There will be two courses offered concurrently as a part of the Summer Scholars Curriculum. Students are able to choose one of the two courses.
Course I: American Revolutions
Dates: June 22rd to July 5th, 2025
Total Credits: 3
Application Deadline: May 31, 2025
Application Coming Soon!
It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work...that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that, government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
— Gettysburg Address , November 19, 1863
In this course, professors from the Templeton Honors College will help students grapple with the history of America as the continuing struggle to complete the “unfinished” work of the American Revolution. That work was rooted in the idea that “all men are created equal” and are granted certain unalienable rights by God their Creator that should be acknowledged and honored by the government. Capitalizing on its unique location just outside Philadelphia, the first capital of the United States, the course will examine three “revolutions” in American history: the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and the Civil Rights movement. These three revolutions represent the ongoing work of the United States to live up to its founding ideals of freedom, dignity, and equality for all people.
The course will include readings in primary sources, seminar discussions, and visits to places where these revolutions occurred, including Valley Forge National Park, Independence Hall, Carpenter’s Hall, the Liberty Bell, the Museum of the American Revolution, and the Gettysburg Battlefield and Cemetery. Students will stay on the campus of Eastern University, St. Davids, PA, home of the Templeton Honors College.
Faculty for Course I
Course II: Divorcing the Devil: The Moral Vision of C.S. Lewis
Dates: June 22nd to July 5th, 2025
Total Credits: 3
Application Deadline: May 31, 2025
Application Coming Soon!
More information coming soon!
Faculty for Course II
Past Courses
- The Examined Life: Knowledge, Wisdom, Virtue, Calling (Western Civilization)
- Coding with the Ancients (Python Coding/Technology Ethics)
- Citizenship: On Earth as it is in Heaven? (Western Civilization)
- Divorcing the Devil: The Moral Vision of C.S. Lewis (Theology/Literature)
To find out more about Summer Scholars Program, reach out to our Officer of Recruitment, Ellen Francis.