Mar 29, 2024  
2020 - 2021 Catalog 
    
2020 - 2021 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Add to My Courses (opens a new window)

CTH 534 - History of Western Education


Provides an overview of the western educational tradition beginning with the ancient Greeks up to the present. Examines the Greek philosophical tradition, Jewish revelatory tradition, and the Christian synthesis of both, especially concerning those traditions’ reflection on the nature of the human person and excellence or virtue, which is the basis of the Western tradition. Investigates the nature and purposes of Western education, tracing its unfolding over time, including challenges by modernism and its contemporary iterations.

2 Semester Credit(s)

Crosslisted with: EDU 534  
Laboratory/Experience Hours N/A
Prerequisite(s): N/A
Corequisite(s): N/A
Repeatable for Credit No
Core Course No
Grade Type LT
Typically Offered
Fall



Add to My Courses (opens a new window)