Transformative Ideas equips students to complete their general education requirements and prepare for their majors while exploring the deep questions of meaning, value, purpose, and spirit that confront us as human beings and citizens. It welcomes students from diverse backgrounds and viewpoints into an intellectual community where they can learn and grow together as they tackle the questions they will continue to ask throughout the rest of their personal and professional lives.
Courses will also provide avenues for pre-professional students to incorporate humanities thought and questioning into their lines of study.
Transformative Ideas is offered by Trinity College of Arts & Sciences in partnership with The Purpose Project at Duke, a collaboration between the Kenan Institute for Ethics, the Office of Undergraduate Education, and Duke Divinity School.
Learning Community
In addition to these courses, the Transformative Ideas program plans to incorporate a learning community structure that will encourage co-curricular events to draw faculty and students together in more exploratory, relaxed settings. Students may choose to take one or more of the three pilot courses. Students in each course will enjoy opportunities to engage with guest speakers inside the classroom and outside over meals. Select talks, a field trip, and co-curricular activities will be open to students in all courses. All courses will count towards distribution, minor, and major requirements. To participate, just register for one of the courses; there is not need to apply separately to the program.
For more information on this program, visit its dedicated website.
