How To Read Ancient Greek Art and Archaeology How To Read Ancient Greek Art and Archaeology
Basic Program students learn how to read texts closely, carefully, and systematically. Many of these texts are by ancient Greeks. Reading is also a good name for looking at ancient Greek material...
Indo-Iranians from Herodotus Indo-Iranians from Herodotus
Around 2000 BCE, Indo-Iranian speakers emerged in the central Eurasian steppes, invented the chariot, lived the lifestyle of warrior-aristocrats and called themselves Aryans. In time they spread south...
Introducing the Art and Thought of Hildegard of Bingen Introducing the Art and Thought of Hildegard of Bingen
Called the Sybil of the Rhine for her prophetic visions, Hildegard of Bingen towers as great creative genius: a visionary, visual and musical artist, a practicing physician and naturalist, formidable...
Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
This course is designed for individuals who want to explore creative nonfiction, two words that might seem like an odd pairing. However, the genre is rooted in a long tradition of telling stories...
Introduction to Hume: The Enquiries Concerning Human Understanding and the Principles of Morality Introduction to Hume: The Enquiries Concerning Human Understanding and the Principles of Morality
This class will take up the groundbreaking work of David Hume, specifically looking at the groundbreaking theories of understanding and morality that catalyzed Kant's career as an attempt to prove...
Introduction to Playwriting Introduction to Playwriting
This course is designed for beginning playwrights as well as writers of other media who want to explore the genre. The course will emphasize what makes a scene work, how to develop characters through...
Introduction to Practicing Free Expression Introduction to Practicing Free Expression
Discourse rests at the nexus of academic inquiry, freedom of expression, and democratic participation.. The rigorous testing and refining of ideas necessary for pursuing knowledge and advancing...
Introduction to the Basic Program: How to Discuss Classic Texts Introduction to the Basic Program: How to Discuss Classic Texts
This course introduces students to the Basic Program practice of close reading and discussion. The text we will read closely and discuss is the U.S. Constitution. We will practice abandoning all our...
Introduction to the Basic Program: How to Read Classic Texts Introduction to the Basic Program: How to Read Classic Texts
This course is intended to address some of the more persistent and daunting difficulties we face when beginning to read classic texts of the Western cultural tradition.
We will begin from...
James Baldwin James Baldwin
In this survey of American author James Baldwin, we will look critically at the relationship between Baldwin’s corpus and the various roles Baldwin adopted, was assigned, or was posthumously given. We...