By reading philosophical, historical, and literary texts, students will develop a more complete understanding of the way that ideas affect their lives. Through reading more philosophical, historical, and literary texts, students will continue to develop a more complete understanding of the way that ideas affect their lives. This course is an introduction to college-level writing. Emphasis is placed on the writing of clear, organized, and well-developed essays that employ a variety of rhetorical techniques. This course develops the skills acquired in Critical Reading and Writing.
Students analyze purpose, audience, and strategy, which are all essential to effective writing.
Students will develop and revise expository papers, as well as a fully documented research paper that will demonstrate understanding and mastery of the appropriate techniques. This course is an introduction to the principal intellectual, cultural, and institutional developments and traditions through the seventeenth century that shaped the modern world. Through readings of and about the classical age, the rise of Christian civilization, the Renaissance, the Reformation, the emergence of the modern state, and contacts with other civilizations, students will gain an understanding of the values and institutions of Western civilization. It focuses on the principal intellectual, cultural, and institutional developments and traditions from the seventeenth century to the present that have shaped the modern world. This course is designed to introduce students to the scientific discipline of psychology.