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Master of Arts, Political Economy

Master of Arts (M.A.), Political Economy: The study of principles of government, history, economics and human nature. 45 hours. Prerequisite: Bachelor's Degree.


Graduation Requirements

 

Credit Hours
Core Classes 35 Credits
Elective Coursework 10 Credits
Comprehensive Examination 0 Credits
Total: 45 Credits

 

Coursework

Part I. Complete the following courses. (35 credits)

ST5010 Principles of American Government I (2 credits)

  • Fall 2010 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
  • Fall 2010 On-line (Masters)
  • Fall 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
  • Fall 2012 On-line (Masters)
  • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

This course is an in depth study of the principles and forms of American Government expressed in The Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States, and Bill of Rights. The Federalist papers, Anti-Federalist papers and other sources bring added insight to difficult constitutional questions.

  • The Declaration of Independence
    • The Constitution of the United States
      • The Federalist Papers
        • Ralph Ketcham, The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates
          • including Brutus #13
        • Frederic Bastiat, The Law
          • Debate on the Constitutionality of the National Bank, Hamilton v. Jefferson

            ST5020 Principles of American Government II (2 credits)

            • Fall 2010 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
            • Fall 2010 On-line (Masters)
            • Fall 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
            • Fall 2012 On-line (Masters)
            • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

            The principles of democracy, equality, and individualism will be explored in the broad context of American society looking particularly at their affects on the developing forms of American government.

            • Magna Charta
              • Mayflower Compact
                • Frederic Bastiat, The Law
                  • Thomas Jefferson, A Summary View on the Rights of British Americans
                    • John Adams, Thoughts on Government
                      • Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Volume I
                        • Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Volume II

                          ST5110 American History: 1600-1850 (2 credits)

                          • Winter 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                          • Winter 2011 On-line (Masters)
                          • Winter 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                          • Winter 2013 On-line (Masters)
                          • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                          This is a comprehensive study of U.S. History from the early Colonial Era though the Mexican American War.

                          • Paul Johnson, A History of the American People
                            • Bruce Frohnen, The American Republic
                              • Selections
                            • David McCullough, John Adams

                              ST5120 American History: 1850-1989 (2 credits)

                              • Winter 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                              • Winter 2011 On-line (Masters)
                              • Winter 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                              • Winter 2013 On-line (Masters)
                              • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                              This is a comprehensive study of U.S. History beginning with the Compromise of 1850 and concluding with the end of the Cold War.

                              • Paul Johnson, A History of the American People
                                • Lord Charnwood, Abraham Lincoln
                                  • Bruce Frohnen, The American Republic
                                    • Selections
                                  • Bruce Frohnen, The American Nation
                                    • Selections

                                  ST5210 Political Economy: Classical, Marxist & Liberal (2 credits)

                                  • Fall 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                  • Fall 2011 On-line (Masters)
                                  • Fall 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                  • Fall 2013 On-line (Masters)
                                  • 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, Books 1 and 2
                                    • Karl Marx, The Portable Karl Marx
                                      • Edition: Viking Publishing
                                    • Frederick Bastiat, Economic Harmonies

                                      ST5220 Political Economy: 20th Century (2 credits)

                                      • Fall 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                      • Fall 2011 On-line (Masters)
                                      • Fall 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                      • Fall 2013 On-line (Masters)
                                      • 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
                                        • Edition: 1948 Edition
                                      • Milton & Rose Friedman, Free to Choose: A Personal Statement
                                        • Murray Rothbard, Man Economy and the State

                                          ST5310 Classical & Medieval Political Philosophy (2 credits)

                                          • Winter 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                          • Winter 2012 On-line (Masters)
                                          • Winter 2014 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                          • Winter 2014 On-line (Masters)
                                          • 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, Crito, Phaedo
                                            • Plato, The Republic
                                              • Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics
                                                • Aristotle, Politics
                                                  • Augustine, City of God
                                                    • Selections
                                                  • Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
                                                    • Selections

                                                  ST5320 Modern Political Philosophy (2 credits)

                                                  • Winter 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                  • Winter 2012 On-line (Masters)
                                                  • Winter 2014 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                  • Winter 2014 On-line (Masters)
                                                  • 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

                                                              ST6410 World History: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Greece (2 credits)

                                                              • Fall 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                              • Fall 2011 On-line (Masters)
                                                              • Fall 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                              • Fall 2013 On-line (Masters)
                                                              • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                                                              This course covers the rise of ancient Greece, the development of the City State, the defeat the of the Persian Empire, the Peloponnesian war, the rise of Phillip of Macedon, and the dissolution of the Empire after the death of Alexander.

                                                              • Herodotus, Histories
                                                                • Plutarch, The Lives of Noble Grecians and Romans
                                                                  • Greeks
                                                                • Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War

                                                                  ST6420 World History: Rome to the Renaissance (2 credits)

                                                                  • Fall 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                  • Fall 2011 On-line (Masters)
                                                                  • Fall 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                  • Fall 2013 On-line (Masters)
                                                                  • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                                                                  The first portion of this course covers the beginnings of Rome, the building of the Roman Republic, its transformation into the Roman Empire and eventual fall. The second portion covers the Middle Ages, beginning with the fall of Rome and ending in the Renaissance.

                                                                  • Plutarch, The Lives of Noble Grecians and Romans
                                                                    • Romans
                                                                  • Tacitus, Annals
                                                                    • Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Abridged)
                                                                      • Edition: David P. Womersley Ed
                                                                    • William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
                                                                      • William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

                                                                        ST6530 Modern History I (2 credits)

                                                                        • Winter 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                        • Winter 2012 On-line (Masters)
                                                                        • Winter 2014 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                        • Winter 2014 On-line (Masters)
                                                                        • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                                                                        History is not only the discussion of widely accepted facts, but also a method of seeking truth by studying the patterns of cause and effects that have determined events. This course studies several great histories written in the modern era and is continued in ST6xxx.

                                                                        • Ibn Khaldun, The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History
                                                                          • Jacob Burkhart, Civilization of the Renaissance Italy
                                                                            • Egon Friedall, A Cultural History of the Modern Age: Renaissance & Reformation
                                                                              • Egon Friedall, A Cultural History of the Modern Age: Baroque, Roccoco, and Enlightenment

                                                                                ST6540 Modern History II (2 credits)

                                                                                • Winter 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                • Winter 2012 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                • Winter 2014 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                • Winter 2014 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                                                                                History is not only the discussion of widely accepted facts, but also a method of seeking truth by studying the patterns of cause and effects that have determined events. This course studies several great histories written in the modern era and is a continuation of ST6xxx.

                                                                                • Giambattista Vico, New Science
                                                                                  • Alexis de Tocqueville, Acien Regime and the French Revolution
                                                                                    • Egon Friedall, A Cultural History of the Modern Age: The Crisis of the European Soul

                                                                                      ST6610 20th Century History (2 credits)

                                                                                      • Fall 2010 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                      • Fall 2010 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                      • Fall 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                      • Fall 2012 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                      • 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

                                                                                              ST6620 Reason and Faith in Philosophy (2 credits)

                                                                                              • Fall 2010 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                              • Fall 2010 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                              • Fall 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                              • Fall 2012 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                              • 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
                                                                                                • Blaise Pascal, Pensees
                                                                                                  • Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science
                                                                                                    • Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
                                                                                                      • Martin Heidegger, What is Called Thinking

                                                                                                        ST6740 Introduction to Constitutional Case Law (2 credits)

                                                                                                        • Winter 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                        • Winter 2011 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                        • Winter 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                        • Winter 2013 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                        • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                                                                                                        The Constitution of the United States is applied though 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

                                                                                                            ST6720 United States Constitution: Preamble (2 credits)

                                                                                                            • Winter 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                            • Winter 2011 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                            • Winter 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                            • Winter 2013 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                            • 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

                                                                                                              ST6730 United States Constitution: Original Intent (2 credits)

                                                                                                              • Winter 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                              • Winter 2011 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                              • Winter 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                              • Winter 2013 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                              • 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

                                                                                                                LD5010 Personal Leadership (2 credits)

                                                                                                                • Fall 2010 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                • Fall 2010 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                • Fall 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                • Fall 2012 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                                                                                                                This course introduces students to key elements of personal leadership.

                                                                                                                • Stephen R. Covey, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
                                                                                                                  • C. S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
                                                                                                                    • Arbinger Institute, Leadership and Self Deception
                                                                                                                      • Arbinger Institute, Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict

                                                                                                                        LT5020 Government Principles in Literature (2 credits)

                                                                                                                        • Fall 2010 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                        • Fall 2010 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                        • Fall 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                        • Fall 2012 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                        • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                                                                                                                        This course investigates governmental themes found in great literature. Important sub-themes include, personal leadership vs. public leadership, individual vs. society, mercy vs. justice, equality vs. natural aristocracy, natural law vs. positive law, love vs. compulsion.

                                                                                                                        • William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
                                                                                                                          • Leo Tolstoy, Resurrection
                                                                                                                            • Owen Wister, The Virginian
                                                                                                                              • Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
                                                                                                                                • George Orwell, 1984

                                                                                                                                  WR5020 New Testament (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                  • Fall 2010 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                  • Fall 2010 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                  • Fall 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                  • Fall 2012 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                  • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                                                                                                                                  This course studies the historical background, narrative, and teachings of the New Testament.

                                                                                                                                  • New Testament
                                                                                                                                    • Gospels
                                                                                                                                  • Strong’s Concordance
                                                                                                                                    • Biography

                                                                                                                                      MS5020 Classical Arithmetic and Geometry (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                      • Fall 2010 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                      • Fall 2010 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                      • Fall 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                      • Fall 2012 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                      • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                                                                                                                                      This course is an introduction to classical thought, through classical arithmetic and geometry.

                                                                                                                                      • Nicomachus, Introduction to Arithmetic
                                                                                                                                        • Euclid, Elements of Geometry: Book 1

                                                                                                                                          LT5110 American Literature (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                          • Winter 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                          • Winter 2011 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                          • Winter 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                          • Winter 2013 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                          • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                                                                                                                                          This course covers four American classics. Each book is set in a different historical era, ranging from Puritan New England to the Great Depression South.

                                                                                                                                          • Nathaniel Hawthorne, Scarlet Letter
                                                                                                                                            • Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin
                                                                                                                                              • F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
                                                                                                                                                • Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

                                                                                                                                                  WR5110 Old Testament (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                                  • Winter 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                  • Winter 2011 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                  • Winter 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                  • Winter 2013 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                  • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                                                                                                                                                  The 5 books of Moses will be studied with particular emphasis on the covenant relationship between God and Man.

                                                                                                                                                  • Old Testament
                                                                                                                                                    • Selections
                                                                                                                                                  • Strong’s Concordance

                                                                                                                                                    MS5110 Geometry (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                                    • Winter 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                    • Winter 2011 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                    • Winter 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                    • Winter 2013 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                    • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                                                                                                                                                    This class covers the geometric proofs of Euclid. Upon successful completion, students will be able to critically analyze deductive proofs and build complex arguments though a step-by-step approach that develops critical thought.

                                                                                                                                                    • Euclid, The Elements Book 2-6

                                                                                                                                                      LT5210 The Family in Literature (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                                      • Fall 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                      • Fall 2011 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                      • Fall 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                      • Fall 2013 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                      • 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

                                                                                                                                                              MS5210 Introduction to Physics (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                                              • Fall 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                              • Fall 2011 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                              • Fall 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                              • Fall 2013 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                              • 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 (Part I)
                                                                                                                                                                    • Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time

                                                                                                                                                                      LT5310 English Literature (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                                                      • Winter 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                      • Winter 2012 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                      • Winter 2014 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                      • Winter 2014 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                      • 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 Austen, Pride and Prejudice
                                                                                                                                                                            • Milton, Paradise Lost
                                                                                                                                                                              • George Eliot, Middlemarch

                                                                                                                                                                                WR5210 Eastern Religious Thought I (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                                                                • Fall 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                • Fall 2011 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                • Fall 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                • Fall 2013 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                • 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)
                                                                                                                                                                                  • Han Feizi
                                                                                                                                                                                    • Edition: Burton Watson (translator)
                                                                                                                                                                                  • Edward Slingerland, Confucius Analects
                                                                                                                                                                                    • Quran
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Selections
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Edition: translated by MAS Abdel Haleem, Oxford World Classics

                                                                                                                                                                                    MS5310 Introduction to Biology (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                                                                    • Winter 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                    • Winter 2012 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                    • Winter 2014 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                    • Winter 2014 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                    • 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

                                                                                                                                                                                            WR5310 Eastern Religious Thought II (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                                                                            • Winter 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Winter 2012 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Winter 2014 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Winter 2014 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                            • 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
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Yoga Sutras of Patanjali with Vyasa's commentary
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • JAB van Buitenen, Bhagavadgita in the Mahabharata

                                                                                                                                                                                                    LT6430 Ancient Greek Literature (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Fall 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Fall 2011 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Fall 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Fall 2013 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                                                                                                                                                                                                    This course covers ancient Greek literature including, Homer, and Greece’s greatest tragedies and comedies.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Homer, The Odyssey
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Aeschylus, Oresteia Trilogy
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Sophocles, Oedipus Trilogy
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Euripides, Orestes
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Aristophanes, The Clouds, The Frogs

                                                                                                                                                                                                              LT6410 Roman and Medieval Literature (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Fall 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Fall 2011 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Fall 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Fall 2013 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                                                                                                                                                                                                              This course covers Roman and Medieval literature.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Virgil, Aeneid
                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Augustine, Confessions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Dante, Divine Comedy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    LT6420 Shakespearian Histories (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Fall 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Fall 2011 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Fall 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Fall 2013 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    In this course students will study several of Shakespeare’s histories.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • William Shakespeare, Richard II
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • William Shakespeare, Henry IV Part One
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • William Shakespeare, Henry IV Part Two
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • William Shakespeare, Henry V
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • William Shakespeare, Richard III

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              LT6510 19th Century Russian Literature (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Winter 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Winter 2012 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Winter 2014 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Winter 2014 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              This course covers two of the greatest classics on human nature, and human relations: War and Peace and Brothers Karamazov.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Brothers Karamazov

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  LT6520 19th Century French and German Literature (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Winter 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Winter 2012 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Winter 2014 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Winter 2014 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The course covers two classics that significantly impacted Europe in the 19th century and continue their influence today. The idealism and sacrifice of the French revolutions and Germany’s great study of fallen man in Goethe’s Faustus.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faustus

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      FA6410 Art, Architecture and Music (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Winter 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Winter 2012 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Winter 2014 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Winter 2014 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      This course will introduce students to the major periods in art, architecture and music, and to the artists who produced. Correlations will be drawn between artistic trends and the philosophical and historical periods that influenced them.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Cumming, Art: The World's Greatest Paintings Explored and Explained
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Vasari, Lives of the Artists
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • selections
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • The Top 100 Masterpieces Of Classical Music Vol. 1-5
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Edition: or comparable

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        LT6610 Modern Worldviews: Libertarianism (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Fall 2010 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Fall 2010 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Fall 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Fall 2012 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • 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, Atlas Shrugged
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Ayn Rand & Nathaniel Brandon, The Virtue of Selfishness

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            LT6620 20th Century Literature (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Fall 2010 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Fall 2010 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Fall 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Fall 2012 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • 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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • James Joyce, A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      LT6630 Chesterton and Lewis (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Fall 2010 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Fall 2010 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Fall 2012 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Fall 2012 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • 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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ST6710 Philosophy of Education (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Winter 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Winter 2011 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Winter 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Winter 2013 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • 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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Oliver DeMille, Thomas Jefferson Education
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • John Holt, How Children Learn
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Rousseau, Emile
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • John Dewey, Experience and Education
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Jacques Barzun, Teacher in America
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Alan Bloom, Closing the American Mind
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • EG West, Education and the State

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                MS6710 Scientific Thought (2 credits)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Winter 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Winter 2011 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Winter 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Winter 2013 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • 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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Aristotle, Organon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • selections
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Francis Bacon, Novum Organon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Francis Bacon, New Atlantis
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Rene Descartes, Discourse on Method
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ST6999 Comprehensive Examination (0 credits)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Winter 2011 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Winter 2011 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Winter 2013 On-campus: Cedar City, UT (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Winter 2013 On-line (Masters)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • This course is also offered each summer as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. (more info)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Each student must pass a comprehensive oral examination once all coursework has been completed.


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