HBU Academy North Houston Satellite
Great Books Courses - Spring 2013

HBU Academy
North Houston Satellite
SPRING 2013
Interest Survey

Extraordinary Education is currently planning to offer TWO HBU Academy Great Books/Classics Courses for the Spring 2013 semester. We are trying to gauge interest in this type of program in the north Houston area. Please complete our online survey to let us know which classes you would like to see offered. Your feedback on our survey will help us select the specific courses to be offered for the Spring 2013 semester as well as help us determine interest in this type of program.

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Spring 2013 classes are planned for the following time frames but may be flexible depending on interest:
Tues/Thurs 1:00-3:00pm
Tues/Thurs 3:15-5:15pm

Please let us know which classes are of interest to you.
TAKE THE SURVEY NOW!

Academy courses can be attempted by any interested 7th-12th grade student. No testing is required. (COMPASS, etc.) Students must maintain a "C" average to remain in the class and must earn a "C+" in order to earn college credit for the course.

HBU ACADEMY CLASSICS SERIES

The Academy Classics Series courses are designed to be completed in one semester. Each class is designed to immerse the student in an essential era or theme in western history, literature, philosophy and culture through reading of the original texts that shaped the world. Classes meet two days per week for 2 hours per day.

The completion of TWO Classics Series classes will earn the student THREE HOURS of COLLEGE CREDIT at Houston Baptist University, which can be used to cover the required Great Works 1 course, or an equivalent elective. The credit is also transferable to other universities and colleges.
Students also earn DUAL HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT for these courses. Students will earn ONE HALF CREDIT in English and ONE HALF CREDIT in History for each semester-long course. Completion of TWO semesters earns ONE CREDIT of English and ONE CREDIT of History.

The course cost for these classes is $475 for the Spring 2013 semester and includes college credit paperwork.
Fees can also be paid monthly at $100/month due 12/15, 1/15, 2/15, 3/15 and 4/15.
Books are not included and must be acquired by the parent. Most books can be borrowed through your local library.

WARRIORS, HEROES, AND SAGAS

The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Iliad
Beowolf
Selections from Volsunga Saga
Song of Roland
Sir Gaiwan and the Green Knight
Selections from The Fairie Queen
Shakespeare's Othello, Henry V
Dickens' The Tale of Two Cities
Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Superman for All Seasons, Superman: Peace on Earth, Batman: War on Crime

ROMANCE, ADVENTURE, AND CHIVALRY

Dante's La Vita Nueva
Selections from Malory's Morte D'Arthur
Selections from Tennyson's Idles of the King
Selections from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe
Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Selected Sonnets
Selections from Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility
Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

PLAYWRIGHTS, ACTORS, AND THE THEATER: FROM PAGE TO STAGE

Aeschylus' The Oresteia
Aristophones The Clouds, The Frogs
Euripides' The Bacchae
Everyman
Shakepeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream, Richard III, A Winter's Tale, Hamlet
Leandro Fernandez The Maiden's Consent
Johann Wolgang von Goethe's Faust
Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest
Students will also put on a small production of their choice of one of the texts in lieu of the essay requirement.

POLITICS, SCIENCE, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN MIND

Selections from Pythagoras, Proofs 1-10 of Euclid's Elements
Selections from Sir Isaac Newton and Godfrey Leibniz
Selections from Renee Pascal's Pensees
Rene Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy
Selections from Jean Jacques Rousseau
Selections from The Federalist Papers
The Declaration of Independence
Edmund Burke Selected Speeches and Reflections on the Revolution in France
Selections from Frederick Douglas
Selections from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Soren Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling
Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil
Karl Marx's Manifesto of the Communist Party

Please see our website for more information about the HBU Academy North Houston Satellite.

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