other Torrey readings, with the cultural and religious heritage of Europe. Students will gain historical, archaeological and cultural insights into the origin and development ofWestem civilization and Christianity. The itinerary may alter from year to year. Components Recommended Credits YMOT 492 Torrey Abroad 4 Torrey Mongolia Torrey Mongolia is a three-week summer trip and course, usuall y offered in the summer. Students teach in Mongolian public schools and work with loca l Christian organizations. Stu dents read books prior to the trip and are led by Torrey tutors in integrating that reading with their experiences in Mongolia. Components Recomm1111ded Credits YMDT 492 Torrey Abroad 4 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Courses are normally, hut not always, taken in the semester sequence described below. 110 Foundations of Thought ( 4) Introduces the student to such works such as Iliad, Odyssey, Pelo p01111esim1 War, Placo's Phaedo, Meno, Symposi11m. Timams and Rtp11blic, along with works from Aeschylus and Sophocles. Credit given for ARTS l ()() and COMM l ()(). Fall, freshman year. 111 Biblical Foundations (4) Introduces the student co Biblical literature and includes works such as Genesis throu gh Judges. Credit given for BBST 105. Fall , freshman yea r. 120 Formation of the Modern Mind (8) Examines works such as Aristotle's Physics, Metaphysics. De A11ima and Nicomache1.111 Ethics, Euripedes' Bacchae, Virgi l' s Aeneid. Tacitus' A1111als of Imperial Romrt, Ovid's Meta morphosrts and Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. Cred it given for ENGL l lOA/8 and ENGL 250. Spring, freshman yea r. 121 Biblical Poetry and Wisdom Literature (4) Ex plores works such as Joh through Ecclesiastes, the Apos tolic Fathers, selections from Clement of Alexandria, Ori gen, the Cappadocian Fathers, John Chrysostom, Athana sius, Creeds of the Church and Augustine's 011 Christia11 Teachi11g, Co11fessio11s and City 1!( God. Credit given for BBST 109. Spring, freshman yea r. 210 Modern Western Thought (4) Delves into such writings such as The Divi11r Comedy, Cmtter bwy Tales, Do11 Quixotr and Faerit: Queene. Credit given for HIST 205. Fall , sophomore yea r. 211 Christian Origins and Early Thought (8) ·considers writings such as the four Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, Philolwlia, Boeth ius' Co11solatio11 of Philosophy, Anselm, Abelard. Aquinas' S11mma Thrtologica, Marcin Luther, John Calvin, C reeds of the Church and John Donne. Credit given for BBST 110 and PHIL 214. Fall , sophomore year. 220 Modern Western Thought II (8) Examines works such as selections from Shakespeare, Pas ca l's Pe11st!es, Descartes, Locke ' s Essay CrJ11crmi11g Human U11drrstandi11g and St:crmd Treatise 011 Govemmmt, Hume's E11q11iry Co11cemi11g H11ma11 U11dt:rs/a11di11g, Kant's Gm1111di11gfor 1hr Metaphysit:r r!f Morals, Hobbes' Levia1ha11, Federalist Papers and the U.S. Constitution. Credit given for HIST 105 and Behavioral Science requirement. Spring, sophomore year.
221 Development and Division: Christian Doctrine (4) Includes works such as the Pauline Epistles, Milton's Paradise Lost, Spenser and selections from Jonathan Edwards. Credit given for BBST 306. Spring. sophomore year. 310 Advanced Biblical Concepts (4) Explores readings such as l and 2 Samuel , Kings and Chronicles, selections from William Bl a ke , Samuel Coleridge, John Wesley and John Stuart Mill, Austen's Pridr a11rl Prejudice and Tocqueville's Democracy i11 America. Credit given for BBST 25 I. Fall, junior year. 320 Advanced Biblical Concepts II (4) Includes works such as Isaiah and Jeremiah, Goethe's Faust, Dosrnyevsky's Brothers Karamazov, Tolstoy' s A1111a J.are11i11,1 and Wrt)' ofthr Pilgrim. Credit given for BBST 254. Spring, junior year. 410 American Evangelical Writings (4) Includes readings such as the Non-Pauline epistles, New man' s The Ir/ea of a University, Selections from Emerson. Melville and Christina Rosse tti , Bronce's lane Eyre, and Narrativr of !hr L!fe of Frederic/; Douglass. Credit given for upper-division Bible electives. Fall , senior year. 465 Eschatological Writings (4) Examines works such as Daniel, Revelation, C.S. Lewis ' The Abolition r!f Ma11, T.S. El inc, Nietzsche's 011 the Gnu:alogy of Morals, Freud's Civilization a11d Its Disa1111e111s, Marx and Lenin's Comm1111is1 Manifesto, Dorothy Sayers ' Thr Mi11d of thr Mal:er, and selections from Flannery O'Connor. This is required only if the student ' s major does not have an Integration requirement. Credit given for BBST 465. Spring. senior year. 480 Torrey Honors Thesis (4) The lase term of che senior year will he devoted to writing a tutor-supervised thesis of not less than 12.000 words. These required four credits are counted toward the total number needed for graduation from Torrey and Biola University. The thesis may be waived for student~ chat do senior theses. proj ects. recitals, etc., for their majors, with the approval of the Tor rey director. Students may substitute an internship in their major field or a Torrey off-site program for the thesis. The internship muse be approved by the Torrey director and stu dent's major advisor. All theses and internships should make a significant contribution co the student's major field of study. Credits earned through a Torrey Ahmad program may be suh stituced for the Honors Thesis with the approval of the director. 490 Selected Readings and Topics (1-4) Designed ·primarily for upper-division students in Torrey who want co study specialized copies not covered in catalog course offerings. May he taken up to three times with dif ferent readings. Admission is by approval of the director. 491 Independent Study (1-4) Independent readings on a topic chosen by the student Offered both semesters. Admission is hy approval of the director. 492 Torrey Abroad (1-4) Independent readings on a topic chosen by the instructo r. Offered usuall y in the summer. May he taken up co three times with different readings. May substitute for the Torrey Honors Thesis with approval. Admission is by approval of the director.
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