| a discussion participant. Different texts require different analytic techniques, and in this course you will learn to see how great authors organize and present ideas. In so doing, you will learn to organize and present your own ideas in both oral and written form. Course reading lists may vary slightly from year to year.
(You can place out of this class by successfully completing a placement examination and then passing either Social Sciences 1 or Humanities 2.)
Reading List
Abbott, Flatland
US Constitution
Selected Supreme Court Cases
Plato, Meno
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics
King, Letter from Birmingham Jail
Copernicus, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres Integrative Studies 2 - The Nature and Creation of Mathematics
IS2 is a math class like no other! In this course you will develop an understanding and appreciation of mathematics by studying a variety of mathematical and geometrical systems, both ancient and modern. You will learn to use specific mathematical terms and forms of reasoning that will increase your ability to think logically and express yourself with precision. Course reading lists may vary slightly from year to year.
Reading List
Euclid, Elements, Vol. 1
Aristotle, Posterior Analytics
Bonola, Non-Euclidean Geometry
Descartes, Rules for the Direction of the Mind
Descartes, Discourse on Method
Einstein, Relativity
Nagel and Newman, Godel's Proof Integrative Studies 5 - History and Philosophy of Western Civilization Integrative Studies 5 & 6 are designed as a unified, full-year sequence to be taken in your last full year of studies at Shimer. The readings in this course are arranged chronologically in order to demonstrate their historical relationship to one another. As you read, you will discover a wide range of connections between these texts and those you'll already have studied in other Shimer courses. As a result, you will experience first-hand the richness of the great intellectual traditions upon which the Shimer curriculum is based. Course reading lists may vary slightly from year to year.
(Prerequisites: Final-Year status and successful completion of the Basic Studies Comprehensive Examination.)
Reading List
Inanna
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Homer, The Iliad
Hesiod, Theogeny
Bible
Sappho, Poetry
Aeschylus, Oresteia
Plato, Republic
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, On The Heavens
Herodotus, Persian Wars
Thucydides, Peloponnesian War
Virgil, Aeneid
Ptolemy, Almagest
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Tacitus, Agricola and Germania
Augustine, City of God
Beowulf
Aquinas, Summa Theologica
Dante, The Divine Comedy
Integrative Studies 6 - History and Philosophy of Western Civilization
Course reading lists may vary slightly from year to year.
Reading List
Pisan, Treasure of The City of Ladies
Chaucer, Canterbury Tales
Luther, 95 Theses
More, Utopia
Copernicus, On The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
Shakespeare, Tempest
Galileo, On the Heavens
Bacon, New Organon
Milton, Paradise Lost
Cervantes, Don Quixote
Kepler, Epitome of Copernican Astronomy
Hume, Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Kant, Prologomena to any Future Metaphisics, Foundation of the Metaphysics of Morals
Goethe
Faust
Hegel
Reason in History
Nietzsche
Use and Abuse of History
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