BASC30202 - Basic Program Year Three: Winter
Course Description
In Winter Quarter, the Year Three Seminar takes us from the ancient world to Medieval Europe with texts focusing on different kinds of journeys. The Year Three Tutorial focuses on two classic texts seeking the ungrounded ground of reason.
Course Outline
For specific dates, see at right under each Section: SCHEDULE AND LOCATION. Reading schedule is identical across all Sections.
Seminar
| Week | Seminar |
|---|---|
| 1 | Aristotle, Physics: Book I, Chapter I; Book II, Chapters I-III |
| 2 | Aristotle, Physics: Book II, Chapters IV-IX |
| 3 | Lucretius, The Nature of Things: Books I-II |
| 4 | Lucretius, The Nature of Things: Books III-IV |
| 5 | Lucretius, The Nature of Things: Books V-VI |
| 6 | Newton, Principia, Book I: Newton’s Preface to the Reader; Definitions; Scholium (pp. 1-28) |
| 7 | Newton, Principia, Book I: Axioms, or Laws of Motion; Scholium; On the Finding of Centripetal Forces, Proposition 1 (pp. 29-46) |
| 8 | Newton, Principia, Book III: Preface; Rules of Philosophizing; Phenomenon 1 (pp. 57-63); General Scholium (pp. 93-96) |
| 9 | Darwin, Origin of Species: Introduction; Chapters 1-4 (pp. 3-132) |
| 10 | Darwin, Origin of Species: Ch. 6-7 (pp. 171-241), and Ch. 14 (pp. 448-478) |
Tutorial
| Week | Tutorial |
|---|---|
| 1 | Virgil, Aeneid, Books I and II |
| 2 | Virgil, Aeneid, Books III and IV |
| 3 | Virgil, Aeneid, Books V and VI |
| 4 | Virgil, Aeneid, Books VII - IX |
| 5 | Virgil, Aeneid, Books X - XII |
| 6 | Augustine, Confessions, Books I-IV |
| 7 | Augustine, Confessions, Books V-VII |
| 8 | Augustine, Confessions, Books VIII-IX |
| 9 | Augustine, Confessions, Books X |
| 10 | Augustine, Confessions, Books XI |
Required Texts
- Aristotle, trans. Reeve. Physics. Hackett. 978-1-62466-691-9
- Lucretius, The Nature of Things, Copley, trans., Norton, ISBN 978-0393090949.
- Newton, Selections from Newton’s Principia, Densmore, ed., Green Lion Press, ISBN 978-1888009262.
- Darwin, On the Origin of Species, Bantam Press, ISBN 978-0553214635.
- Virgil, The Aeneid (Bartsch, transl.), Modern Library, ISBN 978-1984854124.
- Augustine, Confessions, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0199537822.
Purchase
Books are available using the Textbook order form from the Gleacher Center Bookstore online, or by using the ISBN number to order the correct edition elsewhere.
Notes
Deadline for Online Registration: Online Registration for Winter Quarter courses will close on December 22 at 5pm CT. Register today to secure your place!
Taking a Graham School Remote Course: You will receive an invitation to join Canvas about a week before the course begins. Please accept the invitation and create a log-in for Canvas using your email as the user name and create a password. Then go to the Dashboard and click on your course. Next click on Zoom Professional Education and you will see the link to "Join" your classroom. Canvas houses the course information including the course syllabus, announcements, and discussions. You will not be able to participate in your online class unless you accept the Canvas invitation and set up your account.
For help visit, https://grahamschool.uchicago.edu/academic-programs/online/learning-resources/liberal-arts to find step by step instructions for Canvas and Zoom.
Prerequisites
Students must have completed at least one quarter of Year 1, all three quarters of Year 2, and Autumn quarter of Year 3.
Applies Toward the Following Certificates
- Basic Program of Liberal Education For Adults : Basic Program Core Curriculum