Nineteenth Century Thought Units: 4 Includes works such as Isaiah and Jeremiah, Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Bronte’s Jane Eyre, Dicken’s Tale of Two Cities, Dostoyevsky’s Brothers Karamazov, and Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina.
YMDT 325
When Offered: Spring, junior year.
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On History & Rhetoric Units: 8 Selected readings on history, apologetics and rhetoric. Authors such as, Eusebius, Hegel, Aristotle, Cicero, Justin Martyr, Augustine, R.A. Torrey and Wesley are included.
YMDT 401
When Offered: Fall, senior year.
The Future Units: 4 Examines works on eschatology and judgment such as Daniel, Revelation, Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy, and selections from Flannery O’Connor, T.S. Eliot and G.K. Chesterton. Mandatory if student’s major does not have integration requirement.
YMDT 402
When Offered: Spring, senior year.
America Units: 4 Includes readings such as the Non–Pauline epistles, selections from Emerson, Melville, Burke, James, O’Connor, Douglass and Lincoln.
YMDT 410
When Offered: Fall, senior year.
Twentieth Century Thought Units: 4 Examines works such as Daniel, Revelation, C. S. Lewis’ The Abolition of Man, Newman’s The Idea of a University, Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morals, Freud’s Civilization and Its Discontents, and selections from T.S. Eliot and G.K. Chesterton. Mandatory if the student’s major does not have an Integration requirement.
YMDT 465
When Offered: Spring, senior year.
Torrey Honors Thesis Units: 4 The last term of the senior year will be devoted to writing a tutor–supervised thesis of not less than 12,000 words. These required four units are counted toward the total number needed for graduation from Torrey and Biola University. The thesis may be waived for students who do senior theses, projects, recitals, etc., for their majors, with prior approval. Students may substitute an internship in their major field or a Torrey off–site program for the thesis with prior approval. The internship must be approved by the Torrey Thesis Director and student’s major advisor. All theses and internships should make a significant contribution to the student’s major field of study.
YMDT 480
When offered: Fall & spring.
Selected Readings & Topics Units: 1 – 4 Designed primarily for upper–division students in Torrey who want to study specialized topics not covered in catalog course offerings. May be taken up to three times with different readings. Admission is by approval of the Director.
YMDT 490
Independent Study
Units: 1 – 4
YMDT 491
Independent readings on a topic chosen by the student. Admission is by approval of the Director.
When Offered: Offered both semesters.
Torrey Off–Campus Units: 1 – 4 Independent readings on a topic chosen by the professor. Offered usually in the summer. May be taken up to three times with different readings. May substitute for the Torrey Honors Thesis with approval. Admission is by approval of the Director.
YMDT 492
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