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1st | Term

Overview

We provide below a preview of our study during the first term of the Second Year in the CIVICS Core, where we attend to Conversations on Ideas and Values in Civil Societies.

In | August

— First Week

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

Week’s Focus
Premodern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to The Qur’an (610-632 CE) and The Days of the Arabs (?-600s CE).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern conversations in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, 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 conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to The Qur’an (610-632 CE), the Asma’iyyāt (700s CE), The Gathering of the Arabs’s Verses (700s), and The Suspended Odes (700s CE).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern conversations in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, 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 conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern conversations in 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 conversations in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, 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 conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern conversations in 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 conversations in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, 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 conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to One Thousand and One Nights (?-800s CE) and Panchatantra (?-300s BC).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern conversations in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, 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 conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to One Thousand and One Nights (?-800s CE) and Vetala Panchavimshati (?-1000s).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern conversations in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, 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 conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji (?-1021), The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (900s CE) and Anthology of Tales Old and New (?-1100s).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern conversations in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern Buddhist and conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, [insert text] along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Fourth Week

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

Week’s Focus
Premodern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern conversations in 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 conversations in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, [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 conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy (1321) and Vita Nova (1294).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern conversations in 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 conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, 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.

— Second Week

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

Week’s Focus
Premodern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy (1321) and Vita Nova (1294).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern conversations in 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 conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, 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 as follows:

Week’s Focus
Premodern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy (1321) and Vita Nova (1294).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern conversations in 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 conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, 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.

— Fourth Week

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

Week’s Focus
Premodern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (1348-1353).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern conversations in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, [insert text] along with associated artifacts and sites.

In | November

— First Week

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

Week’s Focus
Premodern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (1348-1353).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Premodern conversations in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Premodern conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, [insert text] along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Second Week

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

Week’s Focus
Premodern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern conversations in 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 conversations in 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 conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, [insert text] along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Third Week

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

Week’s Focus
Premodern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Premodern conversations in 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 conversations in 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 conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Premodern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, [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 our study during the second term of the Second Year in the CIVICS Core, where we attend to Conversations on Ideas and Values in Civil Societies.

In | January

— First Week

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

Week’s Focus
Early Modern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in 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 conversations in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, the Aztec codices (1400s-1700s), Books of Chilam Balam (?-1500s) and Popol Vuh (?-1701), along with The Papal Bulls Dum Diversas, Inter Caetera, and Romanus Pontifex (1451-1493).
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, 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.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, 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 conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in 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 conversations in 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 conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1532) along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, 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 conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Thomas More, Utopia (1516), Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus (1592) and Lope de Vega, The New World Discovered by Christopher Columbus (1600-1614).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern conversations in 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 conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1532), along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, 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:

…

In | February

— First Week

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

Week’s Focus
Early Modern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-1615) and William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (1598) and Othello (1603).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern conversations in 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 conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, David Hume, Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748) and An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751), along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, [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 conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-1615) and William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1599-1601) and Macbeth (1606).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern conversations in 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 conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, David Hume, Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748) and An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751), along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, [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 conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-1615) and William Shakespeare, King Lear (1606) and The Tempest (1611).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern conversations in 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 conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, David Hume, Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748) and An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751), along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, [insert text] along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Fourth Week

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

Week’s Focus
Early Modern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to John Donne, Holy Sonnets (1633), Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, First Dream (1692) and “Response of the Poet to the Very Eminent Sor Filotea de la Cruz” (1691) and John Milton, Paradise Lost (1687).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern conversations inc civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651) and Benedictus Spinoza, Tractatus Theologico-Politicus (1670) and Ethics (1677), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, [insert text].

In | March

— First Week

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

Week’s Focus
Early Modern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in 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
Early Modern conversations in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651) and Benedictus Spinoza, Tractatus Theologico-Politicus (1670) and Ethics(1677), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, Montesquieu, The Spirit of Law (1748), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, [insert text].

— Second Week

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

Week’s Focus
Early Modern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Aphra Behn, Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave (1688) and Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (1719).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern conversations in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, John Locke, Two Treatises of Government (1689) and Voltaire, Treatise on Tolerance (1763), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, Montesquieu, The Spirit of Law (1748), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Denis Diderot, Encyclopédie (1751-1772).

— Third Week

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

Week’s Focus
Early Modern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels (1726) and Voltaire, Candide (1759).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern conversations in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, John Locke, Two Treatises of Government (1689) and Voltaire, Treatise on Tolerance (1763), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, Montesquieu, The Spirit of Law (1748), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Denis Diderot, Encyclopédie (1751-1772).

— Fourth Week

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

Week’s Focus
Early Modern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, or On Education (1762).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern conversations in 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
Early Modern conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, Montesquieu, The Spirit of Law (1748), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, [insert].

In | April

— First Week

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

Week’s Focus
Early Modern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Confessions (1782-1789).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern conversations in 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
Early Modern conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, Montesquieu, The Spirit of Law (1748), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, [insert].

— Second Week

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

Week’s Focus
Early Modern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to William Blake, The French Revolution (1791) and Continental Prophecies (1793-1795).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern conversations in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Edmund Burke, Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1757) and Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) and Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), along with France’s Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789).
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Jeremy Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1780), Panopticon or the Inspection-House (1787), Emancipate Your Colonies! (1793) and Anarchical Fallacies (1796), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, [insert].

— Third Week

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

Week’s Focus
Early Modern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life (1789), Phillis Wheatley, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773) and William Blake, America a Legacy (1793) and Continental Prophecies (1793-1795).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern conversations in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Publius, The Federalist Papers (1788) and Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776) and Rights of Man (1791), along with the US Declaration of Independence (1776) and the US Constitution (1789).
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Jeremy Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1780), Panopticon or the Inspection-House (1787), Emancipate Your Colonies! (1793) and Anarchical Fallacies (1796), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, [insert].

— Fourth Week

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

Week’s Focus
Early Modern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life (1789), William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794) and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793) and CLR James, The Black Jacobins (1938).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern conversations in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Publius, The Federalist Papers (1788) and Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776) and Rights of Man (1791), along with the US Declaration of Independence (1776) and the US Constitution (1789).
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern conversations in human and social sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Jeremy Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1780), Panopticon or the Inspection-House (1787), Emancipate Your Colonies! (1793) and Anarchical Fallacies (1796), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, [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

We provide below a preview of our study of Writing and Rhetoric in the Traditions, the WRIT Core, during the summer after Second Year.

In | June

— First Week

First Week; June. Our reading series begins as follows:

Week’s Focus
Early Modern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in arts and humanities. Introductory video and conversation, with you and other participants studying and writing on Wu Cheng’en, Journey to the West (1592) and Xuanzang, Great Tang Records on the Western Regions (646 CE).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern conversations in civics and ethics. Introductory video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the civic and ethical import of assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern conversations in human and social sciences. Introductory video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the social and societal aspects of assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Introductory video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the scientific aspects of assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.

— Second Week

Second Week; June. Our reading series continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Early Modern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in arts and humanities. Continuing video and conversation, with you and other participants studying and writing on Wu Cheng’en, Journey to the West (1592) and Xuanzang, Great Tang Records on the Western Regions (646 CE).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern conversations in civics and ethics. Continuing video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the civic and ethical import of assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern conversations in human and social sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the social and societal aspects of assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the scientific aspects of assigned above, and additional attention to aspects of its script and text that inform your own developing approaches to lifelong learning, reading and writing.

— Third Week

Third Week; June.Our reading series continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Early Modern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in arts and humanities. Continuing video and conversation, with you and other participants studying and writing on Wu Cheng’en, Journey to the West (1592) and Xuanzang, Great Tang Records on the Western Regions (646 CE).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern conversations in civics and ethics. Continuing video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the civic and ethical import of assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern conversations in human and social sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the social and societal aspects of assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the scientific aspects of assigned above, and additional attention to aspects of its script and text that inform your own developing approaches to lifelong learning, reading and writing.

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; June. Our reading series continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Early Modern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in arts and humanities. Introductory video and conversation, with you and other participants studying and writing on Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone (1791).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern conversations in civics and ethics. Introductory video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the civic and ethical import of assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern conversations in human and social sciences. Introductory video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the social and societal aspects of assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Introductory video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the scientific aspects of assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.

In | July

— First Week

First Week; July. Our reading series continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Early Modern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in arts and humanities. Continuing video and conversation, with you and other participants studying and writing on Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone (1791).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern conversations in civics and ethics. Continuing video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the civic and ethical import of assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern conversations in human and social sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the social and societal aspects of assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the scientific aspects of assigned above, and additional attention to aspects of its script and text that inform your own developing approaches to lifelong learning, reading and writing.

— Second Week

Second Week; July. Our reading series continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Early Modern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in arts and humanities. Continuing video and conversation, with you and other participants studying and writing on Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone (1791).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern conversations in civics and ethics. Continuing video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the civic and ethical import of assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern conversations in human and social sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the social and societal aspects of assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the scientific aspects of assigned above, and additional attention to aspects of its script and text that inform your own developing approaches to lifelong learning, reading and writing.

— Third Week

Third Week; July. Our reading series continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Early Modern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in arts and humanities. Continuing video and conversation, with you and other participants studying and writing on Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone (1791).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern conversations in civics and ethics. Continuing video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the civic and ethical import of assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern conversations in human and social sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the social and societal aspects of assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the scientific aspects of assigned above, and additional attention to aspects of its script and text that inform your own developing approaches to lifelong learning, reading and writing.

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; July. Our reading series concludes as follows:

Week’s Focus
Early Modern conversations in ideas and values — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Early Modern conversations in arts and humanities. Continuing video and conversation, with you and other participants studying and writing on Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone (1791).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Early Modern conversations in civics and ethics. Continuing video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the civic and ethical import of assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Early Modern conversations in human and social sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the social and societal aspects of assigned above, along with associated artifacts and sites.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Early Modern conversations in formal and natural sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with you and others studying and writing on the scientific aspects of assigned above, and additional attention to aspects of its script and text that inform your own developing approaches to lifelong learning, reading and writing.
Calendar University

Core Course (Year 2 Alt)

The Second Year of the Core Curriculum (in development stage and subject to change)