As part of their academic orientation to UT, all incoming join together in reading an assigned book over the summer and will participate in a group discussion of the book during Welcome Week. The goal is to create a shared intellectual context for incoming students, to stimulate discussion and interaction, and to cultivate the skills of critical thinking, reading, and engagement with ideas that students will employ throughout their academic life and beyond.

For more information about the Life of the Mind program, including session assignments, visit the Life of the Mind website.