1. Become liberally educated by engaging seminal texts in the Western tradition.
2. Read and discuss great books from many disciplines, such as literature, philosophy, religion, political science, economics, history and science.
3. Improve your ability to speak persuasively and to write with style and force.
4. Improve your ability to interpret texts and to discover significance.
5. Prepare to live a good life, a life rich and deep and fully human.

What Students Love About This Program

1. They read and discuss many of the great seminal texts in the Western tradition.
2. They actively participate in shared reflective enquiries during seminar style discussions.
3. The shared reflective enquiries are focused on understanding what would constitute a good life.
4. They practice the arts of discovering or creating meaning and significance.
5. There are few lectures and tests; discussion is the main mode of enquiry and essays the primary means of assessment.