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1st | Term

Overview

We provide below a preview of the subject focus and materials for study during the first term of the Second Year Core.

In | August

— First Week

First Week; August. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to The Qur’an (610-632 CE) and The Days of the Arabs, or Ayyām al-’Arab (?-600s CE).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern archeology, anthropology, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to the Qibla, al-Tibb al-Nabawi, or Treatise on Prophetic Medicine (600s CE) and The Emerald Tablet (700s CE) along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Second Week

Second Week; August. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to The Qur’an (610-632 CE) and the Asma’iyyāt (700s CE), The Gathering of the Arabs’s Verses, or Jamharat Ash’ar al-Arab (700s), and The Suspended Odes , or Mu’allaqat (700s CE).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern archeology, anthropology, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to the Qibla, al-Tibb al-Nabawi, or Treatise on Prophetic Medicine (600s CE) and The Emerald Tablet (700s CE) along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Third Week

Third Week; August. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to The Qur’an (610-632 CE), Kitab al-Hamasah (835 CE) and the Mufaddaliyat (762-784 CE).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern archeology, anthropology, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to the Qibla, al-Tibb al-Nabawi, or Treatise on Prophetic Medicine (600s CE) and The Emerald Tablet (700s CE) along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; August. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to The Qur’an (610-632 CE) and Rumi, The Spiritual Couplets (1258-1273) and The Works of Shams of Tabriz (1248-1258).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern archeology, anthropology, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to the Qibla, al-Tibb al-Nabawi, or Treatise on Prophetic Medicine (600s CE) and The Emerald Tablet (700s CE) along with associated artifacts and sites.

In | September

— First Week

First Week; September. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to One Thousand and One Nights (?-800s CE) and Panchatantra (?-300s BC).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern archeology, anthropology, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to The Tables of Toledo (1080), al-Zahrawi aka Abulcasis, Kitāb al-Taṣrīf (1000), Ibn Sina aka Avicenna, The Canon of Medicine (1025) along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Second Week

Second Week; September. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to One Thousand and One Nights (?-800s CE) and Vetala Panchavimshati (?-1000s).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern archeology, anthropology, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to The Tables of Toledo (1080), al-Zahrawi aka Abulcasis, Kitāb al-Taṣrīf (1000), Ibn Sina aka Avicenna, The Canon of Medicine(1025) along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Third Week

Third Week; September. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Premodern Asian cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern Asian arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji (?-1021), Taketori Monogatari, or The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (900s CE) and Konjaku Monogatarishū, or Anthology of Tales Old and New (?-1100s).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern Asian civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern Asian archeology, anthropology, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern Buddhist and Asian formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text] along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; September. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Premodern Asian cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern Asian arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji (?-1021) and Biwa hōshi, The Tale of the Heike (?-1330).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern Asian civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern Asian archeology, anthropology, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern Asian formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text] along with associated artifacts and sites.

In | October

— First Week

First Week; October. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Premodern Mediterranean and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern Mediterranean and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to the Lais of Marie de France (115-1170), The Song of Roland (1040-1115), The Song of My Cid (1140-1207), Muhyiddin Ibn Al-Arabi, Interpreter of Desires (1201-1213) and Thomas Malory, Le Morte d’Arthur (1485).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern Mediterranean and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and European archeology, anthropology, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and European formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text] along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Second Week

Second Week; October. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Premodern Mediterranean and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern Mediterranean and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy (1321) and Vita Nova (1294).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern Mediterranean and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (1274), along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and European archeology, anthropology, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and European formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Rustichello da Pisa and Marco Polo, The Travels of Marco Polo (1300) and Fra Mauro, Map of the World (1450) along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Third Week

Third Week; October. Our course of study continues after this first midterm period.

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; October. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Premodern Mediterranean and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern Mediterranean and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy (1321) and Vita Nova (1294).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern Mediterranean and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (1274), along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and European archeology, anthropology, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and European formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Rustichello da Pisa and Marco Polo, The Travels of Marco Polo (1300) and Fra Mauro, Map of the World (1450) along with associated artifacts and sites.

In | November

— First Week

First Week; November. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Premodern Mediterranean and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern Mediterranean and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (1348-1353).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern Mediterranean and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and European archeology, anthropology, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and European formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text] along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Second Week

Second Week; November. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Premodern Mediterranean and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern Mediterranean and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (1348-1353).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern Mediterranean and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and European archeology, anthropology, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and European formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text] along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Third Week

Third Week; November. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Premodern Mediterranean and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern Mediterranean and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales (1387-1400) and William Langland, Piers Plowman (1370-1386).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern Mediterranean and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, the Magna Carta (1215), along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and European archeology, anthropology, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern Mediterranean and European formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text] along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; November. Our course of study moves into the reading and review period, prior to finals in December.

In | December

— First Week

First Week; December. Our course remains in the reading and review period, prior to finals later this December.

— Second Week

Second Week; December. Our course remains in the reading and review period, prior to finals later this December.

— Third Week

Third Week; December. Our course moves into finals period, where all final assignments and exams are due.

2nd | Term

Overview

We provide below a preview of the subject focus and materials for study during the second term of the Second Year Core.

In | January

— First Week

First Week; January. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Christopher Columbus, “Letter on the First Voyage” (1493) and Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, The Araucaniad (1569-1578).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, The Papal Bulls Dum Diversas, Inter Caetera, and Romanus Pontifex (1451-1493), Bartolomé de las Casas, A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies (1552) and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, The Royal Commentaries of the Incas (1609-1617), along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1532), along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to the Gutenberg Bible (1450) and Nicolaus Copernicus, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (1543), along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Second Week

Second Week; January. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to King Manuel I of Portugal, “Two Letters on the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama” (1499) and Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas (1572).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Vasco da Gama, A Journal of the First Voyage (1497–1499), The Papal Bulls Dum Diversas, Inter Caetera, and Romanus Pontifex (1451-1493), along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1532) along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to the Gutenberg Bible (1450) and Nicolaus Copernicus, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (1543) along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Third Week

Third Week; January. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Thomas More, Utopia (1516).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Desiderius Erasmus, In Praise of Folly (1511), Martin Luther, Ninety-Five Theses (1517), On the Bondage of the Will (1525), along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1532), along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to the Gutenberg Bible (1450) and Nicolaus Copernicus, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (1543) along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; January. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-1615), Lope de Vega, The New World Discovered by Christopher Columbus (1600-1614) and Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus (1592).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Michel de Montaigne, Essays (1580), along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1532), along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to the [insert text] along with associated artifacts and sites.

In | February

— First Week

First Week; February. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-1615) and William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (1598).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Michel de Montaigne, Essays (1580), along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean archeology, anthropology, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to the [insert text] along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Second Week

Second Week; February. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-1615) and William Shakespeare, Othello (1603).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Michel de Montaigne, Essays (1580), along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean archeology, anthropology, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to the [insert text] along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Third Week

Third Week; February. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-1615) and William Shakespeare, The Tempest (1611).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Michel de Montaigne, Essays (1580), along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean archeology, anthropology, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern Atlantic and Mediterranean formal and applied sciences, as informing current study of the human body, brain, and technologies. Lecture and seminar, with attention to the [insert text] along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; February. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress (1678-1684) and John Milton, Paradise Lost (1687).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text].

In | March

— First Week

First Week; March. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Aphra Behn, Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave (1688) and John Milton, Paradise Lost (1687).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651) and John Locke, Two Treatises of Government (1689), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text].

— Second Week

Second Week; March. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Matsuo Bashō, The Narrow Road to the Deep North (1702), Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (1719) and Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels (1726).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Benedictus Spinoza, Tractatus Theologico-Politicus (1670) and Ethics (1677), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Denis Diderot, Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (1751-1772).

— Third Week

Third Week; March. Our course of study continues after this first midterm period.

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; March. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Montesquieu, Persian Letters (1721).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Montesquieu, The Spirit of Law (1748), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, David Hume, Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748) and An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert].

In | April

— First Week

First Week; April. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Voltaire, Candide (1759) and Molière, The Misanthrope (1666).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Voltaire, Treatise on Tolerance (1763), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, David Hume, Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748) and An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert].

— Second Week

Second Week; April. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, or On Education (1762).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality (1755), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert].

— Third Week

Third Week; April. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Confessions (1782-1789).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract (1762), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert].

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; April. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and American cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and American arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to William Blake, The French Revolution (1791), America a Prophecy (1793), Europe a Prophecy (1794) and The Song of Los (1795).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and American civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, the US Declaration of Independence (1776), the US Constitution (1789), France’s Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), along with Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776) and Rights of Man (1791), Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792).
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and American anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Edmund Burke, Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1757), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and American natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert].

In | May

— First Week

First Week; May. Our course moves into the reading and review period, prior to finals later this May.

— Second Week

Second Week; May. Our course remain in the reading and review period, prior to finals later this May

— Third Week

Third Week; May. Our course remains in the reading and review period, prior to finals later this May

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; May. Our course moves into finals period, where all final assignments and exams are due.

Academe, Minnesota, USA (Ricky Turner)

Sum | Term

Overview

Sum (or Summary, Summation) Term runs from the beginning of June to the end of July.

In | June

Sum Term; June. Sum Term begins in early June and continues through the month as follows:

June, First Week
The Vedas (1500-1200 BC) and The Ramayana (700-200 BC).
June, Second Week
The Vedas (1500-1200 BC) and The Ramayana(700-200 BC).
June, Third Week
The Vedas (1500-1200 BC) and The Mahabharata (300BC-400).
June, Fourth Week
The Vedas (1500-1200 BC) and The Mahabharata(300BC-400).

In | July

Sum Term; July. Sum Term continues through the month of July as follows:

July, First Week
The Bible (1200 BC-100).
July, Second Week
The Bible (1200 BC-100).
July, Third Week
The Quran (610-632).
July, Fourth Week
The Quran (610-632).

Mid | Terms

Overview

The following are short periods of break from instruction expected to occur during (“amid”) the course of each term.

In | First

First midterm is to occur on the third week of the third month, October.

In | Second

Second midterm is to occur on the third week of the third month, March.

In | Sum

Sum midterm consists of 1-2 day extension of July 4th holiday.

Calendar University

Core Course (Year Two)

The Second Year of the Core Curriculum