Classes in the Core

English

Course	Name	Description
English 1301	The Literary Tradition I	Classical epic poetry at the base of the Western tradition.
English 1302	The Literary Tradition II	The great Christian epic poems and the nature of lyric poetry.
English 2311	The Literary Tradition III (typically taken in Rome)	Tragedy and comedy from the Greeks up through the English tradition.
English 2312	The Literary Tradition IV	The novel as a distinctly modern contribution to the Western Tradition.

History

Course	Name	Description
History 1311	American Civilization I	A study of American history from European settlement and the founding of the nation to the American Civil War.
History 1312	American Civilization II	A study of American development into a global power through two World Wars and the Cold War.
History 2301	Western Civilization I (typically taken in Rome)	A study of the Western foundations of our civilization in Greece, Rome, early and medieval Christianity, and the Renaissance.
History 2302	Western Civilization II	A study of modern European culture through the Reformation, the French Revolution, and twentieth-century Totalitarianism.

Philosophy

Course	Name	Description
Philosophy 1301	Philosophy and the Ethical Life	A philosophical inquiry into the nature of the fully human life.
Philosophy 2323	The Human Person (typically taken in Rome)	The nature of the human person as a unity of body and soul.
Philosophy 3311	Philosophy of Being	An introduction to metaphysical thought.

Theology

Course	Name	Description
Theology 1301	Understanding the Bible	An introduction to biblical theology through a careful reading of sacred scripture Readings include selections from both the Old and New Testaments.
Theology 2311	The Western Theological Tradition (typically taken in Rome)	The history and theology of the Early Christian Church and its subsequent tradition.

Economics

Course	Name	Description
Economics 1311	Fundamentals of Economics	The fundamental concepts of the exchange economy in contrast to other economics systems.

Politics

Course	Name	Description
Politics 1311	Principles of American Politics	The basic principles of the American political order.

Science

A student must take two laboratory science courses, one in the biological sciences, the other in the physical sciences. For non-science majors, "Basic Ideas" courses exist in Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, but a variety of other courses in the sciences may also be used to satisfy this requirement.

Mathematics & Fine Arts

One course is required in Fine Arts and one course in Mathematics. Again, there are specific math courses designed for non-science majors, such as "Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometry." The Art, Drama, and Music Departments offer courses in the history of their disciplines, which students can take to satisfy the fine art requirement. "The Art & Architecture of Rome," which is taken on the Rome Campus, satisfies the Fine Arts requirement.

Foreign Language

Knowledge of a foreign language to an intermediate level is also required of all students. Depending on the background of each student, this requirement may be met by taking from one to four courses in a classical or modern language. At present the languages that may be used to meet this requirement are Ancient Greek, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish.