HUM 6344 Quadrivium
In this course, students read classic works in each of the four mathematical arts known as the quadrivium—arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy—and discover the foundational role that these arts have in a liberal education. Among the great works studied are Plato’s Timaeus, Euclid’s Elements, Boethius’s On Music, and Kepler’s Astronomia Nova. Special emphasis is placed upon the division and methods of the sciences and upon the unity and integrity of all knowledge.