Hello. I'm a graduate of one of the nations prestigious undergrad schools. While there I avoided most of the "core curriculum" type courses because they were so obviously slanted.

The older I get, however, the more I would like to do study/learn some of the "core" subjects from a non-Leftist perspective. And by that I do not mean it has to be conservative, just not hard-Left highly biased.

I'm particularly interested if there is anything out there like an audio course, or something I could audit which would help me develop a better foundation in core areas. I'd even be willing to consider some kind of online degree program, although that's not exactly what I'm after. I've already read reasonably widely, so it's not an issue of reading as much as it is wanting to be taught in a foundational manner.

Any ideas?

Hi, I'm a student at Liberty University through their Distance Learning Program (DLP). You might consider continuing your education there. Liberty is an excellent school that leans to the right but doesn't try to indoctrinate.

DLP courses are very work intensive and many have video instruction. They are moving to making all the video lectures available online so the students aren't charged for the DVD/VHS materials.

Good luck and GOd bless,
hogrider

I can sympathize with the desire to revisit subjects touched upon in college. I have two suggestions for easy and low-cost resources for solid classical perspectives on the core subjects.

First is ISI's Student Guides. These short books (each is about 100 pages) are introductions to a variety of disciplines written by men who are at the top of their field. They include bibliographies for further reading and a survey of the essential ideas. Harvey Mansfield, James Schall, and Ralph McInerny are just a few of the eminent thinkers included in this series. Check up on isi.org for these Student Guides to become available as audio books soon!

Second is the Teaching Company's many sets of audio tape, CD, and DVD-recorded lectures by top professors. A good place to start would be with Daniel Robinson's Great Ideas of Philosophy.

Thanks both of you for your suggestions. I have continued to explore options since making the post.

1. Thanks, at your suggestion I did browse Liberty and it looked like all of the programs online were career oriented, so there wasn't much available in terms of core curriculum.

2. I have definitely considered doing the ISI series. I was hoping to find something equivalent to them on audio/video that I can engage passively while doing other things.

3. The Teaching Company seems to have a great catalog, although it's hard to tell if any of these would be from a more conservative perspective. I assume most would be fairly liberal. I'll probably need to research before picking. You mentioned one you recommend, have you done others?

4. I found "Yorktown University" had a podcast to sample their courses, and they seem outstanding. I think I may pursue this more.

Great options all, thanks.

Here are some other links that may be helpful to you:

Two of our ISI Student Guides are free online as text. They are here at our new College Guide website.

As far as the Teaching Company is concerned, yes, you would probably like to do a little research on the professors before you purchase a course. Nonetheless, a quick reading of the synopses on the website will give you a reasonably good clue as to the direction and thoroughness of any given class. I would recommend courses by Daniel Robinson (there are several interesting ones, particularly the Great Ideas course), Phillip Cary, and Alan Charles Kors.

Yorktown is a good resource as well. Several of the professors associated with that online university, such as Richard Bishirjian, have written for ISI publications as well.

Good luck with your search! Don't forget that you can search for professors and for topics on First Principles and on ISI's homepage, too.