Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
WSCV-0006
Organization's ID:
403II
Location:
Online
Length:
16 weeks
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 6 Liberal Arts, Literature or Great Books
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to familiarize students with the great ideas contained in the original works written by the most influential authors in the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, from Shakespeare through Pascal, which are foundational to the ongoing dialogue of Western Civilization.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Engage in philosophical, poetic, and rhetorical reading, writing, speaking, reasoning, textual interpretational, and conversational skills through critical reading and discussions of Great Books
  • Evaluate and synthesize ideas found across several readings by different authors
  • Have a deeper understanding of the persisting questions of human existence through philosophical conversation with seminar participants
  • Discuss, reference and in varying measure understand the specific works studied in regard to their specific historical and cultural contexts
  • Integrate the contributions of various disciplines studied towards understanding such questions
  • Take part in the ongoing intellectual dialogue about the great ideas contained in the most influential books of Western civilization, often called the Great Conversation, by which contemporary life is knowingly or unknowingly governed

General Topics:

  • Literature, philosophy, history, ethics, politics, liberal arts, and psychology
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Computer Based Training
  • Discussion
  • Lectures

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
  • Written Papers

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials