BA in Great Books (Option 2)
This BA in Great Books pathway depicts
option two as listed on the Honors Curricular Options list.
Students pursuing this pathway will take a 93-credit sequence of Honors core classes and Great Books major courses. The remaining 27 credits may be used to pursue a traditional BAC minor or other electives.
Curriculum Requirements
Freshman Year
Fall Semester
| HO100 | A Life Well Lived | 1 |
| HO201 | Homer and Virgil | 3 |
| HO202 | Plato and Aristophanes | 3 |
| Lab Science | |
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| LA101 | Fundamentals of the Latin Language - Level I | 3 |
| Or | |
| GK101 | Fundamentals of the Greek Language - Level 1 | 3 |
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| BAC Minor or Elective Course | |
Spring Semester
| HO103 | A Life Well Lived II | 1 |
| HO205 | Greek Histories | 3 |
| HO206 | Aristotle I | 3 |
| HO208 | Euclid | 3 |
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| LA102 | Fundamentals of the Latin Language - Level II | 3 |
| Or | |
| GK102 | Fundamentals of the Greek Language - Level 2 | 3 |
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| BAC Minor or Elective Course | |
Sophomore Year
Fall Semester
| HO203 | Trivium I | 3 |
| HO301 | Biblical Texts I | 3 |
| HO302 | Augustine & Aquinas I | 3 |
| BAC Minor or Elective Course | |
| BAC Minor or Elective Course | |
Spring Semester
| HO304 | Honors: Trivium II | 3 |
| HO306 | Great Texts in Early Modern Philosophy | 3 |
| HO308 | The American Founding | 3 |
| BAC Minor or Elective Course | |
| BAC Minor or Elective Course | |
Junior Year
Fall Semester
| HO311 | Great Texts in Late Modern Philosophy | 3 |
| HO314 | The Quest for Economic Wisdom | 3 |
| HO315 | Shakespeare: Roman Tragedies | 3 |
| BAC Minor or Elective Course | |
| Honors Elective | |
Spring Semester
| HO317 | Great Texts Modern Christian Thought | 3 |
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| HO316 | Augustine and Aquinas II | 3 |
| Or | |
| HO318 | Biblical Texts II | 3 |
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| HO321 | Dante | 3 |
| BAC Minor or Elective Course | |
| Honors Elective | |
Senior Year
Fall Semester
| HO401 | History and the Idea of Progress | 3 |
| HO403 | Textual Analy: Democracy in America | 3 |
| HO404 | Senior Thesis | 3 |
| HO406 | Modernity the Poet's Version | 3 |
| BAC Minor or Elective Course | |
Spring Semester
| HO408 | Love, Friendship, and Marriage | 3 |
| HO420 | Christian Literature in Modernity | 3 |
| BAC Minor or Elective Course | |
| BAC Minor or Elective Course | |
| Honors Elective | |