Social Foundations I

This course focuses on the world’s great traditions in philosophy, theology, history, and political science from the most ancient civilizations up to the Middle Ages.  It familiarizes students with the earliest foundations of the world’s major discourses about the nature of human identity and society through a comparative study of seminal texts.  The course includes such works as The Analects, Bhagavad Gita, and the Republic of Plato. 

Social Foundations II

This course focuses on the world’s great traditions in philosophy, theology, history, and political science from the Middle Ages into the Enlightenment.  It familiarizes students with the major world discourses about the nature of human identity and society of the pre-modern era through a comparative study of seminal texts.  The course includes such works as The Koran, The Prince, and The Conquest of New Spain.