Focused Immersion

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Each course in the B.A. Liberal Arts program is 4 credit hours and runs for 8 weeks (except the capstone, which runs for 16 weeks). A full-time student completes four courses per semester (16 credit hours), taken in two sequential terms: two courses in the first eight weeks and two in the second.

This 2–2 structure promotes focused immersion, enabling sustained and deeper study by allowing students to concentrate on only two courses at a time rather than dividing their attention across five simultaneous courses in a traditional semester model.

The final semester of the senior year consists of two courses (8 credit hours), bringing the total program to 120 credits.

Program of Study

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Year One: Humanities and Reason

Fall	Spring
Western Civilization I	Western Civilization II
Composition I: Analytical Reading and Writing	Composition II: Syntopical Reading and Writing
Traditional Logic	Classical Rhetoric
Greco-Roman Philosophy	Medieval Philosophy

Year Two: Scripture and Poetics

Fall	Spring
Old Testament Survey	New Testament Survey
Homer and Virgil	Dante and Chaucer
Art of Western Civilization	Debate I
Greek Tragedies	Creative Writing

Year Three: Number, Nature, and Modernity

Fall	Spring
Quadrivium I: Geometry and Arithmetic	Quadrivium II: Music and Astronomy
Early Modern Philosophy	Late Modern Philosophy
Science, Technology, and the Human Person	Historical Theology
Natural Law Ethics	Shakespeare and Milton

Year Four: Politics and the Common Good

Fall	Spring
Political Philosophy of the Founders	Debate II
Reformation Theology	Senior Capstone (16 weeks)
Civic Entrepreneurship
Essayists: Montaigne to C. S. Lewis

Careers & Graduate Studies

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Students and parents often ask: What can I (or my child) actually do with a liberal arts degree? One of the strengths of a liberal arts education is that it prepares students for a wide range of positions across many fields. This is because students develop a set of transferable skills that employers consistently value, including leadership, critical thinking, ingenuity, clear written and oral communication, research abilities, ethical judgment, and adaptability.

Because specialized degrees are often designed for specific career tracks, they can restrict flexibility if a student’s interests change, which is not uncommon. A liberal arts degree, by contrast, provides a broad foundation that supports adaptability across many careers, a quality especially valuable at the undergraduate level.

Potential Careers Include:

Potential Graduate Studies Include: