Heritage is a team-taught interdisciplinary course incorporating philosophy, history, literature, religion and the fine arts. The class meets three times a week for discussion and four times a week for lecture. Students register for either a 9 or 10 o clock discussion section. Heritage meets the Fine Arts requirement as well as the requirements of Core 2-5.
Enrollment is limited to freshmen.
A study of ancient ideals of good order that continue to be important in today's public and personal life, with special attention to classic texts and historically formative episodes in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, the China of early Confucianism, and the Athens of Socrates and Plato. Philosophy and Religion. Enrollment is limited to freshmen and transfers. This course is a study of the rise and development of early Greek civilization. Some basic ethical and metaphysical ideas of Confucianism are compared with the ethical and metaphysical teaching of Heraclitus, Plato, and Aristotle.