Faculty and professors speak on the pilot Moreau course run this fall semester.

The new Moreau program, by contrast, has a more unified design. This design is physically embodied by the program’s “commonplace book,” a blue, hard-cover volume containing selected readings and lined pages for personal thought and reflection. The book was given to the 20% of freshmen enrolled in the pilot.

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Contained within the commonplace books is a greater number of “enduring texts” compared to what the former curriculum featured, including excerpts from Aristotle, St. Francis of Assisi and Blaise Pascal.

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Instructors in the pilot were not alone in teaching their classes of roughly 20 students; each was aided by a “peer leader,” a sophomore, junior or senior who shares personal experiences and reflections with students during class.

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Also new to Moreau is the introduction of co-curricular experiences, a series of thematically related events for students outside of the classroom. Examples from the fall semester include poetry readings, a spiritual retreat, a day of community service and sessions on grateful attentiveness at the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art.

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Another significant shift in Moreau is the program’s effort to recruit more faculty to teach the class. The class has historically included many staff members as instructors.