Artesian Wells Classical Tutorials is a live, internet tutorial service offering classes in Latin, Logic, and the
Great Books.
The classes offered for the 2011-2012 school year are:
NEW! Summer Classes: Artesian Wells Classical Tutorials is offering summer classes during the month of July. This summer's classes are a Jump
Start class for students entering Latin II, and an elective on P.G. Wodehouse.
Introduction to Latin: This course is for students 13 years old and older who would like a solid foundation in Latin before starting the high school
Latin I course.
Latin 1: The Latin I Tutorial covers most of basic grammar and syntax and includes readings in Latin.
Prerequisite:
This course is for students 14 years old and older.
Latin 2: This course covers the remainder of the grammar in Wheelock's Latin and include readings in classical and medieval Latin,
including the Vulgate Bible.
Prerequite: Latin I or equivalent (recent completion of the material covered
in chapters 1-25 of Wheelock's Latin).
Latin 3: The emphasis for this course is to enable students to read a wide variety of ancient Roman and medieval authors.
Prerequisite: Latin 1 and 2 or their equivalent (completion of Latin grammar).
Latin 4: This course is for advanced Latin students, ready to delve directly into some of the great authors who wrote in Latin. Readings
for this course will be from Augustine's Confessions and Virgil's Aeneid.
Prerequisite:
Latin 3 or equivalent.
Logic: This course for students 13 and up will teach students the basic principles of logic, both introductory and intermediate.
It covers basic logical syllogisms and fallacies, and symbolic logic.
Prerequisite: Students must be 13 years
old or older.
Introduction to Great Books: This one year course will prepare students ages 13 and up for the Great Books tutorials. Students will learn the historical
and cultural context in which the ancient Greeks and Romans wrote, including the important people, places, authors, battles
and stories which influenced the authors and content of the Great Books course.
Prerequisite: Students must be 13
years old or older.
Great Books 1: This course covers Greek literature and history. The authors for this year include Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Herodotus,
Thucydides, Plutarch, Plato, and Aristotle.
Prerequisite: Students must be 14 years old or older.
Great Books 3: This course covers medieval literature and history. The authors for this year include Beowulf, Bede, Boethius, Asser, The
Song of Roland, St. Benedict, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Anselm, Aquinas, Dante, Chaucer, Machiavelli, Spenser, and
Vasari.
Prerequisite: Great Books 1 and 2 (or by special arrangement).
The format: Artesian Wells uses WebEx, a live conferencing software. The format makes use of chat, audio,
and other teaching tools such as a interactive whiteboard.
The tutors:
Aaron Wells
was born and raised in Bishop, California. He has a B.A. in Liberal Arts and Culture from New St. Andrews College in Moscow,
ID. He was home-schooled through high school, while also taking classes in the Great Books, Latin, and Rhetoric from his father-in-law
Wes Callihan of Schola Classical tutorials. For three years, Aaron taught Latin, History, and Literature at Logos Christian
Academy in Fallon, Nevada. This will be his fifth year of teaching online. He especially enjoys good literature, history,
and baseball.
Emily Wells has studied Latin for over 9 years with her father, Wes Callihan, and successfully
completed the intensive Latin and Greek courses led by the classical languages professor at New Saint Andrews College in Moscow,
Idaho. She has taught Latin for 11 years in homeschool classes, tutorial sessions, and at Veritas Academy (a classical Christian
school in Lancaster, PA); this year will be her eighth year of teaching online tutorials. She has cut back on teaching time
in order to raise the latest additions to the Wells family, Henry and Sophie.
For references, either of
the tutors can put you in contact with the following people:
Wesley Callihan
Dr. Peter Leithart
Tim
Tucker
Jeff Wells
