Spring 2010 Courses
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| Title | Description |
| Literature: Virgil’s Aeneid: The Founding of Nations in the Will of God March 16 - April 27 10 – 11:15 a.m. ET |
When we visit Washington D.C. the great buildings are not imitations of Greek but of Roman architecture. Our country was founded not as a democracy but as a Republic. George Washington was called “The Father of His Country.” Each of these three facts, and many more, are due to the enduring and world-wide influence of Virgil’s Aeneid.In a Rome weakend by wealth and pleasure, then shattered by Civil war, only to unite under an Emperor, Virgil celebrated the subordination of individual ambition and pleasure to pietas—a triune duty to God, to the nation built under God’s will, and to the future of the family. Building on the brilliance of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, as well as Platonic philosophy, Virgil expanded the quest from the restoration of the family and one’s individual relation to God to the restoration of the whole nation and its relation to heavenly power. This was the original conception of our nation which our Founding Fathers honored in so many ways, and which we are in great peril as we now forget.Dante, the greatest of all poets, chose Virgil as his heaven-sent fictional guide, not merely through Hell but Purgatory as well, signaling the seeds of vast Christian wisdom which he found.
Credit: 1/2 semester credit. For a full credit in literature, add Dr. Russell’s course on Homer’s Odyssey. |
| Philosophy: Fallacies and Paradoxes March 23 – April 27 3 – 4:15 p.m. ET |
This six-session class will be devoted to learning about, and identifying, examples of flawed reasoning. One sort of logical mistake, the fallacy, can arise on account of the subject matter about which one reasons (language-based, or linguistic, fallacies), or through being inattentive to the structure (or form) of one’s reasoning (non-linguistic, or formal, fallacies). There is also a class of logical error called paradoxes, in which reason finds itself trapped between two, apparently sound, but incompatible lines of reasoning; something is wrong here, but what, exactly? Analyzing paradoxes, and their solutions, helps us better to understand the nature of human reasoning itself, and how best to assure that we arrive at the truth (and not falsity) through its use.
Credit: This course is worth 1/2 semester credit. Dr. Gotcher’s course Introduction to Logic is the perfect companion to this course and the two together would make up a full semester credit. |
| How to Write a Research Paper (previously Writing for College) April 8 – May 13 1 – 2 p.m. ET |
What are the characteristics of excellent writing in the eyes of college professors? This course will use the rhetorical arts to help turn competent writing into impressive writing. What are the essential components of an excellent piece of nonfiction writing? How does one write a compelling introduction and conclusion? How does one argue effectively for one’s position? What are important mistakes to avoid? The course will work with previous writing samples of the students, as well as composition exercises, culminating in the writing of a short argumentative essay. Juniors and seniors.
Credit: This course is worth 1/2 semester credit. |
| History: Age of the Religious Wars (1560-1648) April 12 - May 17 10 – 11 a.m. ET |
Recommended for 11th to 12th grade. This is the second of a two-part series which can be taken together (recommended) or separately.In this second six week course, students will see how the ideologies of Protestantism affected the various nations of Europe politically and how many of the attitudes and assumptions of modernity are rooted in 16th and 17th century developments. Students will also learn how the Church responded to these changes to the traditional order.
Credit: 1/2 semester. For a full semester credit in history, precede with Mr. Campbell’s History: Roots of the Revolt (1417-1560) |
| Theology:Pope John Paul’s Theology of the Body April 13 – May 4 1 – 2 p.m. ET |
This 4-session overview of Pope John Paul’s Theology of the Body will give a “bird’s eye” perspective of the whole of TOB. Far from relegating TOB to the area of sex and sexuality, TOB provides meaningful tools to see one’s life in the context of Jesus’ love for His Church and the life and love of the Blessed Trinity. Homework and quizzes will be provided but are optional. |
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