{"id":108,"date":"2014-08-03T13:30:29","date_gmt":"2014-08-03T17:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/?p=108"},"modified":"2025-08-05T15:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T19:29:11","slug":"course-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/2014\/08\/03\/course-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As always, even after the syllabus has been posted, be aware that assignments may change. HONS1101 students are always encouraged to watch the Announcements section of the course&#8217;s blackboard site and their emails, and to listen and make note of any changes as they are announced in class.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2025\/08\/HONS-1101-Syllabus-Fall-2025-most-current-version.pdf\">HONS1101 printable syllabus for Fall 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">PLEASE NOTE: The schedule information that follows hereafter is &#8220;under construction.&#8221; In the meantime, refer to the course schedule that is included in the syllabus (which can be accessed by clicking the green link above)<em>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<dl><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/midterm-exam-2\/'  title='Plato'>Plato<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Death-of-Socrates-150x150.jpg\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Death-of-Socrates-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Death-of-Socrates-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Death of Socrates, by Jacques-Louis David Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nTuesday, October 22, 2024<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Euthyphro, Apology <\/em>AGRP 52-70<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/trip-to-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art\/'  title='Plato'>Plato<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/02\/PlatoCave_small-150x150.jpg\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/02\/PlatoCave_small-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/02\/PlatoCave_small-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cave<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nThursday, October 24, 2024<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<br>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Apology, Crito<\/em> AGRP 70-85<\/li>\n<li><em>Republic, <\/em>selection from \u00a0Books 2 and 3, CP\u00a0 29-32<\/li>\n<li><em>Republic<\/em>, Book 5, AGRP 183-93<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/plato-republic\/'  title='Plato'>Plato<\/a><\/h4>\n <\/dt>\n<dd>\nTuesday, October 29, 2024<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p>Read before class:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Republic<\/em>, Book 5-7, AGRP 194-210<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Paper 3 due<\/strong><\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/hebrew-bible-isaiah-1-6-41-47-ruth-maccabees\/'  title='Aristotle: On knowing and the known'>Aristotle: On knowing and the known<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/02\/aristotle.small_-150x150.jpg\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/02\/aristotle.small_-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/02\/aristotle.small_-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aristotle, marble portrait bust, Roman copy (2nd century) of a Greek original (c. 325 B.C.E.) in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nThursday, October 31, 2024<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Posterior Analytics<\/em>, AGRP 266 Book 1 section 2, first 5 paragraphs; 269-70 Book 2, section 19<\/li>\n<li><em>Physics, <\/em>AGRP 271-72 Book 2 section 1; 274 Book 2 section 3 first 5 paragraphs<\/li>\n<li><em>De Anima<\/em>, AGRP 288-89 Book 3 section 4<\/li>\n<li><em>Metaphysics<\/em>, AGRP 291-92 Book 1 section 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/buddhist-texts\/'  title='Aristotle: What is the best way to live?'>Aristotle: What is the best way to live?<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/02\/Alexander_sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/02\/Alexander_sm-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/02\/Alexander_sm-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexander, National Archaeological Museum, Istanbul<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nTuesday, November 5, 2024<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Nicomachean Ethics<\/em> AGRP 310-16 Book 1 sections 1-5, 7, 9; 317-21 Book 2 sections 1, 3, 6; 339-40 Book 10 section 7<\/li>\n<li><em>Nicomachean Ethics<\/em> CP 33-36, Book 8 chapters 2-5<\/li>\n<li><em>Politics<\/em> AGRP 345-47 Book I section 2, Book III section 7; 349-51 Book IV section 11 <strong>\n<p><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/the-roman-republic\/'  title='Roman Philosophy'>Roman Philosophy<\/a><\/h4>\n <\/dt>\n<dd>\nThursday, November 7, 2024<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lucretius, <em>On the Nature of Things<\/em>, AGRP 396-97 section 1 lines 1-75; 401-402 section 2 lines 1-60; 407-409 section 3 lines 670-865; 421-22 section 5 lines 1105-1205.<\/li>\n<li>Seneca, AGRP 426-27 \u201cOn the Happy Life\u201d IX; 429-32 \u201cMoral Letters to Lucilius,\u201d letters 76, 66, 95; 439-41 \u201cOn Providence\u201d sections 4.6-4.11, 5.7-5.9.<\/li>\n<li>Seneca \u201cEpistle 47,\u201d Norton 898-901<\/li>\n<li>Epictetus, <em>The Handbook<\/em>, AGRP 444-53 sections 1,2, 5, 6, 8-16, 22, 23, 31, 33, 41, 44, 48, 49, 51, 53<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/aristotle-physics-and-metaphysics\/'  title='Rome: from republic to empire'>Rome: from republic to empire<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2016\/07\/vercingetorix-surrenders-to-Caesar-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vercingetorix Throws Down His Arms at the Feet of Julius Caesar (Oil on Canvas, Lionel Noel Royer, 1899)<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nTuesday, November 12, 2024<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Livy: <em>The History of Rome, <\/em>CP 37-48<\/li>\n<li>Augustus, <em>Res Gestae Divi Augusti<\/em>, CP 49-51<\/li>\n<li>Vergil, <em>Aeneid<\/em>, Norton 926-47, 974-88, 1014-25<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/aeneid-2\/'  title='Han Dynasty'>Han Dynasty<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2020\/09\/A-Ming-period-1368-1644-portrait-of-Sima-Qian-150x150.png\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Ming period (1368-1644) portrait of Sima Qian<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nThursday, November 14, 2024<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introductory material, SCT 227-28, 283-84, 367-68<\/li>\n<li><em>The Springs and Autumns of Mr Lu<\/em>, SCT\u00a0 235-41<\/li>\n<li>Dong Zhongshu, SCT 292-310<\/li>\n<li>Ban Zhao, <em>Admonitions for Women<\/em>, SCT 821-24<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/plotinus\/'  title='Christianity - The Gospel According to Luke'>Christianity &#8211; The Gospel According to Luke<\/a><\/h4>\n <\/dt>\n<dd>\nTuesday, November 19, 2024<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christianity \u2013 The Gospel According to Luke<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Gospel According to Luke<\/em>, <em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Paper 4 due<\/strong><\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/luke-and-john-josephus\/'  title='Christianity: Paul'>Christianity: Paul<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/St.-Paul-Grotto-in-Ephesus-150x150.jpg\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/St.-Paul-Grotto-in-Ephesus-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/St.-Paul-Grotto-in-Ephesus-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">St. Paul, from the Grotto of St Paul in Ephesus  c. 500<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nThursday, November 21, 2024<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christianity \u2013 Paul\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>First Letter to the Corinthians<\/em>, <em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Letter to the Galatians<\/em>, <em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/roman-epic\/'  title='Christianity - The Johannine Community'>Christianity &#8211; The Johannine Community<\/a><\/h4>\n <\/dt>\n<dd>\nTuesday, November 26, 2024<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p>Read before class:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Gospel According to John<\/em>, chapters 1-3, 13-17 <em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The First Letter of John<\/em>, <em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101, HONS 2103\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/thanksgiving-day-university-closed\/'  title='Thanksgiving Holiday'>Thanksgiving Holiday<\/a><\/h4>\n <\/dt>\n<dd>\nThursday, November 28, 2024<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101, HONS 2103<br>\n -->\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"okta-plugin-message-channel-available\"><\/span><\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/constantine-and-the-council-of-nicaea\/'  title='Christianity, Judaism, and philosophy'>Christianity, Judaism, and philosophy<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Philo-150x150.jpg\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Philo-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Philo-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philo<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nTuesday, December 3, 2024<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Philo, \u201cOn Creation,\u201d CP 52-57<\/li>\n<li>Early Christian texts (Justin Martyr, Tertullian, Origen excerpts), CP 58-59<\/li>\n<li>Justin Martyr, <em>Second Apology<\/em>, <em>Readings in World Christian History, <\/em>(hereafter WCH) 39-43, sections 6, 8, 10, 12-15<\/li>\n<li>Plotinus, selections, AGRP 480, 495-502<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/welcome-to-the-honors-program-the-symposium\/'  title='Christians and The Roman Empire'>Christians and The Roman Empire<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"140\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/02\/Firmia_Victora_Ship_th-150x140.jpg\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catacomb gravestone of Firmia Victora 2nd-3rd century<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nThursday, December 5, 2024<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Letter of Pliny to Trajan<\/em>, WCH 23-24<\/li>\n<li><em>The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity, <\/em>WCH 30-37<\/li>\n<li><em>The Letter to Diognetus, <\/em>CP 60<\/li>\n<li>Justin Martyr, on eucharist (from <em>First Apology<\/em>). CP 61-62<\/li>\n<li>Celsus, <em>On the true logos<\/em>, CP 63-64<\/li>\n<\/ul><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/foundation-stories-who-are-we-and-where-do-we-come-from\/'  title='Origins - Cosmologies'>Origins &#8211; Cosmologies<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Marduks_strid_med_Tiamat_small-150x150.jpg\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Marduks_strid_med_Tiamat_small-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Marduks_strid_med_Tiamat_small-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marduk and Tiamat<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nTuesday, August 26, 2025<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Enuma Elish, <\/em>Tablet IV, <em>Course Packet<\/em> (henceforth CP) 1-3<\/li>\n<li><em>Enuma Elish<\/em> (excerpt), Norton Anthology of World Literatures, Vol. A (henceforth \u201cNorton\u201d) 29-32<\/li>\n<li>Genesis<em>, <\/em>chapter 1, <em>The Bible <\/em><\/li>\n<li>Hesiod, <em>Theogony <\/em>and <em>Works and Days<\/em>, Norton Anthology of World Literatures, Vol. A (henceforth \u201cNorton\u201d) 34-42<\/li>\n<li>Hymns from the <em>Rig Veda<\/em>, CP 4-5<\/li>\n<\/ul><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/origin-stories-genesis-the-epic-of-gilgamesh\/'  title='Pre-history and patriarchs'>Pre-history and patriarchs<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2022\/07\/Abraham-and-3-strangers-150x150.jpg\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"Abraham and the 3 strangers. Oil on Canvas, Willem van Herp (circa 1613-1677)\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abraham and the 3 strangers.  Oil on Canvas, Willem van Herp (circa 1613-1677)<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nThursday, August 28, 2025<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genesis, chapters 2-4, 6-9, 12, 15-18, 21-22, 37, 39-45 \u00a0<em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/genesis-4-25-and-exodus-1-24\/'  title='Exodus, Covenant, Law'>Exodus, Covenant, Law<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/02\/synagogue-fresco-exodus-c-becklectic_sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/02\/synagogue-fresco-exodus-c-becklectic_sm-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/02\/synagogue-fresco-exodus-c-becklectic_sm-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moses and the Red Sea. 3rd century fresco, Synagogue, Dura Europos<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nTuesday, September 2, 2025<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exodus, chapters 1-15; 19-24 32:1-34:10 <em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Deuteronomy, chapter 4 <em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Semna Stele, <\/em>Norton 879-881<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/foundation-stories-gilgamesh-and-iliad\/'  title='Buddhism'>Buddhism<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Buddha-in-Sarnath-150x150.jpg\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Buddha-in-Sarnath-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Buddha-in-Sarnath-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buddha Sarnath Deer Park 4th century C.E<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nThursday, September 4, 2025<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Deer Park Sermon, <\/em>CP 6-7<\/li>\n<li><em>Fire Sermon<\/em>, CP 8<\/li>\n<li>Parable of the Arrow, CP 9-11<\/li>\n<li>The Doctrine of No-Self, CP 12-16<\/li>\n<li><em>The Jataka<\/em>, Norton 1294-97, 1300-1303<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/the-odyssey\/'  title='Homer'>Homer<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2019\/07\/Achilles-rendered-by-George-Rennie-1826-marble-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Achilles, rendered in marble by George Rennie, 1826<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nTuesday, September 9, 2025<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Iliad<\/em>, Norton 232-55, 272-89, 296-307, 318-24<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Paper 1 due<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/epicureans-stoics-sceptics\/'  title='Israel: Monarchy and prophecy'>Israel: Monarchy and prophecy<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/02\/Paris_psaulter_sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/02\/Paris_psaulter_sm-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/02\/Paris_psaulter_sm-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">The coronation of David.  Paris Psalter, Byzantine 10th century MS<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nThursday, September 11, 2025<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Samuel, chapters 1-3, 8-10, 12, 16-18 <em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2 Samuel, chapters 7, 11-12 <em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Amos <em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Isaiah, chapters 1-2, 6, 9-11 <em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/foundation-stories-gilgamesh-and-iliad-2\/'  title='Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads'>Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads<\/a><\/h4>\n <\/dt>\n<dd>\nThursday, September 18, 2025<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Chh\u00e2ndogya Upanishad<\/em> CP 17-19<\/li>\n<li><em>Bhagavad Gita<\/em>, Norton 1276-94<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/apology-and-crito-republic-1\/'  title='Confucius'>Confucius<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Scholar_by_waterfall_12th_cent-150x150.jpg\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Scholar_by_waterfall_12th_cent-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Scholar_by_waterfall_12th_cent-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scholar by waterfall Ma Yuan, c. 1200<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nThursday, September 18, 2025<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Analects, Sources of Chinese Tradition, Vol. I (hereafter SCT) 41-63 <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/republic-2\/'  title='Confucianism and Legalism'>Confucianism and Legalism<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Xunzi-150x150.jpg\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Xunzi-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Xunzi-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xunzi<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nTuesday, September 23, 2025<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Mencius<\/em>, SCT 114-129<\/li>\n<li><em>Xunzi<\/em>, SCT 165-183<\/li>\n<li><em>Han Feizi<\/em>, SCT 199-203<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/fall-break-no-classes\/'  title='Doaism and Mohism'>Doaism and Mohism<\/a><\/h4>\n <\/dt>\n<dd>\nThursday, September 25, 2025<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Mozi<\/em>, SCT 69-76, sections 16, 26, 27, 39<\/li>\n<li><em>Daodejing, <\/em>SCT 77-94, sections 1-4, 9-11, 13, 18, 19, 22, 29, 37, 38, 42, 43, 48, 56, 57, 65, 67, 70, 80, 81<\/li>\n<li><em>Zhuangzi<\/em>, SCT, 95-96, 101-107, 109-111<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/herodotus-and-thucydides\/'  title='What is real?  Philosophy before Socrates'>What is real?  Philosophy before Socrates<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Pythagoras-150x150.jpg\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Pythagoras-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Pythagoras-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pythagoras<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nTuesday, September 30, 2025<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thales, <em>Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy<\/em> 2<sup>nd<\/sup> edition (hereafter AGRP) 1-2, numbers 1-5,<\/li>\n<li>Xenophanes, AGRP 8-9, numbers 1-11<\/li>\n<li>Heraclitus, AGRP 9-13, numbers 1, 2, 10, 12, 18, 19, 21, 26, 27, 33, 34, 44, 45, 49, 50, 58, 59, 66<\/li>\n<li>Parmenides, AGRP 14-17, numbers 1, 3, 6-8<\/li>\n<\/ul><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/bhagavad-gita\/'  title='The Babylonian Exile and Biblical Wisdom Literature'>The Babylonian Exile and Biblical Wisdom Literature<\/a><\/h4>\n <\/dt>\n<dd>\nThursday, October 2, 2025<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 Kings, chapters 24-25, <em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Jeremiah, chapters 1, 19, 20, 31:31-34 <em>Bible <\/em><\/li>\n<li>Isaiah, chapters 40-45, 49-50, 52:13-53:12, <em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Ecclesiastes, <em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Psalms 22, 23, 137, <em>Bible <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Paper 2 due<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/aristotle-ethics-and-politics\/'  title='The Meaning of History'>The Meaning of History<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Acropolis-at-sunrise-150x150.jpg\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Acropolis-at-sunrise-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Acropolis-at-sunrise-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Acropolis at sunrise<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nTuesday, October 7, 2025<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Herodotus, <em>Histories<\/em>, Norton 881-87<\/li>\n<li>Thucydides, <em>History of the Peloponnesian War, <\/em>CP 20-28<\/li>\n<li>Sima Tan and Sima Qian, SCT 278-82, 370-72<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Midterm exam<\/strong><\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/aeneid\/'  title='Greek Tragedy'>Greek Tragedy<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2021\/07\/medea-on-her-golden-chariotx-150x150.jpg\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Medea &amp; her golden chariot, as depicted by Germ\u00e1n Hern\u00e1ndez Amores (around 1887 -- oil on canvas)<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nThursday, October 9, 2025<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Euripides, <em>Medea,<\/em>\u00a0 Norton 756-90<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101, HONS 2103\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/chinese-texts-confucius\/'  title='Fall Break - No Classes'>Fall Break &#8211; No Classes<\/a><\/h4>\n <\/dt>\n<dd>\nTuesday, October 14, 2025<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101, HONS 2103<br>\n -->\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><dt class=\"HONS 1101\"><h4><a href='http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/events\/luke-and-john\/'  title='Second Temple Judaism'>Second Temple Judaism<\/a><\/h4>\n <div class=\"event-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Maccabees-Iluminated-Manuscript-Leiden-Netherlands-150x150.jpg\" class=\"eme_event_image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Maccabees-Iluminated-Manuscript-Leiden-Netherlands-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/files\/2014\/06\/Maccabees-Iluminated-Manuscript-Leiden-Netherlands-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maccabees - Illuminated Manuscript, Leiden, The Netherlands<\/span><\/div>  <\/dt>\n<dd>\nThursday, October 16, 2025<br>\n<br>\n<!-- HONS 1101<br>\n -->\n<p><strong>Read before class:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ezra, chapter 1, <em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Nehemiah, chapters 1, 2, 8, 13, <em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Ruth, <em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<li>1 Maccabees, chapters 1-2, <em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2 Maccabees, chapters 6-7, <em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Daniel, chapters 7, 12 <em>Bible<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br>\n<\/dd><\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Complete <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/2014\/08\/03\/course-schedule\/\">Schedule of Classes<\/a> for HONS 1101 in Fall 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hons-1101"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2869,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/2869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}