This course will use Great Books selections to expose the student to a wider range of ideas and issues using various authors and disciplines. Readings may include, but are not limited to works from Freud, Thucydides, James, Chekhov, Smith, and O’Connor. Using threaded discussions, written posted assignments, and online peer collaborative projects the student will develop thinking, reading, and communication skills.

Course Objectives:

1. Identify the contours of the Great Conversation.
2. Articulate the basic foundations of Great Books learning.
3. Explain significant arguments as they appear within readings.
4. Converse in a meaningful manner about the great ideas within the readings.
5. Formulate through writing, clear evidence of engagement and understanding of select ideas and readings.

Texts:
The Great Conversation, by Robert Hutchins, Edited by Robert Woods, Published by Epistolae Press, ISBN: 978-0-9977589-1-7
How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler
Introduction to Great Books, First Series, Published by The Great Books Foundation
Selections from The Gateway to the Great Books are provided as PDF.