Interdisciplinary

Enduring Questions--a two-semester course taught by faculty from every academic division--studies works drawn from across the disciplines. The course provides a base of skills you will use throughout your college experience.

It models the ideals of the liberal arts because:

• the most important questions draw on a range of perspectives for their answers
• the best answers draw not only on facts but on the wisdom of a well-developed sensibility 
• education develops your potential, not just for a job, but for an active social, political, and inner life

Summer Reading

You join in the conversation with a summer reading. This text for all first-year students is the basis for discussions that begin during orientation and continue into the semester.

View the 2013 Summer Reading selection. 

Learning in Community

Enduring Questions is a course that every Luther student takes in his or her first year. This common element is vital. Throughout the year all Luther first-year students read the same works (though the class assignments related to the works may vary). The best class discussions extend into residence halls and cafeteria tables.

Face-to-Face Learning

Enduring Questions sections allow face-to-face learning, with no more than 19 students per section.

Lectures and Guests

Each work in Enduring Questions begins with a large-format lecture in which a faculty member provides an overview. In addition, the author of the summer reading text often visits Luther and speaks at convocation.