“Reading the Great Books had done more for my mind than all the rest of the academic pursuits…it is the best education for the faculty as well as for the students; the use of original texts is an antidote for survey courses and fifth-rate textbooks; and it constitutes by itself, if properly conducted, the backbone of a liberal education.”-Dr. Mortimer J. Adler
The Great Books Homeschool Program is a nursery-though-Ph.D. curriculum for home education. It is complete – including all subjects, books, guides and tests needed, for all grades. Optional services for enrolled students include grading, transcript maintenance, online literature discussion classes and the finest online resources (such as Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary, Britannica Original Sources, Britannica’s Annals of American History).
You’ve seen “k-12,” how about “k-Ph.D.“ – no? Well now you have found it. The Great Books Academy in a joint collaboration withHarrison Middleton University, an accredited, online Great Books university, now offer homeschool students a seamless path from kindergarten all the way to seven bachelor’s degrees (BA or BS), eight Masters (MA or MS) and two doctoral degrees (Ph.D.). Harrison Middleton University is a great books, great ideas, great conversations, distance-learning university that offers undergraduate and graduate education in the humanities with concentrations in imaginative literature, natural sciences, philosophy and religion, social science, jurisprudence, and education.
Through a unique agreement with theGreat Books Academy, Harrison Middleton Universityaccepts all 48 hours of our ACE (American Council on Education college-credit recommended) Great Books Program hours towards completion of their seven bachelors, eight Masters and two doctoral programs. That’s 48 out of 120 college-level hours, which is 40% of the hours needed for a bachelor’s degree. That saves 1 1/2 years of college time already completed while homeschooling at ages 14-18.
Cost? The entire program for an accredited BA or BS isonly $ 28,822 total*. That is not per year, but for the entire BA or BS program - total. That includes both the Great Books Program (48 hours) and completion of the Harrison Middleton Universitybachelor’sdegree program (another 72 hours). How is that cost possible? With no expensive campus to maintain, home and distance education is the answer to rising college costs. Compare that to the rising average on-campus cost of a bachelor’s degree from a private college of $ 26,273 per year [2008-09; up 4.4 percent from last year; source Collegeboard] *Tuition and fees subject to change without notice. Total calculated with three re-enrollment discounts.
List of Degrees offered by Harrison Middleton University
Bachelor of Arts in Humanities
Bachelor of Natural Science
Bachelor of Arts in Education
Master of Arts in Humanities
Master of Arts in Imaginative Literature
Master of Natural Science
Doctor of Arts
Doctor of Education
Congratulations to our Great Books student, Hunter Gill, on his award winning video below!
