Each summer, New Aberdeen faculty offers six-week learning opportunities that have light, but profitable, reading assignments. This year is no different!
Professors facilitate discussion and inspire participants to grow in their own learning. Classes meet weekly, starting in late May, and end in early July.
The cost of each course is $149 per person. The writing course is $249.
*Pending registration and interest, language courses may be offered for credit. For more information about the Latin Immersion Camp, click here.
Courses offered in Summer 2026
Academic Writing (A. Smith)
Tuesday at 1:00 E.S.T. | In-person and Zoom
In his Phaedrus, Plato argues that rhetoric is “the art of soul-leading by means of words” – this is a power not to be wielded lightly. Using Scott F. Crider’s The Office of Assertion as a guide, students will spend 6 weeks studying the full range of tools needful for success in the art of written rhetoric . . . and careful instruction in how to employ those tools to greatest effect. In short, this course will strengthen your student’s writing art – in order that the next generation of God’s people might grow in their ability to lead others well.
Classic Texts in Reformed Political Theory (M. Marino)
Tuesday at 7 p.m. E.S.T. | Online only
There was a time when Christians not only served in public office, but their ideas shaped opinion on matters of law, government, economics, and war. This summer we will examine two classic texts in the early Reformed tradition. The first was written in 1593 by Franciscus Junius called The Mosaic Polity. This provides an introduction to how the four basic kinds of law—eternal, natural, divine, and human—interrelate, as well as how to move from God’s law at the principle level to application in diverse historic circumstances. Second, we will read Samuel Rutherford’s Lex, Rex – “The Law and the King.” Written in 1644 during the English Civil War, it explores the grounds of political legitimacy and lawful resistance to tyranny.
Introduction to Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language (C. Ehnis)
Tuesday TBD | Online only
This course will introduce students to the key areas of the field of linguistics. This primarily, though not exclusively, includes the major subdivision of syntax, phonology, and semantics. A particular focus will be given to the theories that help shape these subfields, although practical analysis will also be introduced. The course will include readings and assignments based around the philosophical debates concerning language from antiquity up to the present day.