Manresa Program Course Offerings

Fordham College at Rose Hill Students Manresa Course Offerings

The following Manresa courses are offered to Fordham College at Rose Hill students and will be one of five courses you take in the fall semester.

Each course fulfills the Eloquentia Perfecta 1 Core Requirement and one or more specific FCRH first-year core requirements.

 

  • Professor Stephen Grimm

    PHIL 1000-R32, Monday & Thursday 10:00-11:15

    This course is a philosophical reflection on the central metaphysical and epistemological questions surrounding human nature, which includes discussion of some or all of the following problems: the body/soul distinction and the mind/body problem; the problem of knowledge (relativism, skepticism, the objectivity of knowledge, faith, and reason); free will and determinism; self and society (subjectivity, personhood, sociality, historicity, and tradition); and the elements of identity (such as race, gender, sexuality, ability, and socioeconomic status). At least 60% of each section of the course is devoted to readings from Plato, Aristotle, Augustine or Aquinas, and Descartes. Each section includes some writings by at least one contemporary figure and one figure coming from a group traditionally underrepresented in philosophy.

    This course satisfies the Philosophy of Human Nature and Eloquentia Perfecta 1 Core requirements.

  • Professor Thomas J. Scirghi, S.J.

    THEO 1010-R01, Tuesday & Friday 11:30am-12:45pm

    Many writers 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 themselves. This seminar will explore the search of several of these writers through their autobiographies. Much of our discussion concerns contemporary authors, i.e., from the twentieth century to the present.

    This course satisfies the Faith and Critical Reason and Eloquentia Perfecta 1 Core requirements.

  • Professor Rachel Annunziato

    PSYC 1004-R01, Monday & Thursday 8:30am - 9:45am

    The overall goal of the course is to provide a comprehensive perspective on how psychology can augment the understanding and treatment of significant public health problems. In addition, this course will prepare students for future coursework or participation in behavioral health research.

    This course satisfies the Social Social, American Pluralism and Eloquentia Perfecta 1 Core requirements.

  • Professor Boris Heersink

    POSC 1100-R06, Monday & Thursday 10:00am-11:15am

    The course ntroduces students to major approaches to the study of politics. Discusses such key concepts as power, democracy, and justice, analyzes a variety of political actors, including political parties, interest groups, and voters, and examines the functioning of different political institutions in comparative perspective.

    This course satisfies the Social Science and Eloquentia Perfecta 1 Core requirements.

Gabelli School of Business Students Manresa Course Offerings

The following are course choices open only to incoming Manresa students in the Gabelli School of Business.

For Gabelli School of Business students, each of these Manresa courses fulfills one of the Gabelli liberal arts or business core requirements.

  • Professor Michael McSherry

    This introduction to business course challenges students to learn about the environment within which business operates and the various disciplines and key concepts involved. Students are encouraged to study and appreciate how such ingredients are integrated to produce an overall effective organization, as well as become aware of political, social, and environmental forces that change business practices, perceptions, and evolving career tracks.

    This course satisfies a Gabelli Business Core requirement.

  • Professor Stephen Grimm

    PHIL 1000-R32, Monday & Thursday 10:00-11:15

    This course is a philosophical reflection on the central metaphysical and epistemological questions surrounding human nature, which includes discussion of some or all of the following problems: the body/soul distinction and the mind/body problem; the problem of knowledge (relativism, skepticism, the objectivity of knowledge, faith, and reason); free will and determinism; self and society (subjectivity, personhood, sociality, historicity, and tradition); and the elements of identity (such as race, gender, sexuality, ability, and socioeconomic status). At least 60% of each section of the course is devoted to readings from Plato, Aristotle, Augustine or Aquinas, and Descartes. Each section includes some writings by at least one contemporary figure and one figure coming from a group traditionally underrepresented in philosophy.

    This course satisfies the Philosophy of Human Nature and Eloquentia Perfecta 1 Core requirements.

  • Professor Thomas J. Scirghi, S.J.

    THEO 1010-R01, Tuesday & Friday 11:30am-12:45pm

    Many writers 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 themselves. This seminar will explore the search of several of these writers through their autobiographies. Much of our discussion concerns contemporary authors, i.e., from the twentieth century to the present.

    This course satisfies the Faith and Critical Reason and Eloquentia Perfecta 1 Core requirements.