CONN 139 | The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz is a classic 1939 film musical starring Judy Garland as Dorothy, a girl from Kansas who makes some unusual friends as she follows the Yellow Brick Road, defeats the Wicked Witch of the West, and learns valuable lessons about truth, home, and flying monkeys. Not only telling a great story through song, dance, and dazzling visuals, The Wizard of Oz has also provided a rich text for scholars from a rainbow of different disciplines to examine and interpret. This course uses the iconic movie as a starting place for connecting with classmates, a fertile ground for exploring the liberal arts, and an intriguing metaphor for the beginning of the college experience.