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Common Reading Program

The Common Reading Program is an essential piece of your First Year Experience at Wright State University. It was developed

  • To expose you to our academic atmosphere from the time you arrive on campus for SOAR
  • To provide a common academic experience for all first-year students by giving you the opportunity to engage with your peers in intellectual discussions both inside and outside the classroom
  • To communicate the expectation that you will begin to read actively and critically, make judgments about the validity of what you read and be able to discuss challenging, sometimes conflicting, ideas.

You will also be provided with a series of interconnected academic and beyond-the-classroom activities that will challenge your critical thinking and evaluation of the text through your Learning Community and in many of your General Education courses.

The university's Mission is at the heart of everything we do. We ask you to become an active member of the Raider community from the start by participating in this shared reading experience, discussing a controversial book, considering the isuses it raises, formulating your own views, and sharing them with your teachers and classmates.

  The Common Text

for

2007-2008

An Inconvenient Truth:  The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It

by

Al Gore

University College
Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
180 University Hall
Wright State University
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy.
Dayton, OH 45435-0001
Telephone: (937) 775-5750
Fax: (937) 775-5762

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