I suggest that artificial intelligence be presented as a broad, interdisciplinary, humanistic area of study taught through several courses. I suggest avoiding problem sets, examinations, and other elements of engineering pedagogy; I advocate curriculum structures that encourage original student research, self-directed programming projects, and the development of connections between diverse topic areas. This short paper describes a "liberal arts" approach to introductory artificial intelligence education and the implementation of this approach in the cognitive science program at Hampshire College.