Higher Education Participation and Life Worth Living

Higher education is a means to achieving students’ aspirations and visions of a life worth living. Higher education viewed as a means presents an opportunity for students to be active constructors of this reality. This course is geared towards helping undergraduate students to take conscious steps and actions in their everyday participatory activities. These activities may include but not limited to course attendance, relating with course materials, assessment, forming relationships, gaining opportunities, etc. The course is interdisciplinary rooted in major social science disciplines including leadership, development studies, psychology, philosophy, sociology. The course aims to provide knowledge, spark understanding and actions for effective participation in higher education. This is done through engaging students in reflective and deep questioning of the purpose of higher education that allows them to take conscious steps in getting out the best of their participation.  The course uses the Life Worth Living core principles of existential meaning; commitment to truth seeking pluralism; first person engagement and Communities of Practice to explore three core questions including; what is the purpose of higher education? who is responsible for students’ effective participation in higher education? and what actions are required for effective participation?