Required core · All degrees
Christian Intellectual Tradition Core — required in every degree
Required core · approximately 18–24 credit hours across four yearsCompleted alongside the majorOpen to students of every faith
Every undergraduate, whatever their major, completes a core in the Christian intellectual tradition: ethics and human dignity, the Catholic and Orthodox heritage of this region, philosophy as a training in critical thought, and communication in academic English.
The core is scholarly, not confessional. It requires no faith of the student and honours the traditions it studies on their own terms — it exists because an education in this region that ignored two thousand years of its own Christian intellectual history would be poorer for it, whoever the student is.
What the core covers
Approximately 18–24 credit hours, spread across the degree.
- Ethics and human dignity
- Catholic and Orthodox Christian heritage of the Middle East
- Philosophy and critical thinking
- Communication and academic English
How you will study
Every course is cohort-based and facilitator-led.
- You join a cohort — a class that moves through the programme together
- A trained facilitator leads a structured weekly rhythm of sessions, exercises and homework
- Course content, assessments and rubrics are designed by credentialed professors
- Materials are downloadable in advance, so an interrupted connection does not cost you the week
Admission
- Automatic — every undergraduate completes the core as part of their degree