Program Overview 
Preamble
The Discovery Program provides the intellectual framework for students in any major. It represents the faculty's collective belief in what constitutes and contributes to essential knowledge of the world. Together, students and faculty attempt to understand fully and use ethically that knowledge, both in the present and as a reservoir from which to draw in the future.
Each course in the Discovery Program fulfills an obligation not only to its own field, but also to others. Individually, courses illuminate the disciplines and ask that students understand their foundational methods, tools, and questions. Collectively, the Discovery Program aspires to help students recognize complexity and elegance in the relationships amongst the disciplines, to chart constellations of human knowledge. Like Keats, we are “watchers of the skies.”
“He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.” Confucius.
Discovery Program Overview
Big Questions, Many Perspectives
The University Dialogue
Opportunities to engage in the intellectual life of the University
Discovery Requirements
Discovery Foundations:
One course in writing skills (fulfills one of four required Writing Intensive courses)
One course in quantitative reasoningBig Ideas, Small Classes
Discovery in the Disciplines: In Pursuit of a Passion
Biological Science * Physical Science * Fine and Performing Arts Humanities Historical Perspectives World Cultures Social Science Environment, Technology and Society * One must have a LAB
Students must take one course in each category at the 400 – 600 level
Discovery and Integrative Understanding: A Sense of the Whole
One Senior Capstone Experience/Course
Supervised and approved within the major