University Seminars
Darwin Upclose
Dr. Archie Vomachka, Adjunct Professor Marie Sanchez and Instructor Marie Murphy took students by train to the Franklin Institute in Center City Philadelphia to see the Darwin exhibit and IMAX. They got an up-close look at original manuscripts, fossils and even live Galapagos turtles, taking a journey into Darwin’s exploration. Students also noted that Dr. Volmachka bears an uncanny resemblance to Darwin.
University Seminars are a showcase of integrative learning at Arcadia, designed to make intellectual connections among academic disciplines and between scholarly ideas and the world beyond the classroom. Students participate in at least two University Seminars after the completion of your First-Year Experience. A wide range of University Seminars are offered each semester, and you choose which ones you want to take and when.
Many University Seminars are interdisciplinary courses where your Arcadia professors explore a dynamic world of ideas with you. For example, science and philosophy come together in a study of bioethics. A combined examination of geology and photography provides a distinctive opportunity to view and interpret the natural world in creative ways. Or a University Seminar on global citizenship draws on politics, sociology and economics to help you consider the meanings of collective engagement in the world.
Many University Seminars are interdisciplinary courses where your Arcadia professors explore a dynamic world of ideas with you. University Seminars also take you out of the classroom and into the culturally and intellectually rich Philadelphia region.
Taking University Seminars also helps you work toward fulfilling other Arcadia curriculum requirements. All University Seminars fulfill at least one Area of Inquiry and at least one Intellectual Practice.
