The ability to research ideas and present them well benefits students beyond their school days into adulthood. These skills are introduced and reinforced in Introduction to Rhetoric, also known as […]
In Introduction to Logic, students learn the essential characteristics and rules of reasoning well. Over the school year, they study the key elements of classical logic, a pillar of Western […]
Students in TGC 1 engage the Great Conversation at its beginning by learning some of the earliest and most beautiful stories ever written. They cultivate the skill of close and […]
Students in TGC 2 engage the Great Conversation as it unfolded during the Middle Ages through a study of some of the most influential works of the medieval times as […]
In TGC 3, students engage the Great Conversation by studying some of the most influential writings and events that shaped the modern world, beginning with the Protestant Reformation. Students continue […]
This course is designed for students who begin The Great Conversation courses in ninth or tenth grade and can benefit from a survey of ancient works before moving on to […]
In Honors Logic, students develop the habits of orderly, God-centered thinking. As they cover the essential concepts and principles of classical logic, students continue to master the science and art […]
This college-level course surveys the history of painting, sculpture and architecture from the cave paintings of Lascaux to the splatterings of Jackson Pollock. Students gain a Christian understanding of the […]
TGC 4 takes students deeper into the works of many of the same authors covered in TGC 1. Taught alongside several books of the Bible, the primary source writings challenge […]
As in TGC 2, students in TGC 5 engage the Great Conversation as it unfolded during the Middle Ages but through a deeper study of some of the most influential […]
TGC 6 challenges upper level School of Rhetoric students to discuss how the people, ideas and books from the Modern Era have brought us to our present day. Using various […]
Rhetoric I introduces students to the concepts and practical principles of the ancient art of rhetoric, the third part of the classical Trivium. Drawn largely from Aristotle’s Rhetoric and Quintilian’s […]
Rhetoric 2/Senior Thesis is designed to be a capstone experience for Wilson Hill seniors. The course represents the culmination of the student’s training in the arts of grammar, dialectic and […]
This is a new course being developed for school year 2027-28. Details will be published soon. Homework Habits: 3-4 hours/week Book List coming soon. Suggested Grade Level: 11–12 (10th graders […]
People throughout all time have wrestled with the tough questions of life: How can a good God exist while evil ravages the world? What does Christianity have to do with […]
This course is designed to give students a thorough introduction to the worldviews that have shaped modern (and postmodern) man as reflected in several major literary works of the 20th […]
Note: This course may be revamped slightly in light of changes for 2025-26 in the Logic & Composition sequences. See the Recommended Course of Study for details. This is a […]
This Rhetoric 2 Readiness Self-Paced course introduces students to the central concepts and practical principles of the ancient art of rhetoric which will be necessary for advancing on to Rhetoric 2/Senior Thesis. This course […]