Major in Great Books Honors

Your SCL degree prepares you to respond to important questions in government and policy careers, such as: What attracts me to work in government or public affairs? What does it mean to have ambition both to be excellent but also to serve others? How should I think about the consequences, intended and unintended, of regulation or legislation?

Your SCL degree prepares you to respond to important questions in medicine and health, such as: What does it mean to provide care? How can I serve those who suffer? What are the obligations we have to public health?

Your SCL degree prepares you to respond to important questions in national security, such as: What is war? What is peace? How can what I say and do shape outcomes? What is the origin and history of America’s influence in the world? Whose interests matter, and why?

Your SCL degree prepares you to respond to important questions in education and public service careers, such as: What kind of education do I need to lead in my community? How can what I learn shape who I am? What traditions have shaped American civic life? What does it mean for a person or for a community to succeed and to thrive?

Your SCL degree prepares you to respond to important questions in law, such as: What is law? What is the origin and history of the American constitutional system? What should I do when I disagree with the law?

Your SCL degree prepares you to respond to important questions in business and entrepreneurship, such as: What does it mean to want success in business—for myself and for the benefit of others? What kinds of thinking enable me to recognize opportunities? How can I develop the courage to take risks? What is the relationship, and what are the tensions, between democracy and a free economy?

Your SCL degree prepares you to respond to important questions in the science and technology fields, such as: What is the purpose of technology? How can I know what is true? How should I use technology to take risks and serve others?