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Freshman Courses:
CLA 1020 Development of Civilization II (6 credits) Mrs. Giulia Rogers. Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-12:30 pm
In the second semester, the course will cover the period from the Fall of Rome to the discovery of the New World, looking at the medieval struggle between secular and religious authority, the beginnings of capitalism, and the geopolitical events resulting in the shift in the center of cultural gravity from East to West. Authors and works studied will include Aquinas, Magna Carta, Dante, Machiavelli, the Truce of God, and Las Siete Partidas. Throughout the semester, students will continue to track and analyze the issues of family, social class, political legitimacy, and beauty in light of the works read.
CON 1020 Principles of American Founding II (3 credits) Dr. Jennifer Jensen. Wednesday, 9:00-12:00 pm
This course is an in-depth look at the founding and development of the American Republic with an appreciation of the uniqueness of that founding. Students will continue their study of the Constitution which will include writings of Washington, Tocqueville, Kirk, and others, not overlooking their classical antecedents.
ELA 1040 Thinking and Speaking (3 credits) Mr. Chris Jones. Tuesday, 1:15-4:15 pm
This is the second course in a two-part series applying classical principles to modern managerial society. As a follow-on to Thinking and Writing, this course will examine the thinking of influential figures in world history, and explore the connection between their modes of oral expression and that influence. A significant aspect of the class will be an emphasis on great speaking and will include discussing great historical speeches by Lincoln, Churchill, Demosthenes, Socrates, Washington, Cicero, Gandhi, and many others.
MR 1030 Science or Science Fiction (3 credits) Mrs. Julie Greenman. Monday, 12:30-3:30 pm
This class will focus on applying research methodology to real-world issues and how knowledge and understanding are gained and defined. Topics will include the scientific method, reason, facts vs. feelings, empiricism vs. a priori reasoning, relativism, and universal truth vs. the idea of individual truth in postmodernism. Authors read will include selections from the writings of Descartes, Locke, Spinoza, Berkeley, Hume, Hugo, Karl Popper, Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley, (and perhaps a few more at the professor’s whim).
Junior Courses:
CLA 3060 Development of Civilization VI (6 credits) Professor Brian Knox. Wed, 9:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00 pm
Civilization deals with the social and cultural interactions of society. This is a huge spectrum. Where a class centered purely on history often deals only with facts of who, what, when, and how, it often overlooks the “why”. This course will encompass a holistic approach of American culture’s (literature, poetry, music, theater, and other pastimes) influence on historical events and vice versa. Moreover, human nature (how human nature affects historical and cultural events) will be a topic interwoven in the discussion. As much as possible, the principles of the scientific method will be employed to ensure that the class’s understanding is based on fact, and not supposition. Make no doubt about it – this will be a fun and colorful class!
CON 3010 America’s Judeo-Christian Tradition (3 credits) Dr. Jennifer Jensen. Monday, 9:00-12:00 pm
This class is an in-depth study of the Judeo-Christian tradition which has shaped America and its past and how it is still shaping the West today. Besides the Bible, the basis of the Judeo-Christian tradition, we will also study Bunyan, Potok, Telushkin, Aquinas, Chesterton, and Lewis among others.
LANG 3040 Latin IV (3 credits)
Dr. John Smurthwaite. Monday and Thursday, 1:00-2:30 pm
These courses are designed to prepare you to read authentic Latin texts with help. We will use Wheelock’s Latin, Seventh edition, and the accompanying workbook. I will also be bringing in videos and other ancillary texts to aid your learning of the Latin language and culture.
MATH 3020 Mathematics II (3 credits)
Mrs. Andrea Briggs. Tuesday and Thursday 3:00-4:30 pm
Our English word “mathematics” comes from the Greek noun, “ta mathemata,” which in turn is related to the verb “manthano,” meaning “I learn, I perceive, I understand, I know.” How do we come to know or understand? What is knowable? How do I learn? In this course students will explore many such questions as they read mathematical classics throughout the year, starting with Euclid in Section I, and focusing primarily on Newton in Section II. These great thinkers will help students to understand logic and reasoning, help them develop their ability for logical thought, and open the world of mathematical beauty. We will use additional tools besides the classics to build the ability to think mathematically and logically: students will read B. Oakley’s A Mind for Numbers to build learning strategies, participate in group mathematical projects to practice thinking skills, and study contemporary history books to gain a bird’s eye view of the history of mathematics and how it has affected our world and how we think.
Sophomore Courses:
CLA 1020 Development of Civilization II (6 credits) Mrs. Giulia Rogers. Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-12:30 pm
In the second semester, the course will cover the period from the Fall of Rome to the discovery of the New World, looking at the medieval struggle between secular and religious authority, the beginnings of capitalism, and the geopolitical events resulting in the shift in the center of cultural gravity from East to West. Authors and works studied will include Aquinas, Magna Carta, Dante, Machiavelli, the Truce of God, and Las Siete Partidas. Throughout the semester, students will continue to track and analyze the issues of family, social class, political legitimacy, and beauty in light of the works read.
CON 1020 Principles of American Founding II (3 credits) Dr. Jennifer Jensen. Wednesday, 9:00-12:00 pm
This course is an in-depth look at the founding and development of the American Republic with an appreciation of the uniqueness of that founding. Students will continue their study of the Constitution which will include writings of Washington, Tocqueville, Kirk, and others, not overlooking their classical antecedents.
MR 1030 Science or Science Fiction (3 credits) Mrs. Julie Greenman. Monday, 12:30-3:30 pm
This class will focus on applying research methodology to real-world issues and how knowledge and understanding are gained and defined. Topics will include the scientific method, reason, facts vs. feelings, empiricism vs. a priori reasoning, relativism, and universal truth vs. the idea of individual truth in postmodernism. Authors read will include selections from the writings of Descartes, Locke, Spinoza, Berkeley, Hume, Hugo, Karl Popper, Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley, (and perhaps a few more at the professor’s whim).
MATH 3020 Mathematics II (3 credits)
Mrs. Andrea Briggs. Tues and Thurs 3:00-4:30 pm
Our English word “mathematics” comes from the Greek noun, “ta mathemata,” which in turn is related to the verb “manthano,” meaning “I learn, I perceive, I understand, I know.” How do we come to know or understand? What is knowable? How do I learn? In this course students will explore many such questions as they read mathematical classics throughout the year, starting with Euclid in Section I, and focusing primarily on Newton in Section II. These great thinkers will help students to understand logic and reasoning, help them develop their ability for logical thought, and open the world of mathematical beauty. We will use additional tools besides the classics to build the ability to think mathematically and logically: students will read B. Oakley’s A Mind for Numbers to build learning strategies, participate in group mathematical projects to practice thinking skills, and study contemporary history books to gain a bird’s eye view of the history of mathematics and how it has affected our world and how we think.
Senior Courses:
CLA 3060 Development of Civilization VI (6 credits) Professor Brian Knox. Wed, 9:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00 pm
Civilization deals with the social and cultural interactions of society. This is a huge spectrum. Where a class centered purely on history often deals only with facts of who, what, when, and how, it often overlooks the “why”. This course will encompass a holistic approach of American culture’s (literature, poetry, music, theater, and other pastimes) influence on historical events and vice versa. Moreover, human nature (how human nature affects historical and cultural events) will be a topic interwoven in the discussion. As much as possible, the principles of the scientific method will be employed to ensure that the class’s understanding is based on fact, and not supposition. Make no doubt about it – this will be a fun and colorful class!
CON 3010 America’s Judeo-Christian Tradition (3 credits) Dr. Jennifer Jensen. Monday, 9:00-12:00 pm
This class is an in-depth study of the Judeo-Christian tradition which has shaped America and its past and how it is still shaping the West today. Besides the Bible, the basis of the Judeo-Christian tradition, we will also study Bunyan, Potok, Telushkin, Aquinas, Chesterton, and Lewis among others.
LANG 3040 Latin IV (3 credits)
Dr. John Smurthwaite. Monday and Thursday, 1:00-2:30 pm
These courses are designed to prepare you to read authentic Latin texts with help. We will use Wheelock’s Latin, Seventh edition, and the accompanying workbook. I will also be bringing in videos and other ancillary texts to aid your learning of the Latin language and culture.
CLA 4080 Creativity and Senior Project II.
Dr. Rogers. (3 credits) Thursday, 5:30-8:30 pm
This two-semester course is an opportunity for each student to harness their creative energy in order to produce a unique, thoughtful, and valuable work. In the first semester, students will explore the intellectual history of creativity from its origins in Ancient Greece through the Renaissance. We will identify the recurring themes, the underlying concepts, and the practical applications in the creation and production of a new work. In the second semester, we will explore the change in these foundational concepts that began in the Enlightenment as the definition and role of artists and artisans changed from makers to creators. Throughout both semesters, students will make gradual progress on a capstone project that will simultaneously represent the crowning achievement of their students and introduce them into the larger discourse of ideas.
Master’s Class:
MA 6200 The Italian Renaissance: The Nature of Man. (3 MA credits)
Dr. John Smurthwaite. Tuesday, 6:00-9:00 pm.
This 15-week course will study the development of humanism in the late middle
ages and 14th and 15th centuries. The nature of man will be a focal point of
our discussions, beginning with Augustine of Hippo and Boethius. We will then turn
our attention to late Medieval and proto-Humanist writers Dante, Boccaccio, and
especially Petrarch. Our discussion will continue with some of the
fundamental writers of humanist thought such as Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and
Manetti, Lorenzo Valla, Renaissance Humanist educational treatises, Machiavelli,
and others.
We will also be looking at two significant developments of the Renaissance–art and
architecture–and how they were influenced by new humanistic ideals. We will
conclude our discussion by looking at how the conquest of the New World starting with
Columbus helped to shape a new understanding of what it means to be human and a
creation of God. We will end by looking at the seminal declarations of Christian
Protestant Faith addressed in the Westminster Confession of 1648.