3littlekeets Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 I love the concept! I'm just curious which other colleges take such an approach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay in Cal Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 St. John's College -- I know my dh seriously considered it when he was choosing a school http://www.sjca.edu/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay in Cal Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 You beat me, Laurel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Oxford! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3littlekeets Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 Thank you all very much! My ds10 is years away from college, but I have a gut sense that he would love that type of environment - and we are Catholic. But with freshman classes of just 100, wow! Who knows, he may decide that he's a big party school type:lol:, but I doubt it -- that's DS6:tongue_smilie:. Thanks, I'm checking out the suggestions even to inform our current curriculum planning with foundational material that would help build to those materials. And Oxford -- wouldn't that be glorious! Though quite unrealistic for our family :bigear:. Again, thank you! Off to check out the other colleges! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hathersage Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 (edited) Shimer College http://www.shimer.edu/ Here's a list of colleges: http://www.thegreatideas.org/schools.html and http://www.optimates.us/greatbooksprograms.htm Some of them do a 2 year option, a core, others are 4 year long programs Edited April 4, 2009 by Hathersage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Katia Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Another to look at with a GB core: Hillsdale. :iagree: Hillsdale is a great college for the GB AND.....they offer study-abroad for summers, semesters and even to finish out your degree at Oxford! The best of both worlds. Worth checking out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay in Cal Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Not yet... I'll tell you tomorrow where I'm going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizzyBee Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Southeastern College in Wake Forest has a great books major from a Christian pov. The majority of students in the program are planning to go to seminary next, but we've known people who went on to law school, other graduate studies, or other careers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 :iagree: Hillsdale is a great college for the GB AND.....they offer study-abroad for summers, semesters and even to finish out your degree at Oxford! The best of both worlds. Worth checking out. I was half-joking about Oxford, that's really interesting to know. I had already been drawn to Hillsdale, although that's a bit far off for us to be thinking about yet. We had a friend who was a Rhodes Scholar, my husband and I both thought it would have been a great way to be educated at a college level, we plan on implementing a bit of their system in high school with our children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 I remember considering St. John's back when I was looking at colleges for myself. That still looks like pure heaven! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Notre Dame (yes, the Fighting Irish) has a 3 year great books program that still allows you to have a traditional major in addition to your great books work. I rarely see it mentioned, but it's a great combination. I wish I had done something like that in college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3littlekeets Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 Notre Dame (yes, the Fighting Irish) has a 3 year great books program that still allows you to have a traditional major in addition to your great books work. I rarely see it mentioned, but it's a great combination. I wish I had done something like that in college. Interesting! I have learned about so many new Colleges on this thread...and I didn't even know that ND had such a program. Though, as Purdue alums, that would be hard for us :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie in NE Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 http://www.wyomingcatholiccollege.com They've patterned their curriculum after Thomas Aquinas, but since they're fairly new, they cost about $10k/semester less than Aquinas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 University of Dallas is a GB college--basic requirements for every degree include Plato, Aristotle, Homer, Shakespeare, etc., & they have a campus in Rome, where you're supposed to spend a semester your sophomore yr, if you're not already married w/ kids, lol. http://udallas.edu/ Their webpage isn't great, but they're a small school. I know at least one of my friends was homeschooled, but I didn't really meet people much. They seemed to all already know ea other from Catholic stuff prior to college. :confused: I mean, they were really friendly, I was just too shy. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MEinGA Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Washington University in St. Louis is a terrific school, and it has a GB program that is part of the Interdisciplinary Program in the Humanities. The Great Books rotation is called Text and Tradition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Fisher More College Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLG Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Wyoming Catholic College Lots of TAC folks teaching there. St. John's is probably the best known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annlaura Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 While not technically a great books college, I believe Wabash College requires a great books colloquium of all juniors and seniors. But maybe they only require it for certain majors now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauracolumbus Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 We visited TAC a few weeks ago. DH and I wanted to enroll on the spot. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oraetstudia Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 St. Thomas More College http://www.thomasmorecollege.edu/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Gutenberg in Oregon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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