Humanities
Major works of literature, philosophy, history, and the arts — from journeys through art and fiction to music, verse, and drama.
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Curriculum
Every Shimer course is a small seminar built around primary sources — the works that have shaped how we understand ourselves and our world. The course titles below are the enduring questions themselves, studied across the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences.
Natural Sciences
Through original texts and experiments, students ask what matter, light, and life really are.
Social Sciences
Political and social thought — authority and freedom, power and statecraft, revolutions — across time and tradition.