Colgate’s Mellon Sophomore Residential Seminars (SRS), funded through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, are turning courses on coffee production, food consumption, existentialism, and Native American culture into transformational academic experiences.
Each spring semester, rising second-year students apply for seats in these remarkable classrooms. Then in the fall, those selected take up residence in Drake Hall, where they live and learn with their classmates.
Through discussion and research on campus, undergraduates start to dig into the issues. Then, faculty lead their classes to a course-related destination — France, Costa Rica, Texas, or New Mexico — during winter break, to continue living the liberal arts, applying and expanding their knowledge in ways that books alone cannot facilitate.
Check out this fall’s course descriptions on the SRS website, and read about the genesis of the program in our news blog archive.
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