course on CS Lewis ???

I'm looking for an undergrad course on the life or writings of cs lewis

I have googled

"c.s. Lewis" site:.edu

and gotten back way too many unrelated entries


anyone ever heard of anything like that?

 

Here's one: http://www.canyoncollege.edu/cc/theology2/syllabus/th630.htm

There are probably more. I Googled <college course c s lewis>.

 

Re: Re: course on CS Lewis ???

NOOOOOOOOOO! Canyon College is a big-time MILL! At the very least, it has highly-questionable accreditation. Stay away from this one. I'm sure there are other, legitimately accredited, options out there.

 

Re: Re: Re: course on CS Lewis ???

Yikes!

Shoulda looked before I leaped.

My apologies.

**Moderators** Please feel free to delete my post.

 

I assume you are looking for a for-credit course?

 

Try as your google search the following:

"C S Lewis" english course site:edu

You get rather more in the way of courses than valedictory pages.

Alternatively, just go for a few pints in the Bird and Baby ;-)

Angela

 

Whoa, dude . . .

Let's not turn this into a degree mill discussion, but readers should be aware that Canyon College is a notorious degree mill that has been discussed often on this board. The thought of them doing a course on Lewis (let alone any other course) is a joke.

That said, here's a thought - check out the online course listings for some of the better (meaning more intellectual) evangelical Christian colleges (such as Wheaton).

If you don't find any established courses, Lewis and his progeny make for an ideal self-designed course or independent study - yes, for which you can easily get credit. Just make sure you include (1) all three major types of Lewis's writings - children's lit, apologetics, and SciFi, and (2) you include a cross-section of secondary sources - books about Lewis, of which there is no shortage - balancing various perspectives on his work.

At the same time, if you want it to be an undergrad course, don't get into too much detail - at best, you want to do a survey course, lese you be innundated. I have multiple shelves of books by and about Lewis - one could make a career studying his work. If your plans include any graduate study, you can easily come up with another layer or two of Lewis to add.

By the way, I did a grad-level course on Lewis out in California several years ago. (As I recall, the primary requirement was to be able to balance a cigarette in one hand and a glass of sherry in the other.) In my doctoral work, I included an independent study course on Lewis, and the bibliography may be helpful to you - keeping in mind that (1) it's more comprehensive than an undergrad course, and (2) that it's somewhat dated (I did it 15 years ago). The works I used at the time were:

[In other words, don't try to do all of his writings in every one of his fields. I only used three Narnia books, for example - to do his entire body of literature (for anything other than a doctoral dissertatation) would be masochistic.]

I've since read many more works by and about Lewis - remember, these can also be valuable outside the context of a formal course.

Now pardon moi, I must get a cigarette and a glass of sherry.
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Just a thought . . . Isn't it intriguing how evangelicals love Lewis, despite the fact that so many photographs show him smoking?

 

There was such an animal, you might check to see if it's being offered again...

http://personal.bgsu.edu/~edwards/lewiscourse.html

It's not for credit but this looks interesting and it's cheap...

http://www.teach12.com/ttc/assets/coursedescriptions/297.asp?pc=Search

 

Wow . . . Okay, I am now going to break one of my cardinal rules (not to go off topic in a thread) . . .

I could not help but notice in the course description for what might otherwise be an interesting encounter with Lewis's work:

This kind of crap, I have to admit, is the reason that I'm turned off to online courses, let alone any type of "rote" course.

These questions remind me of the kind of B.S. we used to see in the courses of some Bible colleges (yes, even legitimately accredited ones) on the level of, "According to John 3:16, what is the nature of Jesus?" (Okay, kiddies, for those of you who are mentally numb, the obvious answer is God's only begotten Son.)

Courses like this indoctrinate (including the Lewis course). They may pass on information, but they do not teach students how to think. They foster nothing more than regurgitation.

The beauty of the early years of what used to be called "alternative education" or "nontraditional education" is that they did the opposite - they encouraged critical thinking. And some of them still do - the ones that don't ask questions by rote, don't require multiple-choice quizzes or exams, and don't treat students like they're still in high school.

All too often as I examine programs - even graduate-level programs such as the otherwise excellent MLS at Fort Hayes - I see questions and assignments that border on the inane, a mere continuation of the methodologies that are used in high school.

Is anyone else bugged by this kind of merde as much as I am?

(End of gripe session.)

 

I understand your complaint, but I think the reason for the questions are to make sure the students can't come up with any excuses.


"Can I have an extra week to study? I didn't know the midterm was next week."


"I already book xxx on Lewis, so I used it instead of the class book. Is that ok?"


I didn't know what we had to qoute other authors's works in our papers."


The instructor wants to have the students put in writing and have proof that they understand what's required in the course.

 

C'mon Steve, don't try to dress it up by using fancy foreign phrases. It's just shit.

I wonder though, is it just another aspect of the dumbing down of American education or is it a special brand related to DL schools that rely heavily on part-time adjuncts who are (like you and me) just trying to work a full-time job, spend some time with their families, finish that dry-wall project in the basement, rake the leaves, clean the gutters, do the laundry and . . . oh yeah, I guess I should grade those multiple choice exams for that course I'm teaching.

I'm not saying it's OK, I'm just using my imagination.
Jack

 

C.S. Lewis on Moral Education

The current issue of Hilldale College's Imprimis has an article regarding C. S. Lewis.

http://www.hillsdale.edu/imprimis/