Date & Time

08/24/19 | 11:00 – 12:30pm

First Year Experience Session Description

Imagine if, after a sabbatical of some 2400 years, Socrates reawakened as your academic advisor: what wisdom might he have about how to go about getting an “education” here at Penn? In this NSO First Year Experience session (previously known as Preceptorials) we will reflect together on some of Plato’s writings on the conditions and ends of learning. Whether these issues have long bothered you or you’ve never considered them before, please join us for a convivial first seminar with Collegium at Penn. No prior reading. All brief excerpts to be handed out and discussed in session.

Leaders

Dr. Ralph Rosen | Vartan Gregorian Professor of Humanities and Undergraduate Chair in the Department of Classical Studies

Dr. Daniel Cheely | Director of Collegium Institute and Perry Family Scholar of History, Religion, and Culture at the University of Pennsylvania

Registration

To register for this preceptorial, you must log into PennInTouch and search for the courses listed under the code PREC. Our preceptorial is listed as “PREC-409-001.” 

A more detailed account of the registration process can be found on the NSO Website. 

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Jess Sweeney at jferro@sas.upenn.edu

Location

Arch 108, 3601 Locust Walk, University of Pennsylvania