Course List

Core Courses are based on the Great Ideas Program developed by Mortimer Adler.

* denotes required courses

All core courses are available to enrolled master’s students and offer 3 credit hours. They meet for 2 hours once per week for 16 weeks via Microsoft Teams.

    • * 601 – Introduction to the Liberal Arts

    • 602 – The Development of Political Theory

    • 603 – Natural Philosophy and Modern Science

    • 604 – History of Religion and Theology

    • 605 – Philosophy of Law and Jurisprudence

    • 606a – The Ancient Epic

    • 606b – The Christian Epic

    • 606c – Greek Drama

    • 607a – The English Novel

    • 607b – Goethe and the Literature of Russia

    • 607c – The Plays of Shakespeare

    • 608 – The Study of Ethics and Moral Values

    • 609 – Biology, Psychology, and Medicine

    • 610 – Introduction to Philosophy

    • 611 – Western Art and Music

Electives/seminars supplement the core courses by focusing on a single work, author, or narrow theme. Most of them are offered on a one-time basis, though some are recurring based on high interest. These are offered each summer:

  • Introduction to Classical Education
  • The Practice of Classical Pedagogy
  • Introduction to the Great Books
  • The Virtue and Method of Learning

All electives/seminars are open to enrolled master’s students for 1 credit hour and to non-enrolled students for auditing. They meet for 2 hours once per week for 5 weeks via Microsoft Teams.

See Course Descriptions → Academic Calendar →