Real World Ready
NEW for ALL Undergraduates: “Real World Ready” Course to Help You Prepare for Life After Graduation To enroll in Real World Ready, use this...
Continue ReadingExistentialism 2.0
What does it mean to be responsible for oneself and to others in 2018 and beyond? How should we understand the dynamics of accelerated change at work in the world and a heightened level of stress, anxiety and conflict they produce?
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The Educated Woman’s Paradox: Inequity and Privilege
What is the purpose of education? This is the first of many questions that will be examined as we reflect on our educational experience at Georgetown, as well as think about the role of education in our futures.
Continue ReadingCreativity for Life
How can we think and innovate creatively in professional spaces? How can creativity be an asset in our personal and professional lives beyond college? This course teaches students how to incorporate creativity into their lives.
Continue ReadingIdentity and Relationships at Georgetown and Beyond
How do variables such as race, class, religion, and gender affect our interpersonal relationships? How might a better understanding of these identities allow for intra- and interpersonal growth in this time of transition from college to beyond?
Continue ReadingWhat’s Next? Graduation and Life’s Big Questions
Do we work to live, or live to work? Can you prepare yourself for the unexpected? This course will address these questions and many more as you imagine your life beyond the Hilltop.
Continue ReadingLeading Ethically: Challenges and Opportunities
“You can run, but you can’t hide.” What boxer Joe Louis is reported to have said about his ring opponents could also be said about you and ethical challenges.
Continue ReadingThe Jane Goodall Rules: Acting Upon our Reasons for Hope
Explore Nat Geo, the Zoo, and the works of Jane Goodall with Jane's former personal advisor John Trybus. Develop your sense of hope and learn how to respond to the question: What can one person do to make an impact on the world?
Continue ReadingReason in a Dark Time
Headlines are dominated not simply with bad news, but potentially catastrophic news. Given this context, how do we utilize our reason and other capacities to pursue both the good and the good life after graduating college?
Continue ReadingLife Negotiations
Negotiation affects all of our lives. We constantly strive in so many daily situations to secure agreements or cooperation or coordinated conduct with others that benefit our own interests.
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