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The Senior Year
Following is a list of the core curriculum courses that are part of the Freshman year, including course descriptions and readings. Official course syllabi are made available to enrolled students on or before the first day of class.
Please note that this list does not include courses that fulfill foreign language, simulation, or field experience requirements. Click here for more information about these courses and when they are offered.
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ST4610
20th Century History
(4 credits)
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Fall 2010
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Fall 2010
On-line
(Senior)
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Fall 2012
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Fall 2012
On-line
(Senior)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
Scientific discovery, world wars, and shifts in man's basic definitions of ethics and morality have all worked together to make the 20th century one of the most dynamic in history. How did these changes take place? What were the ideas and discoveries that produced the modern world? Where will we go from here? These and many others are the topics discussed in this course.
Paul Johnson, Modern Times
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Gulag Archipelago (Abridged)
Whitaker Chambers, Witness
Winston Churchill, The Gathering Storm
LT4610
Modern Worldviews: Libertarianism
(2 credits)
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Fall 2010
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Fall 2010
On-line
(Senior)
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Fall 2012
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Fall 2012
On-line
(Senior)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
This course investigates Libertarian thought through the writings of Ayn Rand.
Ayn Rand & Nathaniel Brandon, The Virtue of Selfishness
ST4620
Reason and Faith in Philosophy
(4 credits)
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Fall 2010
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Fall 2010
On-line
(Senior)
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Fall 2012
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Fall 2012
On-line
(Senior)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
Topics of faith and thought are investigated through the writings of several philosophers.
Soren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling
Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science
Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Martin Heidegger, What is Called Thinking
LT4620
20th Century Literature
(3 credits)
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Fall 2010
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Fall 2010
On-line
(Senior)
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Fall 2012
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Fall 2012
On-line
(Senior)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
An overview of several important works in the 20th Century.
James Joyce, The Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man
William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
Ernest Hemmingway, The Sun Also Rises
LT4630
Chesterton and Lewis
(3 credits)
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Fall 2010
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Fall 2010
On-line
(Senior)
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Fall 2012
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Fall 2012
On-line
(Senior)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
Perhaps no scholars represent the 20th Century Christian view better than GK Chesterton and C.S. Lewis. This course studies several of their major writings.
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
C.S. Lewis, Screwtape Letters
C.S. Lewis, Till we have Faces
C.S. Lewis, Abolition of Man
C.S. Lewis, The Space Trilogy
ST4720
United States Constitution: Preamble
(3 credits)
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Winter 2011
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Winter 2011
On-line
(Senior)
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Winter 2013
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Winter 2013
On-line
(Senior)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
In this course student will study the writing of the Founders of the United States between 1760 and 1825 that impacted the Constitution and its original intent.
Philip Kurland and Ralph Lerner, editors, Founder’s Constitution Volume I: Major Themes
ST4730
United States Constitution: Original Intent
(3 credits)
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Winter 2011
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Winter 2011
On-line
(Senior)
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Winter 2013
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Winter 2013
On-line
(Senior)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
This course is an in-depth study on Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
Philip Kurland and Ralph Lerner, editors, Founder’s Constitution Volumes II-III
ST4740
Introduction to Constitutional Case Law
(3 credits)
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Winter 2011
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Winter 2011
On-line
(Senior)
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Winter 2013
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Winter 2013
On-line
(Senior)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
The Constitution of the United States is applied through law. This course introduces the student to the various schools of thought on Constitutional Interpretation and reviews many significant Constitutional cases. Students will write briefs on several cases.
Jerome A. Barron, et al., Constitutional Law: Principles and Policy, Cases and Materials
Henry Campbell Black, Black's Law Dictionary
ST4710
Philosophy of Education
(3 credits)
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Winter 2011
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Winter 2011
On-line
(Senior)
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Winter 2013
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Winter 2013
On-line
(Senior)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
In this course students will read and discuss several of the major classics in elementary and higher education.
George Turnbull, Observations Upon a Liberal Education
John Dewey, Experience and Education
Jacques Barzun, Teacher in America
Alan Bloom, Closing the American Mind
EG West, Education and the State
MS4710
Scientific Thought
(3 credits)
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Winter 2011
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Winter 2011
On-line
(Senior)
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Winter 2013
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Winter 2013
On-line
(Senior)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
This course investigates the evolution of scientific thought and its effects on the broader social context.
Francis Bacon, Novum Organon
Francis Bacon, New Atlantis
Rene Descartes, Discourse on Method
Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World
Karl Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery
ST4999
Comprehensive Examination
(0 credits)
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Winter 2011
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Winter 2011
On-line
(Senior)
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Winter 2013
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Senior)
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Winter 2013
On-line
(Senior)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
Each student must pass a comprehensive examination at the end of their Senior year.
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