What distinguishes the Dean’s Book Course from other book seminars in other honors programs and colleges across the country?
While many other honors programs and colleges offer book seminars, the Dean’s Book Course is distinguished by its three-level structure and therefore its size: in any one semester, nearly half the students, faculty, and staff of the College are reading and discussing the same book. Further, since the texts selected are contemporary books by living authors—rather than the “classics” studied in many book seminars—the Dean’s Book Course often features readings by the authors and discussions with them. Finally, the books are selected for each year’s seminar series, not by faculty or administrators, but by a committee of Commonwealth College students themselves.
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