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Our Mission

"The Great Works Symposium is an interdisciplinary course - focused on exploring subjects of the broadest possible interest and greatest societal impact — designed to bring Drexel University students, teachers, and visiting expert lecturers into collaboration. The Great Works Symposium strives to avoid the "textbook approach," with an emphasis on developing in students the active skills of interdisciplinary inquiry: reading, writing, critical thinking, methodological creativity, and argument. Through an intense examination of one topic, students are encouraged to see the University as an interconnected enterprise, and to imagine the University as one part of a larger spectrum of scholars in the communities of the city, the nation, and the world."

 

Questions? Comments? Concerns?

Good, because the Great Works Symposium is designed to raise both curiosity and opinions. We want to know what you think of the programs we put on and the ideas they raise. Are there topics you would like to see or speakers you think pertinent? Then let us know, and help contribute to the community of knowledge we are creating.

 

Contact

Scott Gabriel Knowles, Ph.D. — Director
Phone: 215-895-6762
Fax: 215-895-6614
sgk23@drexel.edu  or  works@drexel.edu