Discover Davidson

To cultivate a well-rounded understanding of the world, Davidson follows the "Ways of Knowing" educational theory, inviting students to explore the fundamental question, "How do I know what I know?" In order to give you a sense of the Davidson classroom experience, prospective students are invited to observe a class in one of the following schools of thought:

• Historical Thought - Courses that seek to understand past human societies and how those societies evolved over time.
• Literary Studies, Creative Writing and Rhetoric - Courses that develop skills for creating and analyzing the complexities of language, form, and aesthetics.
• Mathematical and Quantitative Thought - Courses that study mathematical, programming, or statistical concepts.
• Natural Science - Laboratory courses that study the natural and physical world through direct observation, experimentation, and/or analysis of empirical evidence.
• Philosophical and Religious Perspectives - Courses on fundamental questions, philosophical reasoning, and religious thought.
• Social-Scientific Thought - Courses that employ systematic analysis of qualitative, quantitative and/or ethnographic information drawn from the human world.
• Visual and Performing Arts - Courses that teach students to represent or express ideas or formulate arguments about how the world is represented in music, theatre, visual art, dance, and screen media.
• Languages - Courses that focus on how language works, both as a mode of human communication and as a way of constructing the world in different social and cultural contexts. Courses may cover: Ancient Greek, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Latin, Russian, or Spanish.