Bachelor in The Program of Studies

The Studies at Thomas More College are rigorous training in the liberal arts, humane letters, and philosophy and theology disciplines. The entire program is designed to help our students to "put on the mind of Christ" (Philippians 2:5) by forming them in human and divine wisdom and by preparing them for the life of service to the world as eloquent witnesses to the True, the Beautiful, and the Good.

At Thomas More College, the academic life is founded upon the principle expressed by St. Thomas Aquinas that "the vision of the teacher is the beginning of the teaching," that is, that the source or principle of the transmission of knowledge and wisdom is the teacher's own contemplative life. The College takes its motto,  Caritas congaudet veritati —Charity rejoices in the Truth—from the ideal of a common pursuit of wisdom. As wisdom—human and divine—is a common good, it is the community, faculty, and students' common end. There is, therefore, one curriculum for all, without division into specialties or departments. Since human wisdom is attained through reflection upon our experience of the world and deepened and refined through conversation with our ancestors, our program of studies encourages students and faculty alike to refine the experience of their senses, to hone and train the powers of their minds, and to follow the development of human culture attentively by the reading of great works from Classical and Christian civilization. Our idea is simple: to sit at the banquet table of the wise, together with Sophocles and Cicero, Augustine and Dante, Shakespeare and Eliot. And since divine wisdom is gained by reflection upon the Word of God, as transmitted and interpreted by the Fathers and Doctors of the Church and the living Magisterium, our common academic life culminates in the reading of Holy Scripture and reflection upon the great works of Catholic theology.

The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts was founded to provide a solid education in the liberal arts, a Catholic education for students of all faiths, united in the quest for true, good, and beautiful. It pursues this mission by seeking wisdom and sharing it joyfully with the world.

The College holds that every human life, from the moment of conception until natural death, is sacred because the human person has been willed for his own sake in the image and likeness of the living and holy God. Man and his endeavors are worthy of our regard, interest, and study. Humanity and the human person's capacity are seen most clearly when viewed under the eye of eternity and the light of Revelation.

As a participant in the Catholic Church's educational mission, Thomas More College binds itself to the magisterial teachings of the Church, communion with Her authentic hierarchy, and fidelity to Petrine authority.