• Each semester, students take a Great Books seminar in which they meet twice-weekly to discuss texts that have proven to be of enduring value and that have exercised substantial influence on Western culture and intellectual life. The seminars follow a chronological sequence, beginning sophomore year with ancient Greece and ending senior year with the mid-twentieth century.
  • Alongside the seminars, students follow a required sequence of 13 tutorials, more topically-oriented lecture-discussion courses in literature, philosophy, science, theology, intellectual and cultural history, political theory, and fine arts.
  • The entire curriculum is taught by professors committed to the goals of undergraduate education in the liberal arts. Small classes, an emphasis on discussion, and numerous social and intellectual events enable students and faculty form a strong intellectual, spiritual, and social community. The inquiry of the classroom is continued in many informal ways in the halls, lounges, chapels, and faculty offices.