Courses
AWC 100 - Ancient Historical Voices - Wed. 7-8:30 pm
Goal of Course:
Participants will work through major works written by three ancient historians–Thucydides, Polybius, and Eusebius. They will encounter a leading Greek, Roman, and early Christian historian. Participants will read these authors, understand the times in which they lived and wrote about, and also to note the universal truths they espouse that knit the West together across time and space. Through this course, students will better understand human nature and how to live in communion with one another.
Readings:
The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
The Histories by Polybius
Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius
A complete course list including selected readings will be released in 2027
Advanced Certificate in Western Civilization
$400.00
This certificate seeks to engage the writings of historians who chart the development of what has come to be called Western Civilization; at ten courses, this Advanced Certificate is a high-level set of courses that exposes students to rigorous historical writings across the past three millennia. Rather than reading through a treasure trove of primary sources, these courses equip students to hear the voices of seminal historians who wrote the stories of their own peoples, and in so doing helped shape the broader 4,000 year narrative of Western Civilization. By reading these voices, students will be immersed in the warp and weft of the major events, figures, and movements of Western Civilization. These individuals are keenly aware of the threads that have bound Western civilization together. Their works are worthy of careful examination because they provide not only a window through which the reader can understand a given time and place, but also an assessment of the qualities that have led to the rise and fall of society. The Certificate in Western Civilization seeks to acquaint participants with some of the leading historical commentators of their time to better understand the contours of the Western inheritance and its supreme importance today.
(Pricing is per class)