HUAS10030 - The Liberal Arts in the Twenty-First Century

Course Description

Join Fred W. Beuttler, PhD, Associate Dean of Liberal Arts Programs at the University of Chicago Graham School, for an introductory class on the history and future of the liberal arts.

What is the purpose and contemporary relevance of the liberal arts? Are there things that every educated person should know? This short introductory class will examine the tools for the production, application, and dissemination of knowledge, looking at institutions of liberal learning such as the library, the university, the “republic of letters,” academic disciplines, the laboratory, and the Internet. We will also look at the various cultures of students, teachers, professors, and researchers, all to understand what a liberal artist should know.

If participants wish to continue, the class fee will serve as the application fee to UChicago’s Master of Liberal Arts degree program.