核心课程 embodies the 体彩外围网站’ dedication to the pursuit of wisdom, truth and virtue as the proper and primary ends of education. 这是一个共享的 sequence taken by all undergraduates that consists of 19 courses in 英语, history, philosophy, theology, economics, politics, science, mathematics, language and fine 艺术. During their course of study, students read the great works that have shaped Western civilization and discuss these works with their peers in small classes with 平均规模为19名学生. Our 11:1 student-to-faculty ratio allows professors and students to engage in thoughtful, meaningful dialogue that develops critical thinking skills and inspires a love of intellectual inquiry that will serve students throughout their academic careers and the rest of their lives.
Learn more about the 核心课程 by exploring the choices below.
英语
文学传统一、二、三 & IV
历史
《十大外围体彩网站》 & II
西方文明I & II
哲学
哲学与伦理生活
人
存在哲学
神学
理解圣经
西方神学传统
经济学
经济学基础
政治
美国政治原则
科学
Laboratory course in the biological sciences
Laboratory course in the physical sciences
数学 & 美术
每个学科一门课程
外语
Knowledge of Ancient Greek, French, German, Italian, Latin or Spanish at an intermediate
要求等级. Depending on the language background of the student, this requirement
may be fulfilled after taking between one and four classes.
While students will engage with far more texts than the ones represented in this list, these examples illustrate the kinds of works included in the Core curriculum.
Most students spend a semester during their sophomore year at the 体彩外围网站’
罗马校区，位于罗马南部. The courses in Rome are Core courses, which
ensures the academic integrity of the program and keeps students on track for graduation.
As part of their studies, students enjoy frequent outings where they can walk in the
footsteps of the greatest thinkers in Western civilization, stroll among the ruins
of Ancient Rome and Greece (during the 10-day Greece trip), visit some of the most
beautiful and momentous sites of the Roman Catholic Church, perform recitations of
the Greek tragedies they’ve been studying in the actual theaters where the dramas
were once performed, and see the fields where ancient heroes fought and died in the
塑造历史进程的战争.
“
The value of an education in a liberal 艺术 college is not the learning of many facts
but the training of the mind to think something that cannot be learned from textbooks.
”-
阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦
Alexa Hassell, BA ’23, used to take rosary walks around campus as a freshman. 上个月, the Exodus Retreat gave her a chance to pray by the statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe one last time as a student.
+阅读十大外围体彩网站The gift will provide scholarships to one student from each undergraduate class every year on the basis of merit, 需要与领导.
+阅读十大外围体彩网站蒂莫西·沙阿博士.D., distinguished research scholar of the 政治 Department, will deliver a plenary speech on Catholic integralism.
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