - Equitable Futures: Action Based Learning in Arlington School District
• •  CLCS 290 - Community-Engaged Learning