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CLNI 45Undeclared Scholars Discovery Lab

2 creditsUndergraduateStudent Option

The Undeclared Scholars Discovery Lab offers a framework for personal and intellectual exploration to help guide thoughtful consideration of potential majors. Considers careers and jobs within the context of selecting a major and reflects on personal, cultural, and social ideas about the importance of work in giving life meaning. Through readings, exercises, advising activities, and guest visits, students focus on the question of what makes a life meaningful and how different majors—and the wide range of opportunities associated with them—resonate with our thinking. To support a capacious approach to major exploration, students also learn about habits of mind that encourage discovery as an ongoing, iterative process that sustains our lifelong development.

Prerequisites

Enrollment is restricted to College Nine and John R. Lewis College members.

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When it runs

Winter 2027Open Winter 2027

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01SeminarAsynchronousStaffOpen 0/12

Winter 2026Open Winter 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Seminar
Tue 1:30pm–3:05pm
Soc Sci 2 159A. LaurenceOpen 7/25

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Alison Laurence5.0 / 51.3 / 5100%10

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