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College of Letters

The College of Letters offers an interdisciplinary major program for the study of literature, history, and philosophy. The core of the program is a series of five colloquia designed to acquaint students with works of predominantly European literature, history, and philosophy in (respectively) the 20th century, the ancient world, the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the early modern period (16th-18th centuries), and the 19th century. In addition to these wide-ranging colloquia, students take more specialized seminars and independent work in tutorials. In all these contexts, much emphasis is put on the development of skills in writing and speaking, but our general goal is cultivation of "the educated imagination."