First, know that we will be busy in this class!

• We will read three books:
  • The Blue Sweater (the CSE will give you a copy)
  • Behind the Beautiful Forevers (please purchase – Amazon link here – or use copy on reserve at the Davis Liberary) 
    
  • Getting Beyond Better (please purchase – Amazon link here – or use library copy)
• We will read a set of articles and view related videos.
• You will help lead discussions in class about this material (20% of your grade).
• You will keep a journal and share much of it with others. The journal will be designed to help you consider the how to actively build your own life of meaning and purpose. (Selected entries = 20% of your grade)
• You will write a research paper on social change, social entrepreneurship, and the liberal arts.  This paper will focus on a particular 21st-century challenge – broadly defined – and will include proposed policy solutions to the problem (60% of your grade).