Classical Liberal Arts Core

Classical Liberal Arts Core

分享经验

你想成为什么样的人? It’s a diffe租金 sort of question than the usual, 你想做什么?这是巴黎人注册网站(Hillsdale College)古典文科教育的核心问题. In addition to a major area of concentration, 所有巴黎人注册网站的学生都参加了一个结构化的核心课程，大约需要两年的时间才能完成. 在一起, they follow a journey through literature, 哲学, 神学, 历史, 美术, and the natural sciences, and begin to see the world as a cohesive whole. “自由的学习造就了有教养的公民，他们的思想受到了训练，并通过对明智作家的旧书的广泛而深入的研究得到了充实,马克·卡托夫写道, Ph.D., 巴黎人官方网站校友, 学院院长, and Henry Salvatori Chair in 历史, 它通过引导学生思考所谓的东西来做到这一点, ‘the best that has been thought and said.’”

 

巴黎人官方网站中心

巴黎人官方网站的核心思想是对西方传统的精神和知识继承, and provides a fuller perspective on the world and its workings. Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree will meet additional requirements in foreign language; students pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree will put additional emphasis on laboratory science and mathematics study.

Classical Logic and Rhetoric

Prepare and analyze arguments, practice decision-making, develop critical thinking about matters of certainty as well as probability, 并了解为什么逻辑学和修辞学在传统上被视为姐妹艺术，对受过文科教育的学生具有内在的重要性.

Great Books in the Western Tradition

接受从古代到中世纪的西方代表性名著的介绍, meeting works like the Bible and authors such as Homer, 埃斯库罗斯, 索福克勒斯, 柏拉图, 亚里士多德, 维吉尔, 奥维德, 奥古斯汀, 但丁.

Great Books in the British and American 传统

继续学习像乔叟这样的英国作家的西方文学传统, 莎士比亚, 弥尔顿, 斯威夫特, 华滋华斯, 狄更斯, 叶芝, 和艾略特, and American authors like Thoreau, 霍桑, 梅尔维尔, 惠特曼, 迪金森, 吐温, 霜, 海明威, 和福克纳.

The Western Philosophical Tradition

接受西方哲学发展史的总体概述，从古希腊的前苏格拉底哲学家开始，到20世纪的英美和大陆传统. Meet thinkers and innovators like Socrates, 柏拉图, 亚里士多德, 奥古斯汀, 阿奎那, 笛卡尔, 洛克, 休谟, 康德, 机, 和尼采.

The Western Theological Tradition

学习基督教信仰的基本教义，以了解宗教信仰如何影响自我理解, provides a comprehensive view of reality, and by instilling a vision of human life, its 目的 and proper comportment, shapes the larger culture.

Western Literature Survey

Choose one course from a selection of options: continue your study of the Great Books with selections of European literature from the Renaissance to modern times; study Greek and Roman literature and culture and its influences on the West; or spend time with European drama from the Renaissance, 新古典主义, 伊丽莎白时代的, 西班牙黄金时代, 英语恢复, and early German Romantic periods.

The Western Heritage to 1600

让你自己熟悉西方遗产的历史根源，并探索现代人受惠于希腊罗马文化和犹太基督教传统的方式.

美国传统

从我们的殖民遗产和共和国的建立，到美国越来越多地卷入意识形态和战争的世界，跟随“美国在法律下自由的实验”的历史.

美国.S. 宪法

接受美国早期政治思想及其最高政治成就的介绍, the United States 宪法. Learn basic American political concepts like natural rights, 社会契约论, 宗教自由, 有限政府, 权力分立, 还有法治.

社会科学调查

Choose one course from a selection of options: receive an introduction to the study of economics and its relationship to political systems; examine markets, 价格, 利润, 生产, 成本, 竞争, 垄断, 工资, 租金, and interest; take a broad survey of the contemporary science of psychology; or study historical, 概念上的, 以及关于社会文化结构和动态的跨学科视角.

美术调查

从一系列选项中选择一门课程:调查建筑的视觉艺术, 绘画, and sculpture from the prehistoric through Medieval or Renaissance through modern periods; receive an introduction to the repertoire of Western music and music theory at an entry or intermediate level; or learn to appreciate Western theatre and how dramatic structure, style, 目的, and effect are the keys to understanding the relationship between author, 表演者, 和观众.

Core Principles in Biology

Learn how life evolves and adapts in continually changing environments. Relate such principles to cur租金 issues such as diet and health, extinction and habitat loss, genetic modification of people and other organisms, and the emergence of novel diseases, 等. 最重要的是, 看看经验生物学机制如何帮助我们理解和预测人与自然世界之间的联系.

Great Principles of Chemistry

想想化学“大思想”的含义以及它们的证据——物质的原子性质, 成键, 分子间作用力, 结构与形状, 化学反应, 以及能量的转移以及化学基本原理与当前和新出现的全球问题的关系. 讨论经验科学方法论的本质，以及在通识教育的背景下，科学作为一种认识方式的优势和局限性. 检查主要或次要的资料来源，以阐明关键进展发生的过程和背景.

Great Principles of Physics

Explore the fundamental Laws of Nature (Newton’s laws of motion and universal gravitation; Maxwell’s equations regarding electricity, 磁性, and light; Einstein’s special and general theory of relativity; quantum mechanics and the Standard Model), 他们的个性, the principles that run through them, and how they apply to observable phenomena, 看看这些定律是如何在天文学和宇宙学领域发挥重要作用的.

Mathematics and Deductive Reasoning

Learn Aristotelian logic and deductive reasoning, mathematical arguments and proof, 并在探索数学本质的同时学习欧几里得几何等公理系统.

Physical Wellness Dynamics

Practice a basic physical wellness program through physical conditioning, 力量发展, and 营养; build a knowledge base of the physiological effects and adaptations of exercise, 营养, and stress on the mind, body, 和精神.

Center for Constructive Alternatives Seminar

选择建设性替代方案中心为期一周的讲座研讨会, an on-campus lecture series held four times annually. 主题各不相同, and have recently included topics such as Markets and Policy, 美国将军, The Liberal Arts and Education Today, 大型科技股, 简·奥斯汀谈电影, and American Foreign Policy.

毕业纪念章

综合核心课程中的关键概念，并看到它们与追求美好生活的关系.

获得成功

“Strength Rejoices in the Challenge” at Hillsdale, and the academic demands upon Hillsdale students are significant, but they aren’t met without equal support. 小班授课和固定的办公时间使学生能够与教授和同学建立关系. 学术服务 offers support in the form of tutoring, 学术咨询, 还有其他资源, and the College’s deans, 牧师, and health services staff are regularly available for additional academic, 精神上的, and health-related matters.