{"id":409,"date":"2021-09-24T16:14:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T16:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/texts-ideas\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T08:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:30:22","slug":"texts-ideas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/components\/texts-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Texts &amp; Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">Core Curriculum Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/components\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Components of the Core<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/faculty-directors\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Faculty Directors<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/core-faculty-information\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Core Faculty Information<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core-operating-manual\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Core Operating Manual<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/butleru-my.sharepoint.com\/:w:\/g\/personal\/gmreese_butler_edu\/EV1kvXmTjwpNutwDzYDhdvIBE-9GG0ZRs8EXVYu2GVNN2g?e=VBZgTT\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Core Curriculum Worksheet<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-content-container is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-texts-amp-ideas\">Texts &amp; Ideas<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-course-structure\">Course Structure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A menu of three-hour courses to be taken from the first year onward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-student-learning-outcomes\">Student Learning Outcomes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To critically reflect on the history, legacy, and social construction of influential texts and ideas\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To comprehend\u202fcomplex texts and ideas through regular practice engaging with, comparing, and interpreting them&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To express themselves effectively across relevant mediums and modalities (e.g., papers, discussions, presentations, podcasts, websites, blog posts, etc.)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-learning-outcomes-used-for-assessment\">Learning Outcomes used for Assessment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students will engage in reading, writing, and discussion about important ideas drawn from the study of important texts\u2014including literary texts, dramatic texts, sacred texts, historical texts, philosophical texts, and scientific texts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students will develop capacities for argument, interpretation, and aesthetic appreciation through engagement with these texts and ideas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-alternative-ways-to-fulfill-the-ti-requirement\">Alternative Ways to Fulfill the TI Requirement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All students must fulfill the TI requirement. Most do so by taking a designated TI course at Butler. There are, however, alternative ways to satisfy the requirement. For more, see the Core Operating Manual linked to the Core Curriculum Menu on the side of this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-text-amp-ideas-faculty-spotlight\">Text &amp; Ideas Faculty Spotlight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lavender McKittrick-Sweitzer<br><strong>TI 242-PL &#8211; \u201cMarginalized in America\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/08093332\/lav-grayson-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Person with a dog on the beach\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover;width:225px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through deep engagement with the theory and narratives of scholars from historically marginalized communities, we work together to understand how oppression is perpetuated in the US. Students learn how to reflect on these issues and become empowered to affect change in a pluralistic society. One of my favorite readings in the course, bell hooks\u2019 \u201cTheory as Liberatory Practice\u201d demonstrates how theorizing can be politically liberatory when it emerges out of personal reflection. I love teaching this course because I continue to learn from students how I can best advocate for and empower them, while also gaining renewed hope from their passion and energy for building a more just world. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":2551,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-409","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Texts &amp; Ideas | Butler University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/components\/texts-ideas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Texts &amp; 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