• Explore the human condition through literary, historical, cultural, and artistic expression with an emphasis on the advancements of humanities

• Study Renaissance art and thought, classical and traditional music, European architecture, East Asian art and philosophy and the Western “Great Works”

• Develop additional skills in critical thinking, interdisciplinary learning, oral expression, analytical reading, research and writing, the Socratic method, and service learning 

Examine the themes: Influence and Innovation; Power and Authority; Mixed Message; and Challenge and Growth