We offer students the opportunity to study the classic texts, or great books, of the Western world. Books that we normally read include Homer’s Odyssey, Plato’s Republic, Dante’s Divine Comedy and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. We believe that these books are important because they shed light on who, we, as individuals in Western society, are, but, more importantly, provide us with a lens through which to think about questions that continue to be of perennial importance to living a happy life.

Students who take Great Books go into a diverse array of career paths including teaching, law, government, and publishing. Many students are successful winning scholarships for further educational opportunities, such as graduate programs in English, Political Science, Public Policy, Philosophy, and Classics.