CTZN 110: Bodies and Citizens
This artifact is the slide that goes with the annotated syllabus seen on the foundations’ page.
HONS 495: SpTp: Love, Sex & Friendship
The artifact I chose for this honors class is one of the five papers we wrote over the course of the semester. Each unit focused on different types of love and a variety of different philosopher’s ideas on how to describe it and the value it has for individuals. This paper, along with the others that I wrote for the class, pushed me to not only comprehend and summarize the ideas of the various philosophers but forced me to evaluate the roles of these types of love in my own life and reflect on what goods have come from them.
HONS 295: Special Topics – Pittsburgh
This honors course was all about wandering, researching through place as text, and bridging the gap between seemingly different places. We researched the city, visited and explored it, and presented our findings in a poster session. My group focused on gentrification and how this issue presents itself in Pittsburgh in comparison to our own Farmville. This course was very engaging and exciting; one of my favorites in my time here at Longwood.
PHIL 315: Bioethics
This artifact is a reflection on the overall course for the final assignment. This class was interesting and thought-provoking because I did not know very much or think about the topics that we had discussed over the semester. It was eye-opening to comb through different arguments and consider what people are really saying and what they believe is the ethical way to handle moral dilemmas that are often faced by people in society.
PHIL 361: The Problem of Evil
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12IBQoutEiZaxG2cdPWslB85lrfUj03yku81FchXTYIc/edit?usp=sharing
In this philosophy class, we read a wide variety of material extensively covering the problem of evil and how it can be answered in the Christian tradition. This course was largely discussion-based but the artifact I attached is an argumentative essay supported by sources that we read and discussed throughout the entire semester. This class helped me to grow my critical thinking skills, remain open-minded, and create and defend a line of argumentation supported by literary evidence.
CTZN 410: Flourishing Together
An artifact and reflection from this class can be found on the Symposium page.
HONS 490: Directed Study
INSERT ARTIFACT – Still working on recovering the podcast/infographic
This course served as an alternative study abroad class to connect students despite Covid restrictions. With a fully online format, we utilized Zoom and Microsoft Teams in order to effectively communicate and complete coursework. In groups with a mix of American and Dutch students, we worked together to create a concept for a social innovation. We then presented it with an infographic and a podcast in which we explained it in more detail, as well as reflected on and discussed how the pandemic has affected us in our respective cultures.