The Manresa Program in Martyrs’ Court Jogues
The newly renovated Martyrs’ Court Jogues Residential College is the new home of the Manresa Scholars Program, which began in the fall of 2011. The residence hall houses classroom space equipped with Smart technology, a kitchen, study nooks, and a small chapel.
You and approximately 150 of your fellow first-year students are invited to participate in this unique place on campus, where the lines between what is learned inside the classroom and what is learned outside disappear. Students, staff and faculty share the common project of deciding how the members of the Martyrs’ Court Jogues Residential College and the Manresa Program spend the coming year living and learning together and work collaboratively to make this project a success.
When considering where you will live in your first year at Fordham…IMAGINE
Walking down the hall from your room to a dynamic seminar with a professor from Fordham’s internationally renowned faculty.
Collaborating with other students, staff and faculty to design social, service and educational activities and events.
Exploring the world’s greatest city with faculty and staff members as your guides.
Attending seminars, study sessions and even film viewings in lounges equipped with the latest multimedia technology.
Meeting with mentors and advisors from Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and Campus Ministry, doors away from where you live.
Students choosing to live in Martyrs’ Court Jogues also choose to be Manresa Scholars, and are enrolled in a seminar taught by one of Fordham’s internationally-recognized teacher-scholars who also serve as the student’s academic advisor. In these small classes, Manresa Scholars get to know their professor-advisors and fellow students, dig deeper into the subjects under study, explore questions about the value and meaning of liberal arts education in the Jesuit tradition and integrate in-class learning with extracurricular activities that take advantage of Fordham’s location in New York City.
Manresea Program Seminar Selections Academic Year 2013 - 2014
1. Abnormal Psychology in Contemporary Culture
2. The Power of News: An Introduction to Press, Politics and Public Policy
3. Texts and Contexts: Spanish Colonialism Through Film
4. Discrete Structures, Computer Science and Transformative Technologies
5. The Lost Interlocutor: Philosophy of Human Nature
6. Restless Hearts: The Search for God
7. The Enlightenment and Its Critics
8. Gabelli School of Business Course Choice
9. Manresa Course Option, Spring 2014
Manresea Program Course Descriptions Academic Year 2013 - 2014
1. Abnormal Psychology in Contemporary Culture
Professor Peggy Andover
Students learn about the prevalence, course, causes, and treatments of psychiatric disorders. In addition, this course investigates the accuracy of representations of mental illness in books, movies, and art, including how these representations inform our understanding of and attitudes toward mental illness. (satisfies social science core)
2. The Power of News: An Introduction to Press, Politics and Public Policy
Professor Beth Knobel
This course examines the interaction between politicians and the media that cover them, focusing mostly on the “broadcast age.” Some of the most important press-politics episodes in modern American politics are investigated, including McCarthyism, Civil Rights movement, Vietnam War, Watergate, Iran Hostage Crisis, and the first Gulf War. (satisfies social science core)
3. Texts and Contexts: Spanish Colonialism Through Film
Professor Sarah Lehman
Study of foreign and U.S. cinematographic representations of Spanish imperialism and conquest, accompanied by readings of pertinent fragments of Colonial chronicles in translation. Films may include modern, silent, and operatic genres. (satisfies ENGL 2000 core)
4. Discrete Structures, Computer Science and Transformative Technologies
Professor Christine Papadakis-Kanaris
This course surveys basic materials in discrete structure and algorithms used in computing science, information technology, and telecommunications. Topics include: sets, permutation/combinations, functions/relations/graphs, sum/limit/partition, logic and induction, recursion/recurrence relation, systems of equations and matrices, and database structure and analysis. Practical examples of applications and programming are demonstrated. (satisfies mathematical reasoning core)
5. The Lost Interlocutor: Philosophy of Human Nature
Professor Robert Parmach
This course examines the philosophical views of pre-Socratic thinkers, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, and Descartes. Inorder to make sense of our human nature and give purpose to our lives, the course stirs fundamental questions needing systematic and insightful analysis. (satisfies PHIL 1000 core)
6. Restless Hearts: The Search for God
Professor Thomas Scirghi, S.J.
Many writers throughout history have described their personal quest for the transcendent. Writers -- both classical and popular, believers and atheists, some reverent, some vulgar -- describe this quest as a matter of first losing and then finding oneself. This seminar explores the search of these writers through their autobiographies. (satisfies THEO 1000 core)
7.The Enlightenment and its Critics
Professor Nicholas Tampio
This course considers how the lessons of the eighteenth-century European Enlightenment may help stop the religious warfare of our time. Authors examined include: Immanuel Kant, JohnLocke, Mary Wollstonecraft, Tariq Ramadan, and Fatima Mernissi. (satisfies social science core)
Gabelli School of Business
Course Choice
Ground Floor*
A course giving new Gabelli students an introduction to business and the business disciplines. Students will develop skills and gain exposure to experiences leading them to success as they continue to pursue their studies.
*All Gabelli School of Business first-year students participating in the Manresa Program must take this course.
Manresa Course Option, Spring 2014
Optional 1-Credit Manresa Symposium
Continuing from the fall semester, this spring one-credit (pass/fail) Manresa Symposium studies the relationship between the academic study and lived experiences of Jesuit education and social justice. Students supplement intellectual discussions with service related initiatives and programs through the participation of our Manresa faculty, Jesuit-in-residence house master, residential life staff, and Office of University Mission and Ministry and its Dorothy Day Center for Service and Justice. Both on and off-campus, this interactive symposium stresses dialogue, reflection, and action in the Jesuit educational tradition. All readings, materials, and services will be provided at no additional charge to students.
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