Christ Can Classical Academy
School of Rhetoric Course Description
Omnibus II - Church Fathers through the Reformation
This course meets for 32 weeks on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Friday
or Tuesdays and Thursdays
Cost $575 per semester (MWF) or $450 per semester (TTH)
High School credit: 1 for History, 1 for English, and ½ for Theology
REH901: First Semester
REH902: Second Semester
Omnibus is an Honors History, English, and Theology course. Students who complete
this course will receive 2 ½ credits: one in Medieval History I, one in Doctrine and
Theology II, and one in Medieval and Reformational Literature I. Taught through a
biblical worldview, this course takes students on a path through the Great Books and
introduces history facts and events using Western Civilization by Jackson Spielvogel.
Students will focus on why things happened and the reason behind the events, while
acquire the ability to take what they’ve learned and form their own thoughts and
opinions. In class, students will participate in several discussions from various
perspectives, such as, text, our culture, the Bible, and the student.
This course includes composition, grammar, and vocabulary skills practice. During the
first semester, students will continue to develop writing confidence using the nine IEW
units to refine their ability to write a standard five-paragraph composition.
During the spring semester, students will conduct research, manage note taking, and craft
a well-organized paper using the advanced IEW text, Writing Research Papers: The
Essential Tools
Course materials: Omnibus II, Writing Research Papers: The Essential Tools (spring),
Vocabulary From Classical Roots C, and MORE Reading Comprehension in Various
Subject Matter 1.
Fall Semester: Beowulf, Confessions, Ecclesiastical History of the English People,
Eusebius: The Church History, On the Incarnation of Our Lord, Rule of St Benedict in
English, The Song of Roland,
Spring Semester: The Bondage of the Will, The Canterbury Tales, The Divine Comedy:
Inferno, History of the Kings of Britain, Macbeth, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Parent Role: Guide for Dependent Study
Course Prerequisites: Successful completion of the previous course in the school’s
English sequence during the preceding school year or acceptable performance on the
appropriate English placement test.
Math – Saxon Algebra I
This course meets for 32 weeks on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Friday
Cost $425 per semester
High school credit: 1 math credit
RAG101: Fall Semester
RAG102: Spring Semester
This course teaches the fundamental aspects of problem solving. Topics will include but
not be restricted to, operations with integers, rules of multiplicative identity and additive
identity, equation solving, exponential function relations, quadratic function relations and
their graphs, Cartesian graphing, polynomial relations and functions, radicals and their
properties as well as some work with geometric properties as a background for use in
Algebra II.
Course materials: Saxon Algebra I Homeschool Kit, Third Edition
Parent Role: Guide for Independent Study
Course Prerequisites: Saxon Algebra 1⁄2 or Equivalent
Honors Biology
This course meets for 32 weeks on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Friday
Cost $425 per semester
High school credit: 1 science credit
RSC101: Fall Semester
RSC102: Spring Semester
This is a college prep course that teaches biology from a biblical perspective while
providing detail instructions to the methods and concepts of general biology. Strongly
emphasizing the vocabulary of biology, it provides the student with a strong background
in the scientific method, the five-kingdom classification scheme, cellular biology,
dissection, ecosystems and much more. Students will participate in weekly laboratory
experiments.
Course materials: Apologia Exploring Creation with Biology
Parent Role: Guide for Independent Study
Course Prerequisites: NONE
Latin
This course meets for 32 weeks on Mondays and Wednesdays
Cost $300 per semester
High school credit: 1 foreign language credit
RFL101: Fall Semester
RFL102: Spring Semester
This course will give a comprehensive introduction to Latin grammar. Student will obtain
a sound foundation of Latin vocabulary; an introductory grasp of Latin grammar and
syntax; facility in Latin pronunciation; an expanded English vocabulary, by
understanding etymology of Latin derivatives; and a reinforced grasp of English grammar
through the study of Latin grammar.
Course materials: Henle First Year Latin and Henle Latin Grammar.
Parent Role: Guide for Independent Study
Course Prerequisites: NONE
Logic I
This course meets for 32 weeks on Mondays and Wednesdays
Cost $300 per semester
High school credit: 1 elective credit
RLG101: Fall Semester
RLG102: Spring Semester
This course establishes the rudiments of formal logic—the construction and detection of
valid syllogism and formal and informal fallacies.
Course materials: Traditional Logic I (Fall)
Student will explore four kinds of logical statements, the four ways propositions can be
opposed, the three ways in which they can be equivalent, and the seven rules for the
validity of syllogisms.
Course materials: Traditional Logic II (Spring)
This text covers the four figures of the traditional syllogism, the three forms of rhetorical
arguments (called enthymemes), the three kinds of hypothetical syllogisms, the four
kinds of complex syllogisms, as well as relational arguments.
Parent Role: Guide for Independent Study
Course Prerequisites: NONE