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Life of the Mind

Spring 2009 Schulze Interdisciplinary Speaker Series

Please join us for the Spring 2009 Schulze Interdisciplinary Speaker series!  Faculty across campus submitted proposals in a competitive process to bring in outside speakers that integrate at least two or more disciplines in their work.   Presentations are open to students and faculty campus wide and promise to enrich interdisciplinary education at UNC!  For more information check out the Schulze Interdisciplinary Speaker Series button on the left.

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Erasing Boundaries and Creating Bridges Between Subjects

From our students

Are you ready to take a unique journey that transcends typical educational experiences and opens doors to a world with new connections? Life of the Mind is an exciting and innovative program designed to enrich the liberal arts core taken by all University of Northern Colorado students. By studying classic writings from around the world in specially designed interdisciplinary courses, faculty and students investigate central questions that have concerned humanity through the ages.

Program Eligibility

Life of the Mind is open to all students who want to enhance their intellectual pursuits.

Program Highlights

  • Courses feature outstanding faculty from a number of fields of study across campus.
  • Students and faculty together probe the basic intellectual concerns that link these fields through the study of key writings from both Western and Eastern civilization.
  • Study centers on in-depth reading and lively discussion and also include lectures, slide presentations and films.
  • Emphasis on building students’ skills in critical thinking, discussion and writing.

The “life of the mind” is the unifying theme of all the courses. Rather than presenting ideas from the writings as accepted truths, faculty and students together explore them as possible answers to central human questions. Through this exploration, students come to value the social, ethical and spiritual significance of intellectual activity—of the life of the mind.

For more information about this unique program call (970) 351-2940.