What is the Clement Course curriculum?
The academic program consists of 110 hours of instruction in the humanities. There are 11 two-hour class meetings for each of the sections, and classes meet two evenings a week from October through May. The humanities curriculum is divided into four humanistic disciplines: moral philosophy, literature, art history, and U.S. history. Instruction in critical thinking and writing is also offered and is intended not only to enhance students’ powers of expression but also to support them in their assignments in the four humanities disciplines. Although there are no standardized syllabi, there is a requirement that a number of recognized masterpieces in each discipline be covered, with differences in emphasis allowed for by the interests of individual instructors. Although the emphasis is on the great works in the Western tradition, there is plenty of room to represent the voices and approaches of other traditions as well. With the exception of supplemental texts in art history and U.S.
