Certificate of Achievement in English: Great Books

Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the program, students will have demonstrated the ability to:

  • Express, orally and through cogent writing, a thorough knowledge and understanding of Great Books concepts, traditions of inquiry, and critiques.
  • Provide evidence of a thorough, comprehensive knowledge of particular literary, historical, and philosophical works and their presentation of perennial, enduring questions.
  • Consider ideas syntopically and discuss the products of the Western literary and cultural tradition as an ongoing Great Conversation.

 Certificate Requirements Units 
ENGL 5                          Intro. to Great Books (3)
 3
 Select 13 units from the following

13
   

 
ENGL 11                       Literature By and About Women (3)  3

HUMA 10                      Exploration of Values in Living (3)

 3
ENGL 17                       Intro. to Shakespeare (3)    3
ENGL 18                       The Bible as Literature (3)
3 
 ENGL 25A                    Great Books Seminar I (1)  1
 ENGL 25B                    Great Books Seminar II (1)  1
 ENGL 25C                    Great Books Seminar III (1)  1
ENGL 40A                      Survey of American Lit I (3)   3
ENGL 40B                      Survey of American Lit II (3)

 

  3

ENGL 44                        Survey of World Literature I (3)

 

  3
ENGL 45                        Survey of World Literature II (3)
 3
ENGL 46                        Survey of British Literature I (3)
 3
ENGL 47                        Survey of British Literature II (3)
3 
 ENGL 49                       The Great Novel (3)    3

HIST 4                            Western Civilization I (3)
 3
PHIL 2                            Introduction to Philosophy (3)
 3

PHIL 8                            Intro to World Religions

  3
ARTH 1                          Art Appreciation    3
     
 TOTAL CERTIFICATE UNITS/HOURS  16

 

Introduction to World Religions (3)

Introduction to World Religions (3)