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The Sophomore 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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ST2210
Political Economy: Classical, Marxist & Liberal
(3 credits)
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Fall 2011
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Fall 2011
On-line
(Sophomore)
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Fall 2013
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Fall 2013
On-line
(Sophomore)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
This course combines basic principles of economics with the works of the great economic thinkers from 1776 though the mid-1800s. It includes micro and macroeconomics discussed in their historical context.
Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
Karl Marx, The Portable Karl Marx
- Edition: Viking Publishing
Frederick Bastiat, Economic Harmonies
ST2220
Political Economy: 20th Century
(3 credits)
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Fall 2011
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Fall 2011
On-line
(Sophomore)
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Fall 2013
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Fall 2013
On-line
(Sophomore)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
This course compares the theories of the Keynesian School, Austrian School and Chicago School. Topics include: monetary and fiscal policy, banking, unemployment, inflation, and trade cycles.
Paul Samuelson, Economics
Milton & Rose Friedman, Free to Choose: A Personal Statement
Murray Rothbard, Man Economy and the State
LT2210
The Family in Literature
(3 credits)
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Fall 2011
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Fall 2011
On-line
(Sophomore)
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Fall 2013
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Fall 2013
On-line
(Sophomore)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
This course investigates courtship, love, and family though great literature.
Alessandro Manzoni, The Betrothed
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
Gene Stratton Porter, Laddie
Leo Tolstoy , Anna Karenina
WR2210
Eastern Religious Thought I
(2 credits)
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Fall 2011
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Fall 2011
On-line
(Sophomore)
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Fall 2013
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Fall 2013
On-line
(Sophomore)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
This course covers the several great texts of Chinese and Islamic thought.
Wing Tsit Chan, The Way of Lao Tsu (Tao Te Ching)
Edward Slingerland, Confucius Analects
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, Quran
- Selections
- Edition: Oxford World Classics
MS2210
Introduction to Physics
(4 credits)
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Fall 2011
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Fall 2011
On-line
(Sophomore)
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Fall 2013
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Fall 2013
On-line
(Sophomore)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
This course in an investigation of our physical world, from the perspective of the classical world compared to the modern. Course includes a laboratory component.
Joe Sachs, Aristotle’s Physics
Galileo Galilei, Discourses on Two New Sciences
Albert Einstein, On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies
Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time
ST2310
Classical & Medieval Political Philosophy
(3 credits)
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Winter 2012
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Winter 2012
On-line
(Sophomore)
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Winter 2014
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Winter 2014
On-line
(Sophomore)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
This course investigates key political writings of great philosophers, beginning with Plato and ending with Thomas Aquinas.
Plato, Apology, Cito, Pheado
Aristotle, Nicomachian Ethics
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
ST2320
Modern Political Philosophy
(3 credits)
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Winter 2012
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Winter 2012
On-line
(Sophomore)
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Winter 2014
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Winter 2014
On-line
(Sophomore)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
Students in this course will study political philosophy form Renaissance to the writings of mid 1800s by reading several great works.
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
John Locke, Second Treatise on Government
Charles Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Social Contract
Immanuel Kant, Fundamental Principles on the Metaphysic of Morals
John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism & On Liberty
LT2310
English Literature
(3 credits)
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Winter 2012
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Winter 2012
On-line
(Sophomore)
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Winter 2014
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Winter 2014
On-line
(Sophomore)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
This course covers several great works from English literature.
William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Jane Austin, Pride and Prejudice
George Eliot, Middlemarch
WR2310
Eastern Religious Thought II
(2 credits)
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Winter 2012
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Winter 2012
On-line
(Sophomore)
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Winter 2014
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Winter 2014
On-line
(Sophomore)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
This course covers the several great texts of Buddhist and Hindu thought.
John Holder, Early Buddhist Discourses
Juan Mascaro, The Upanishads
- Edition: Penguin Classics
J.A.B. van Buitenen, Bhagavadgita in the Mahabharata
MS2310
Introduction to Biology
(4 credits)
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Winter 2012
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Winter 2012
On-line
(Sophomore)
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Winter 2014
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Winter 2014
On-line
(Sophomore)
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This course is also offered each summer as part of an
interdisciplinary cohort.
(more info)
This course studies life from the classical and modern perspectives. Course includes laboratory component.
Aristotle, Parts of Animals
William Harvey, An Anatomical Disquisition of the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals
Charles Darwin, Origin of Species
C.H. Waddington, The Nature of Life
ST2999
Comprehensive Examination
(0 credits)
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Winter 2012
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Winter 2012
On-line
(Sophomore)
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Winter 2014
On-campus: Cedar City, UT
(Sophomore)
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Winter 2014
On-line
(Sophomore)
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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 Sophomore year studies prior to continuing with their Junior year studies.
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