Philosophy and Religion Mythopoeia and the Secret Fire Adam Gorelick Fully Online (Summer B) This course explores the theory and practice of imagination through the works of philologist and professor J.R.R. Tolkien. Famous for The Lord of the Rings and for the unprecedented depth of his fictional world-building, Tolkien's ideas and works offer valuable insight into philosophy, history, linguistics, myth, mysticism, sociology, ecology, and creativity. Students will read essays, poems, and stories by and about Tolkien, trace the origins of his invented world, and apply their own faculties of imagination to the realization of something that does not exist yet. Learn More God and Man in the Great Conversation Ruben Garrote Online (Summer B) The course is an examination of some of the "big questions" students explore in a liberal arts program about "life, the universe, and everything." Learn More Visions of Utopia Ruben Garrote Fully Online (Summer A) We explore the utopian imagination by tracing its development from its ancient precursors to its modern manifestations. Through the readings and discussions, we address the shifts in utopian thought as it was affected by contemporary sociopolitical realities and the relationships between the utopian imagination and these realities—perennial yearning for better days past transformed into hopes of a perfect society to come; self-conscious warnings of authors faced with the real results of the planned society; dystopian fantasies looking ahead to the new frontiers of technology and the uncertain future of humanity. Learn More Filter - All
Mythopoeia and the Secret Fire Adam Gorelick Fully Online (Summer B) This course explores the theory and practice of imagination through the works of philologist and professor J.R.R. Tolkien. Famous for The Lord of the Rings and for the unprecedented depth of his fictional world-building, Tolkien's ideas and works offer valuable insight into philosophy, history, linguistics, myth, mysticism, sociology, ecology, and creativity. Students will read essays, poems, and stories by and about Tolkien, trace the origins of his invented world, and apply their own faculties of imagination to the realization of something that does not exist yet. Learn More God and Man in the Great Conversation Ruben Garrote Online (Summer B) The course is an examination of some of the "big questions" students explore in a liberal arts program about "life, the universe, and everything." Learn More Visions of Utopia Ruben Garrote Fully Online (Summer A) We explore the utopian imagination by tracing its development from its ancient precursors to its modern manifestations. Through the readings and discussions, we address the shifts in utopian thought as it was affected by contemporary sociopolitical realities and the relationships between the utopian imagination and these realities—perennial yearning for better days past transformed into hopes of a perfect society to come; self-conscious warnings of authors faced with the real results of the planned society; dystopian fantasies looking ahead to the new frontiers of technology and the uncertain future of humanity. Learn More Filter - All
Mythopoeia and the Secret FireAdam GorelickFully Online (Summer B)God and Man in the Great ConversationRuben GarroteOnline (Summer B)Visions of UtopiaRuben GarroteFully Online (Summer A)