Great Books

St. Thomas University

Canada, Fredericton

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Duration48 month(s)

Tuition Fee

CAD 16,389 / Year

Apply DateAugust 31, 2021

Next IntakeJune 1, 2021

Great Books

About

Overview We believe that these books are important because they shed light on who, we, as individuals in Western society, are, but, more importantly, provide us with a lens through which to think about questions that continue to be of perennial importance to living a happy life. For example, in one of our classes, Love and Friendship, we read books that offer differing perspectives on the nature of love. In the end, we don’t prescribe to any single answer, but intend, instead, to give you the tools by which you might determine for yourself the nature of the theme in question.Students who are interested in Great Books at Saint Thomas University often take the first-year Aquinas: Great Books Program, as itoperates on similar principles. Our classes are team-taught by at least two different professors and sufficiently small (36 students maximum) to allow for discussion. I want to find another Bachelor Course Learing outcomesGreat Books classes require a great deal of reading, writing, and critical thinking. With two professors dedicated to each class, you receive a lot of one-on-one attention to help sharpen your reading and writing skills. Our classes are discussion based, not lectures. We want you to think about the questions posed by the texts and determine for yourself what an appropriate answer might be. Your capacities to think through arguments and to speak cogently and persuasively are developed by means of the discussion-based format.

We offer students the opportunity to study the classic texts, or great books, of the Western world. Great Books at Saint Thomas University that we normally read include Homer’s Odyssey, Plato’s Republic, Dante’s Divine Comedy and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

Disciplines

LiteratureCreative WritingGeneral Studies & Classics

Requirements

English Requirements

IELTSMin 6.5
TOEFLMin 89

Other Requirements

1Have your official transcript sent from your high school to the Admissions Office at [email protected] In addition to a high school transcript, international applicants whose primary language is not English must also arrange to have an official copy of their English proficiency scores sent directly to the Admissions Office. The St. Thomas University ETS institution code is 0803. International applicants who indicate that they are Permanent Residents must provide a photocopy of their official Permanent Resident cards.

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Great Books

St. Thomas University

Canada, Fredericton

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