Chair: Michael Tomko, Ph.D.
Office Location: 304 Saint Augustine Center
Telephone: 610-519-6165
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The Department of Humanities offers a pioneering “Great Questions” liberal arts major, which guides students through an integrated, interdisciplinary exploration of what it means to live a good and truly human life. Through dynamic Humanities Seminars on God, the Human Person, the Natural World, and Society and a wide selection of engaging elective Humanities Courses, the curriculum draws on wisdom ancient and new to inquire into the human condition and to seek knowledge to live by.
With roots in the Augustinian Intellectual Tradition, Humanities encourages critical, constructive, and creative thinking about what is needed for human flourishing today; fosters intellectual fellowship and community among students and faculty; and prepares students for their vocation in life.
Humanities faculty are specialists in complementary disciplines, including theology, philosophy, literature, political science, history, architecture, and economic history. Both flexible and comprehensive, Humanities offers classes that fulfill multiple requirements for the Core Curriculum.