: Global Seminars :
Water. Food. Energy. Health. Governance.
The Global Seminars, one of the newest elements of the Antioch College curriculum, merges familiar elements of rigorous liberal arts study with the College’s work program by providing a direct link from classroom to co-op.
The Global Seminars anchor the Antioch College curriculum in pressing present-day problems and challenges. This works well with Antioch College’s long tradition of applied liberal arts learning and its socially conscious values and mission.
These seminars engage students in the world beyond campus, in the significant global problems of our times and press students to consider how these problems impact other people and other parts of their world. This outward focus begins to orient students toward the work they will be doing on co-op quarters and on their international work experiences.
Additionally, they are an opportunity for the creation of an extended quarter-long conversation on a particular issue or topic. Students will discuss and debate these important problems and explore possible new directions with faculty, visiting experts and with each other.
The format of the Global Seminars is ideal for guest speakers, visitors and alumni to teach students on campus, thus dramatically expanding the perspectives and mentors available to students in a small college.
