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If you are interested in reading primary sources and engaging in seminar discussions, you will greatly enjoy this academic and professional development opportunity to study classic texts through the Socratic method.

Degree Awarded: MA

Classical Liberal Education and Leadership

The MA program in classical liberal education and leadership is an integrated, interdisciplinary course of study that is student learning centered, employing the Socratic method of classroom dialogue. This Master of Arts degree program fosters a learning community of students and faculty oriented to the classical, holistic pursuit of knowledge. The curriculum focuses on philosophy, politics, literature, ethics, economics and history. It combines theory and practice with ideas and application, incorporating inquiry about the good life with the practical challenge of leading others nations, societies and individuals in the pursuit of a way of life that accords with the precepts of justice and the ethos of humanity. Intellectual, moral and civic education are understood to be component parts of a genuine liberal education; all are necessary for the flourishing of the individual and society. As Aristotle taught, there is no substitute for doing the right thing in the right way. This is true in how children are educated, neighbors are lived with, and nations are governed. The classical liberal education and leadership program aims to prepare the next generation's teachers, scholars, civic leaders and statesmen to meet the challenges ahead with foresight, integrity, prudence and imagination.