Elective Courses by Area

The Jefferson Scholars Program pulls from departments and centers throughout the university to bring together, under one certificate program, classic texts and foundational works from every field of intellectual endeavor. The following courses qualify as electives for the CTI certificate. 

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Full List of Electives by Area- Fall 2026

 

STEM

• CTI       365       CLASSICS OF SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT (fulfills Core and COLA Social and Behavioral Science)
• CTI       370       HUMANITY AND TECHNOLOGY
• CTI       371       EINSTEIN IN THE AGE OF CONFLICT 
• CTI       371D    DARWIN ON ORIGIN OF SPECIES
• CTI       371M    HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
• CTI       371N     NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA
• CTI       371S      SCIENCE AND RELIGION TO NEWTON
• CTI       371T      SCIENCE AND RELIGION FROM NEWTON TO THE PRESENT     
• CTI       372        DARWIN AND THE POLITICS OF EVOLUTION
• CTI       373        GREAT WORKS IN MEDICINE
• CTI       375        HUMANITY AND TECHNOLOGY
• HIS      322D    THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION OF THE 17TH CENTURY 
• HIS      322M   HISTORY OF MODERN SCIENCE (fulfills CEHET)
• HIS      322R     BIO, BEHAVIOR, AND INJUSTICE

 

Literature

• ANS     340U     DEVOTIONAL LITERATURE OF INDIA
• ANS     379       CUL MEMORY/CLASSIC CHINESE NOV
• CTI       324        POLITICS AND LITERATURE
• CTI       340         ANCIENT EPIC
• CTI       344D      DANTE 
• CTI       345L      LEADERSHIP: KING ARTHUR TO QUEEN ELIZABETH 
• CTI       346        THE MAJOR WORKS OF DOSTOEVSKY 
• CTI       348        WAR AND REVOLUTION IN RUSSIAN LIT AND CULTURE 
• CTI       350        MASTERWORKS OF WORLD DRAMA (fulfills VAPA, CEHET)
• E          320L      MAJ WRTRS: RESTORATN/18TH CEN
• E          321        SHAKESPEARE
• E          321P      SHAKESPEARE THROUGH PERFORMANCE (fulfills VAPA,
• FR        326K     INTRO FR LIT I MID AGES-18TH C (fulfills CEHET)
• FR        326L     INTRO FR LIT II FR REV-PRESENT (fulfills CEHET)
• GK       324       EURIPIDES
• GK       324       SOPHOCLES (fulfills CEHET)
• E          363        MILTON 
• E          363K     CLASSIC TO ROMANTIC
• E          358J       THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE 
• E          678SA   SHAKESPEARE AT WINEDALE
• ITL       321        INTRO TO ITALIAN LITERATURE (fulfills CEHET)

 

Philosophy

• ANS     320F     CLASSICAL CHINESE PHILOSOPHY
• CTI       310      INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
• CTI       338         THE QUESTION OF RELATIVISM
• CTI       351        THE IDEA OF THE BEAUTIFUL (fulfills VAPA, CEHET)
• PHL     301L     EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY (fulfills CEHET)
• PHL     322K     HISTORY OF ETHICS 
• PHL     329K     HIST OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY (fulfills CEHET)
• PHL     329L     EARLY MODRN PHL DESCARTES-KANT (fulfills CEHET)
• PHL     329P     KANTS CRITIQUE PURE REASON
• PHL     361K     PHILOSOPHY IN LITERATURE (fulfills CEHET)
• PHL     366K     EXISTENTIALISM (fulfills CEHET)
• PHL     610QA  PROBS OF KNOWLEDGE & VALUATION

 

Western Civ

• ARH     327N     ART/POLITICS IMPERIAL ROME (fulfills VAPA)
• CTI       307E    WESTERN CIVILIZATION IN MEDIEVAL TIMES
• CTI       307M   WESTERN CIVILIZATION IN MODERN TIMES
• CTI       321       THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN POLITICS
• CTI       321F      SPINOZA AND MODERNITY
• CTI       322        CRITICS OF MODERN LIBERALISM
• CTI       323        MIGHT AND RIGHT AMONG NATIONS
• CTI       330M     MACHIAVELLI: POLITICS AND CULTURE
• CTI       331        ORIGINS OF LIBERALISM
• CTI       333         ROUSSEAU AND HIS LEGACY        
• CTI       344D      DANTE 
• CTI       345L      LEADERSHIP: KING ARTHUR TO QUEEN ELIZABETH 
• CTI       350        MASTERWORKS OF WORLD DRAMA (fulfills VAPA, CEHET)
• CTI       351        THE IDEA OF THE BEAUTIFUL (fulfills VAPA, CEHET)
• LAH     350       RHETORIC OF GREAT SPEECHES
• CTI       363        THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON
• CTI       365       CLASSICS OF SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT (fulfills Core and COLA Social and Behavioral Science)
• CTI      335M      MARX AND MARXIST THEORY
• E          321        SHAKESPEARE
• E          363        MILTON 
• HIS      322M   HISTORY OF MODERN SCIENCE (fulfills CEHET)
• HIS      343       THE AGE OF REFORMATION
• HIS      343G    ITAL RENAISSANCE, 1350-1550 (fulfills CEHET)
• GOV    355M    CITIZENSHIP AND PATRIOTISM
• GOV    379G     JERUSALEM AND ATHENS

 

Beyond Western Civ: Global Great Books

• ANS     320E     MYTH, LEGEND, AND FOLKLORE IN CHINA
• ANS     320F     CLASSICAL CHINESE PHILOSOPHY
• ANS     320J      THE BHAGAVAD GITA: INT AND ETH
• ANS     340U     DEVOTIONAL LITERATURE OF INDIA
• ANS     379       CUL MEMORY/CLASSIC CHINESE NOV
• CTI       306D    HISTORY OF THE RELIGIONS OF ASIA
• CTI       343       LOVE IN THE EAST AND WEST 
• CTI       344       EPICS AND HEROES OF INDIA 
• CTI       357       ISLAMIC THEOLOGY
• MES     342       MAJOR ISLAMIC TEXTS (fulfills CEHET)
• MES     342       SHOCK OF MODERNITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST 
• MES     342      THE ARABIAN NIGHTS (fulfills CEHET)
• R S       321       HIST OF HINDU RELIG TRADITN (fulfills CEHET) 

 

Political Philosophy

• CTI       303       COMPETING VISIONS OF THE GOOD LIFE
• CTI       320       THE CLASSICAL QUEST FOR JUSTICE
• CTI       321       THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN POLITICS
• CTI       321F      SPINOZA AND MODERNITY
• CTI       322        CRITICS OF MODERN LIBERALISM
• CTI       323        MIGHT AND RIGHT AMONG NATIONS
• CTI       324        POLITICS AND LITERATURE
• CTI       325        MORALITY AND POLITICS
• CTI       330M     MACHIAVELLI: POLITICS AND CULTURE
• CTI       331        ORIGINS OF LIBERALISM
• CTI       333         ROUSSEAU AND HIS LEGACY
• CTI       335M      MARX AND MARXIST THEORY
• CTI       338         THE QUESTION OF RELATIVISM
• CTI       341         MORAL AGENCY IN GREEK TRAGEDY 
• CTI       351        THE IDEA OF THE BEAUTIFUL (fulfills VAPA, CEHET)
• GOV    335D    NATURAL LAW THEORY
• GOV    335M    LIBERTY/EMPIRE: MACHIAVELLI
• GOV    335M    TOCQUEVILLE'S DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA
• GOV    335R     INTEL WORLD AMER FOUNDERS
• GOV    351F     VISIONS OF EMANCIPATION
• GOV    355M    CITIZENSHIP AND PATRIOTISM

 

Religion

• ANS     320J      THE BHAGAVAD GITA: INT AND ETH
• CTI       305G    INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT
• CTI       305N    INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
• CTI       306D    HISTORY OF THE RELIGIONS OF ASIA
• CTI       310      INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
• CTI       335C      HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY
• CTI       354L      LAW AND JUSTICE IN THE BIBLE
• CTI       355R      THE AGE OF REFORMATION
• CTI       357        ISLAMIC THEOLOGY
• CTI       371S      SCIENCE AND RELIGION TO NEWTON
• CTI       371T  SCIENCE AND RELIGION FROM NEWTON TO THE PRESENT
• GOV    379G     JERUSALEM AND ATHENS
• HIS      364E    THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS (fulfills CEHET)
• LAT     323       CHRISTIAN MARTYRS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
• MES     342      BIBLICAL PROPHECY
• MES     342       MAJOR ISLAMIC TEXTS (fulfills CEHET)
• R S       304       JUDAISM/CHRIST/ISLAM-AN INTRO (fulfills CEHET)
• R S       306D    ROOTS RELIGIOUS TOLERATION
• R S       321       HIST OF HINDU RELIG TRADITN (fulfills CEHET) 

 

The Ancient World: Greece and Rome

• CTI       320       THE CLASSICAL QUEST FOR JUSTICE
• CTI       327D     THE HISTORY OF ROME: THE REPUBLIC
• CTI       329         THE ANCIENT HISTORIANS
• CTI       340         ANCIENT EPIC
• CTI       341         MORAL AGENCY IN GREEK TRAGEDY 
• GK       324       EURIPIDES
• GK       324       SOPHOCLES
• GK       324     XENOPHON
• GK 65               ARISTOTLE
• GK       365       PLATO'S SYMPOSIUM
• LAT     323       CICERO AND CATULLUS
• LAT     323       CHRISTIAN MARTYRS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
• PHL     329K     HIST OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY (fulfills CEHET)
• RHE     330D    CICERO, RHET & ANCIENT ROME (fulfills CEHET)

 

American Political History and Constitutional Development

• AFR     351N      BLACK POLITICAL THOUGHT
• CTI       326C      CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION
• CTI       326J       AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT
• CTI       326L      CIVIL LIBERTIES
• CTI       326R     REGIME PERSPECTIVES ON AMERICAN POLITICS
• CTI       326S      STRUCTURE OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES 
• GOV    312P     CONSTITUTNL PRINS: CORE TEXTS ((fulfills Core Gov)
• GOV    335M    TOCQUEVILLE'S DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA
• GOV    335R     INTEL WORLD AMER FOUNDERS
• GOV    379C     REGIME PERSP ON AMER POLITICS
• HIS      317L     THE ERA OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (fulfills Core history)
• HIS      334L     AMER REV/FND OF US, 1763-1800 (fulfills Core history)
• HIS      345J      THE COMING OF THE CIVIL WAR 1829-1861 (fulfills Core History, carries CD flag)
• HIS      350R    DEBATING THE AMER REVOLUTION (fulfills Core history)
• HIS      355S     US CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY (fulfills Core history)
• HIS      356S     AMER PRES 1789 TO PRESENT (fulfills Core history)