4 courses with the subject CIE, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CIE 100Common Intellectual Experience I
The first of a two-semester course introducing inquiry into the core questions of liberal education at Ursinus: What should matter to me? How should we live together? How can we understand the world? What will I do? The course will explore these questions through the study of influential primary texts. The first semester focuses on texts from antiquity up to the modern era. Four semester hours. (CIE.)
A one-semester course, designed especially for transfer students, introducing inquiry into the core questions of liberal education at Ursinus: What should matter to me? How should we live together? How can we understand the world? What will I do? The course explores these questions through the study of influential primary texts drawn from both semesters of the Common Intellectual Experience, with attention to reading critically, writing
This course continues the inquiry into the four core questions begun in CIE-100 (CIE I) through the study of influential primary texts. The second semester focuses on texts from the modern era through contemporary times. Four hours per week. Four semester hours. (CIE.)
This course allows deeper exploration into issues and texts encountered in CIE-100 and CIE-200. While the topics may vary each semester, this seminar will be a discussion-oriented, interdisciplinary course that permits engagement with themes in a more sustained and focused manner. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (Possible DN or GN, depending on the topic.) Note: This course may be taken more than once.
