Department of Liberal Arts & Humanities

The Department of Liberal Arts & Humanities seeks to immerse students in the pursuit of wisdom – a virtue acquired through an on-going engagement with every aspect of the question, “What does it mean to be human?” Our collaborative inquiry is shaped by a commitment to understand and to appreciate the human experience through all of its varied history, literature, art, philosophy, languages, and cultures in view of God’s truth about human beings as disclosed in Christian faith. We value rigorous reflection and creative imagination about those things which are true and good and beautiful.

As a result of study in the Liberal Arts & Humanities students will demonstrate:

• Improvement in skills of rhetorical, literary, historical, artistic, and philosophical analysis,
   
• Improvement in skills of both writing and speaking,
   
• An improved understanding of the content and methodology of various disciplines within the humanities,
   
• A maturing awareness of the interplay between Christian faith and academic inquiry in the humanities, and
   
• A successful application of skill and knowledge enhanced through study in the humanities in appropriate vocations or continued study.