Course Name:
Personal Development
Learning Goals & Methodologies:
To become the best version of yourself. This class will focus on creating a mindset for success through engaging students in philosophical texts, financial literacy, and creating structure. This will mainly be a discussion based course where students discuss what they have learned from the readings and the professor will elaborate on the message as well as promote a socratic style discussion. Students will be assessed through proving that they have used the skills taught in class in a real world application such as balancing a checkbook or opening a checking, savings, or investment account while the professor evaluates their work ethic, effort, and personal growth throughout the course. Furthermore, they will write about their preferred philosophy / philosophers after reading various texts and how it helped them create structure in their life. This class is focused on making the student best prepared for their future while giving them the skills necessary to be a successful adult.
Readings:
- Meditations – Marcus Aurelius
- Summa Theologica – Thomas Aquinas
- Why Didn’t They Teach Me This in School – Cary Siegel
- Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together – Erin Lowry
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success – Carol Dweck
Prospectus:
