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The General Studies Program consists of Encounters and the Distribution Requirements.

Encounters (GenS 145/146) is a two-semester introduction to the liberal arts and the academic construction of knowledge, required of all incoming students at Whitman. It is organized around a variable theme that is addressed by multiple fields of study. Its broad topic is the examination of encounters between peoples and cultures and the formation and transformation of dominant and competing world views.

• Rebecca Hanrahan  director, Encounters
• Nicole Simek  director, Critical and Alternative Voices