Desiderata developed by the Task Force

1. The course should offer a common, signature experience for UF students.
2. It should serve as an introduction to the life of the mind, and an invitation to the humanities and to a lifetime of reflection on the human condition.
3. It should be interdisciplinary and draw, insofar as practicable, on all the humanities resources at UF (all relevant areas, departments and units, including the Harn Museum and Performing Arts Center).
4. It should be cross-cultural and draw on the full range of human experience across the world and through time.
5. It should aim, over the long run, to found a community of humanistic inquiry at the university that reaches to all humanities disciplines and involves the broader Gainesville community, and reaches out through invited speakers and collaborative ventures beyond the university.
6. It should be rigorous and hold students to a high standard.
7. It should inculcate skills in
   • analysis
   • argumentation
   • writing
   • communication, and in
   • close reading, looking, and listening
8. It should involve a small classroom experience in which students engage in discussion
9. It should involve comments on and evaluation of papers with respect to content, organization, style, and mechanics.
10. It should include significant, effective, on-line support.
11. It should not be hard to administer.