The Reading List

The Honors College reading list is composed of a number of great works from the history of Western civilization and is decided on by consensus of the Honors College faculty. In addition to the study of the written word, Honors College students study a number of great works of music and visual art.

• Walking to Piraeus: The Ancient Greek World

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• All Roads Lead to Rome: The Ancient Roman & Early Christian Worlds

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Faith, Reason, & Romance: The Medieval & Renaissance Worlds

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Enlightenment & Modernity: 1600–1800

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• The Last Two Hundred Years: 1800 to the Present

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Honors Laboratory

  

  

• The Story of Scripture: The Biblical Narrative from Genesis to Revelation