Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2006-2007
MLSC 501 - THE SHAPING OF WESTERN THOUGHT
Long Title: THE SHAPING OF WESTERN THOUGHT
Department: School of Continuing Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s):
Liberal Studies
Description: This course will focus on readings in literature, philosophy, history, and religion that have been instrumental in shaping Western thought throughout the centuries. Students will study and discuss Homer's Iliad, Euripides' Medea, selections from Thucydides, Plato's Republic, selections from the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, Virgil's The Aeneid, Augustine's Confessions, and Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.