Liberal Studies Program: Join the Conversation

For 3500 years a conversation has been going on – depicted with its principal interlocutors above – recorded in the books by or about the greatest minds of Western civilization. Each generation has passed to the next its contributions to this ongoing dialogue. For the last hundred years, Great Books college courses have been the primary means of both preserving, and introducing generations of fortunate students into, this rich cultural tradition.

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10% Discount on Enrollments on or before July 5th

[image error]Under the leadership of Ignatius Press founder and editor, Father Joseph Fessio, Chancellor, the Liberal Studies Program ("LSP") provides unrivaled educational opportunities for homeschoolers, high school students, and college students, to earn college credit while acquiring the foundations for a Catholic liberal education and lifelong learning.

LSP offers something unique among the many ways students can earn college credit — an online program specifically for Catholic students who want to embark on acquiring a liberal education using the Great Books approach pioneered by the great philosopher, educator, and Catholic convert Dr. Mortimer J. Adler.

Fidelity to the teaching of the Catholic Church is fundamental to the LSP program. Pope John Paul II's Apostolic Constitution on Catholic higher education, Ex Corde Ecclesiae, guides the LSP's Catholic mission. LSP is accepted for college credit at Campion College (Australia); Catholic Distance University, (online); Harrison Middleton University (online); Benedictine College (Atchinson, Kansas, USA); and other colleges and universities.

The costs of the LSP online are a small fraction of the expense of traditional college education. Tuition and fees at a private, four-year college average $26,273 per year are over $100,000 for a four-year degree. With a coordinated course of study through LSP and its affiliates in the Universities of Western Civilization network of cooperating colleges, students can obtain a bachelor's degree for about a fourth of the cost of four years on campus.

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