Non-Credit Courses
American Idol(s): The False Gods That Threaten Our Freedom
Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, ILThis dinnertime non-credit course will consider the “false gods” that menace our freedom and happiness.
This dinnertime non-credit course will consider the “false gods” that menace our freedom and happiness.
This dinner-time reading group will read selections from Dante’s Purgatorio. Open to current undergraduate students.
This dinner-time reading group will read Randy Boyagoda’s new Lords of Serendipity. Open to current graduate students.
What happens to our sense of the human person, to our sense of ourselves and others, if we give up the demanding goods of reading books for the efficient, instant rewards of Artificial Intelligence?
The Latin language reading group will translate the Psalms in Latin this fall. All levels of Latin are welcome. Each session will consider one Psalm.
How might the contemporary academy best ensure the continued development of an authentically human education rooted in reflection, intellectual virtue and truth while also best utilizing the processing capabilities of new AI tools?
This public symposium will feature an engaging discussion with Dartmouth College Provost Santiago Schnell, University of Chicago Professor of History Emily Lynn Osborne, and University of St. Mary of the Lake Professor of Moral Theology Melanie Barrett.
This weekly reading group will meet over dinner on Mondays to discuss J.R.R Tolkien’s classic Lord of the Rings trilogy. Both graduate and undergraduate students are welcome to attend.
This dinnertime non-credit course will consider the “false gods” that menace our freedom and happiness.
This dinner-time reading group will read selections from Dante’s Purgatorio. Open to current undergraduate students.
In 1516, Thomas More published Utopia. More takes his reader on a tour of an idealistic island society: six-hour work days, religious toleration, no private property, and no lawyers. But is it really possible for such a society to exist? And was Utopia actually a good place? Come and join us for dinner and discussion.
The Latin language reading group will translate the Psalms in Latin this fall. All levels of Latin are welcome. Each session will consider one Psalm.
A lunchtime poetry salon, in which participants read and discuss a great poem slowly together. Open to all students. No advance preparation required.