托马斯·阿奎那 College believes that to learn is to discover and grow in the truth about reality. It is the truth, and nothing less, that sets men free. And because truth is both natural and supernatural, the College offers an academic program that aims at both natural and divine wisdom.
This curriculum presents the arts and sciences of liberal education as a comprehensive whole. There are no majors, no minors, no electives, and no specializations. The four-year interdisciplinary course of study makes use of the original writings of the great philosophers, 历史学家, 数学家, 诗人, 科学家们, and theologians of the West. 首页r, Herodotus, 柏拉图, Euclid, Aristotle, St. 奥古斯汀, Shakespeare, Einstein, and especially St. 托马斯·阿奎那 are among the authors read.
There are no textbooks. There are also no lectures in the classroom. The curriculum is a sustained conversation in the form of tutorials, 研讨会, and laboratories guided by tutors who assist students in the work of reading, 分析, and evaluating these great books. 学生 develop the lost tools of inquiry, argument, and translation — in critically reading and 分析 texts, in mathematical demonstration, and in laboratory investigation.
Equipped with these tools, the 毕业生 are fortified to undertake any area of study, professional training, or vocation. Grounded in the arts of thinking and with a broad, integrated vision of the whole of life and learning, every subject becomes an open door. Even more important, alumni are prepared to live well the life of the free citizen and of the Christian.
