Second Semester ·
PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
This course is a systematic study of human nature and the most profound questions concerning the success and ultimate destiny of the human person. Beginning with a review of the classical body mind problem, the course will examine and contrast the conclusions of Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, and Kierkegaard and how they illumine, with phenomenological accuracy, the basic truths about personhood. Secondary sources include Lucretius, Augustine, Descartes, and Hume.
THEOLOGY: INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE
This course is a general introduction to the Scriptures through an analysis of their key lines of development showing their culmination in Christ.
LITERATURE: MEDIEVAL EPICS
This course examines the continuation of the epic tradition in the European Middle Ages. The transformation of the epic from pagan to Christian is a central theme. Special emphasis will show which epic elements are retained, which are modified and which are discarded under the new dispensation. Students should acquire a sensitive appreciation of the resources of poetic language in the Christian tradition and a grasp of the difference between epic style and other modes of medieval poetic speech.
ELEMENTARY LATIN II
The second term is a continuation of first-semester Latin. The method of presentation is similar, except that more passages of Ecclesiastical and Medieval Latin will be studied. There will be greater emphasis on quick recall of paradigms and on writing sentences and longer passages in Latin.
OR ELEMENTARY GREEK II
In this semester, students will gain a more solid competence in Greek usage: paradigms, syntax, regular verbs through the indicative series of tenses, and all three declensions of nouns. In addition, the koine Greek of the New Testament will be studied more analytically.
HUMANITIES SEMINAR II: THE MIDDLE AGES
Through a careful study of the events and elements of the European Medieval Period, students will acquire background knowledge of history and culture sufficient to enhance their parallel studies in other courses at Newman College.
CHORUS, DRAMA, AND MUSIC PRACTICUM
The Music/Drama practicum is a course offered each semester and required of students through the Junior Year. Students will be instructed on how to read and perform music. Working with student life activities, students will participate in various theatrical and stage performances.
