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CORE 4 FACULTY
Professor David DeLauro, Asst. Prof Computer Science
Dr. John B. Egan, Professor of Music
Dr. John Nichols, NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor
Professor John Rahe, Assistant Professor of Theatre
Sr. Patricia Robinson, BVM, Ph.D - Professor of Sociology
Bro. Matt Schaefer, C.PP.S., Adjunct-Core
Dr. Robert Schenk, Professor of Economics
Dr. Ilicia Sprey, Associate Professor of History

Guest Lecturers  
Dr. Anne Gull, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Maia Kingman, Assistant Professor of English
Dr. Michael Malone, Associate Professor of Philosophy
Dr. and Bro. Rob Reuter, C.PP.S., Associate Professor of Philosophy
Dr. April Toadvine, Adjunct Assistant Professor of English
READING LIST 
The following required texts are available for purchase from the College Store:

  • Bolt, Robert. (1990). A Man for All Seasons. New York: Vintage. 
  • The Bible 
  • Dante's Hell, Penguin/Sayers
  • Greer and Lewis, Brief History of the Western World 
  • Hamlet, William Shakespeare, A Norton Critical Edition. (1992). Hoy, C. Ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Co. 
  • Lunsford, A. & Connors, R. (1997). The Everyday Writer. New York: St. Martins. 
  • Canterbury Tales, Penguin
  • Beowulf, Norton/Heaney
  • Sir Gawain the the Green Knight 

 



CORE 4 COLLEGIAL AGREEMENTS
Collegial agreements among the Core 4 faculty assure that students in Core 4 have a generally common experience and work on specific skills that are important components of the larger Core Curriculum  The Core 4 faculty agrees to the following:  
  1. Seating in the Shen Auditorium will be by discussion groups.
  2. Each student will give an oral presentation sometime during the semester.
  3. A minimum of 20 pages of written work will be required of all students.
  4. Further specifications for writing assignments:
    1. The development of thesis statements will be stressed.
    2. Papers that require textual and contextual interpretation of historical sources will be encouraged.
    3. Each student will complete at least one formal writing assignment that requires taking a moral stand on an issue relevant to course material, supporting that stand with solid principled reasoning and reference to texts used in the course, and working toward persuading professors and classmates of this stand.
    4. Each student will complete at least one assignment that requires research and proper use of references and citations, as prescribed in The Everyday Writer.
  5. This year (March), we will have an art assignment in the new museum in the Library.

     

                  

Unit I: Christianity Enters the Roman Empire
January

Tue  8                Reading: Gospel of Mark, chapters 1-3
                         Lecture: John Nichols, "An 'Absolutely New' World!"

Thur 10               Reading: Gospel of Mark, c. 4-16
                         Lecture: David DeLauro, "The Gospel of Discipleship"

Tue 15                Reading: Acts of the Apostles, c.1-15
                         Lecture: John Nichols, "A Church for the Gentiles"

Thur 17               Reading: First Corinthians, all
                         Lecture: John Egan, "Problems at Corinth"

Tue 22               Reading: Romans, c. 1-8
                         Lecture: John Egan, "Romans: The First Catechism"

Thur 24              Reading: Romans, 9-11and Didache in Syllabus pp. 1-4
                         Lecture: David DeLauro, "Distinguishing Christians from Jews"

Tue 29                Reading: Greer, pages 164-184 and 5-11 in Syllabus
                         Lecture: John Nichols, "Growth and Development of Christianity"

Unit II: The Formation of Christian Europe
Thur 31              Reading: Greer 188-210 and Qur'an in Syllabus pages 12-16.
                         Lecture:  Ilicia Sprey, "Europe and Its Neighbors"
February

Tue 5                 Reading: Greer, 210-243
                         Lecture: Ilicia Sprey, "Overview of Europe: Institutions"

Thur 7                Readings: Beowulf, pages 3-104
                         Lecture: Bro. Matt Schaefer

Tue 12                Readings: Beowulf, pages 105-213.
                         Lecture: Robert Schenk, "Context and Contribution to Europe"

Thur 14              Reading: Greer, 246-265
                        Lecture: Sr. Patricia Robinson, "The Medieval Church & Its Art"

Tue 19               Reading: Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, pages 49-81
                        Lecture: April Toadvine, "The Literary Quality of Gawain"

Thur 21              Reading: Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, pages 85-125
                        Lecture: Ilicia Sprey, "Reflections on a Changing Society"

Tue 26              Reading: Thomas Aquinas, Syllabus pages 17-22; and Greer, 266-272
                       Lecture: Bro. Rob Reuter, "Aquinas and Natural Law Ethics"

Thur 28            Reading: Thomas Aquinas, Syllabus pages 23-28
                       Lecture: Bro. Rob Reuter and Kate Egan, "Applying Natural Law"

Spring Break
March

Tue 11               Reading: Dante, Hell, pages 67-109; and Syllabus page 29
                        Lecture: Anne Gull, "Introduction to The Divine Comedy"

Thur 13              Reading: Dante, Hell, pages 142-155 and 271-291; and Syllabus pages 30-34
                        Lecture: Michael Malone, "Dante's Divine Comedy & Spiritual Transformation"

Tues 18            Reading: General Prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, pages xi-xvii and 3-26
                       Lecture: Bro. Matt Schaefer, "What a Bunch!"

Thur 20             Reading: The Miller's & the Pardoner's Tales in Chaucer, pages 86-106 and 241-258
                       Lecture: John Egan, "What a Pair!"

Unit III: From Medieval to Modern Europe

Tue 25              Reading: Greer, 288-294 and 299-313
                       Lecture: Michael Oakes, "Crises and New Directions"

Thur 27            Reading: Greer, 335-344 and 318-333
                      Lecture: John Nichols, "Renaissance Humanism and Its 'New World'"

April 

Tue 1               Reading: Greer, 344-356
                      Lecture: Ilicia Sprey, "Renaissance Art"

Thur 3             Reading: Greer, 364-387; and Syllabus 35-37
                      Lecture: David DeLauro, "Luther's Theology"

Tue 8              Reading: A Man for All Seasons (first half)
                      Lecture: David De Lauro, "John Calvin and Henry VIII"

Thur 10            Reading: A Man for All Seasons (second half) and Greer, 394-400
                      Lecture: John Egan, "Thomas More: A Man for All Seasons"

Tue 15             Reading: Hamlet, Act I and Greer, 360-362 
                      Lecture: John Rahe, "Hamlet in Context"

Thur 17            Reading: Hamlet, Acts II and III
                      Lecture: Maia Kingman, "'What a piece of work is a man!'"

Tue 22              Reading: Hamlet, Acts IV and V
                       Lecture: Maia Kingman, "'What a piece of work is a man!' Part Two: Revenge"

Thur 24            Reading: Syllabus pages 38-44
                      Lecture: Anne Gull, "Science and Inquiry: a Different Path to Truth"

 

Core Four Links  
Here are some links that may be helpful to students in Core Four.  You may find these helpful for study of the medieval world.  As with all internet resources, students need to be critical in their assessment of materials on the internet. 
 (all links verified 12/20/2007)

 Resources for Biblical Studies A rather interesting site with some good background information and some primary documents from other sources.
 Online Concordance Looking for a verse in the Bible? Want to find what St. Paul says about something, try this on-line concordance. You can search for words in a variety of Bible translations...really an interesting site.
 St. John's Bible - Illuminated Manuscript This site has some interesting pages from a project at St. John's University -- an illuminated Biblical manuscript for the new millennium.  Definitely worth checking out.
 The Labyrinth From Georgetown University, a wealth of materials for study of the Middle Ages.
 Digital Dante An interesting collection of paintings on the Inferno.
 Inferno Illustrations Here's a site that illustrates some of the various levels in the Inferno.
 Saint Thomas Aquinas Here's a site with lots of information about St. Thomas. Included are a number of his writings for further research possibilities.
 People of Ideas Middle Ages Here you can find information about many of the people you will be studying in the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance/Reformation eras.  
 Medieval Art Located at the Catholic University of America, this site has some links to  interesting and beautiful works of art from the middle ages and the  Renaissance. 
 Art on line Here you can select an artist and view any number of paintings.
A Digital Archive of Architecture A nice site from Prof. Jeffery Howe of Boston College with lots of links to buildings in various architectural styles.
 Medieval & Renaissance Sampler This site also has numerous links of interest for students of the middle ages and the Renaissance. 
A Feast for the Eyes A rather interesting site with images of food and dining from the middle ages.
 The Medieval Sourcebook A number of good resources here including some links to other medieval sources.
Canterbury Tales This site in old English has a handy little dictionary defining the words.
 Martin Luther Find out more about the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation. A number of  Luther's works appear on this site as well as information about Luther.
 Protestant Reformation Here's a site with lots of information about the Protestant Reformation that may be interesting.
 The CNN Millennium Project A site that loaded with lots of information, including many media files.  You can click on a century to discover what significant events happened during the era.

 
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