Humanities 1: Classical Epic
Fall of Freshman Year
Homer, Virgil, and historical contexts.
Humanities 2:
Christian Epic
Spring of Freshman Year
Dante, Milton, and historical contexts.
Humanities 3:
Hebrew Bible
Fall of Sophomore Year
The Hebrew Bible, Ancient Near Eastern Religion, and historical contexts.
Humanities 4:
New Testament
Spring of Sophomore Year
New Testament, Early Christianity, and historical contexts.
Humanities 5:
Classical Philosophy
Fall of Junior Year
Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, and historical contexts.
Humanities 6:
Christian Theology
Spring of Junior Year
St. Augustine, St. Severinus Boethius, St. Isidore of Seville,
St. Thomas Aquinas, and historical contexts.
Humanities 7:
Early Modern World
Fall of Senior Year
Selections from and historical contexts of representative and influential early-modern authors including Luther, Machiavelli, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Hobbes, and Descartes.
Humanities 8:
Modern World
Spring of Senior Year
Selections from and historical contexts of representative and influential modern authors including Rousseau, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Kant, Alexis de Tocqueville, Darwin, Hawthorne, Melville, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, T. S. Eliot, and Simone Weil.