Courses of Study - William Jewell College

OXQ 165, 265, 465. The Enlightenment.
4 (2) cr. hrs.
Tutor: Elaine Reynolds, Professor of History
This course surveys the main figures, ideas, and
developments in early modern Europe that are
collectively known as the Enlightenment. The
period stretches from the mid-seventeenth century
up to the world of the French Revolution and
the early nineteenth century. Topics include the
growth of development of rationalism and
empiricism; the connection between science and
the Enlightenment, the development of liberalism
in politics and economics, the cultural life of
eighteenth-century intellectuals, and the scholarly
debates that continue to today about the
Enlightenment and its legacy. Some of the major
figures studied include John Locke, Voltaire,
Montesquieu, David Hume, J.J. Rousseau, Adam
Smith, and Immanuel Kant.
OXQ 495. History of Ideas Synthesis. 8 (4) cr. hrs.
Tutor: Elizabeth Sperry, Associate Professor of Philosophy
This tutorial will provide students with the
opportunity to study dominant trends in
feminism and postmodernism, to review and synthesize
what they have learned in earlier tutorials
concerning classical western answers to the fundamental
questions on which the History of Ideas
major is based, and to consider from a new perspective
the conceptual frameworks that have
made possible those classical answers.
Tutorials for the Oxbridge
Major in Institutions
and Policy
Michael Cook, Boatwright Professor of Economics,
Coordinator of the major
OXI 111, 211, 411. Moral Theory. 4 (2) cr. hrs.
Tutor: Randall Morris, Professor of Philosophy
An examination of the enduring concepts and
principles of moral philosophy and an application
of them to arriving at reasonable judgments
concerning timely moral issues. An intensive
reading of, and preparing essays on, the classical
and contemporary works that are well established
as the most valuable for articulating moral issues
and for evaluating the arguments in support of
positions on them. A probing study of, and the
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development of moral positions on, the most
timely moral issues.
OXI 112, 212, 412. Moral Issues. 4 (2) cr. hrs.
Tutor: Randall Morris, Professor of Philosophy
An examination of the enduring concepts and
principles of moral philosophy and an application
of them to arriving at reasonable judgments
concerning timely moral issues. An intensive
reading of, and preparing essays on, the classical
and contemporary works that are well established
as the most valuable for articulating moral issues
and for evaluating the arguments in support of
positions on them. A probing study of, and the
development of moral positions on, the most
timely moral issues.
OXI 121, 221, 421. Classical Political
Economy. 4 (2) cr. hrs.
Tutor: Michael Cook, Boatwright Professor of Economics
The tutorial examines concepts developed by
important classical economic writers.
OXI 122, 222, 422. Modern Economic
Thought. 4 (2) cr. hrs.
Tutor: Michael Cook, Boatwright Professor of Economics
The tutorial examines concepts developed by
important modern economic writers.
OXI 423. Modern Macroeconomic Thought. 4
(2) cr. hrs.
Tutor: Michael Cook, Boatwright Professor of Economics
Students will write essays on seven major schools
of macroeconomic thought. They will
begin by studying classical theory and Keynesian
theory because these theories are the foundations
from which more recent schools derive. Students
will examine some attempts to integrate these
two theories as well as schools that more fully
develop each of these theories.
OXI 424. Modern Microeconomic Thought:
Theory of the Firm 4 (2) cr. hrs.
Tutor: Staff
This tutorial is focused on the behavior of individual
economic entities including the consumer,
entrepreneur, firm, and industry. The focus is
with such economic properties/considerations as
efficiency, innovation, competition, profit-maximization,
and fairness. Prerequisite: Senior status
in the Oxbridge Institutions and Policy major.
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