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Shimer Great Books School (pronounced / ˈ ʃ aɪ m ər / ⓘ SHY-mər) is a Great Books college that is part of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. Prior to 2017, Shimer was an independent, accredited college on the south side of Chicago, originally founded in 1853.
Shimer is a program that offers a classical liberal arts education based on the Socratic Method and original sources. Students can choose from four majors: humanities, natural sciences, social sciences and liberal studies.
Shimer Great Books School at North Central College accepts home-school diplomas and transfer applications in addition to freshman applications, international student applications and veteran applications. The Shimer Great Books School also offers its own four-year tuition scholarship.
Choose a Bachelor of Arts in the Humanities through the Shimer Great Books School and study intersections of philosophy, literature, theology, and the arts.
18 de ago. de 2021 · Founded in 1853, and a Great Books school since 1950 (it was affiliated with the University of Chicago from 1896 to 1958), Shimer persisted as a fiercely independent liberal arts college,...
The Shimer Great Books School Core Program is a curriculum sequence of 16 required courses in humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and interdisciplinary studies. "Basic Studies" courses are generally taken during the first two years, and "Advanced Studies" during the final two years.
2 de fev. de 2024 · Shimer Great Books School provides and preserves education centered on discussion of enduring questions and issues. Historically influential original sources are studied through Socratic questioning in small seminar classes, following the kind of Great Books curriculum advocated by Robert Maynard Hutchins.
