A liberal Arts Education

a well-rounded education

The academic program at Eureka College seeks to maintain a balance between requirements which all students must meet and freedom for each student to select those courses which will best match and further one's own interests, skills, and life plan. The structure of the curriculum has been designed to reflect this balance. The College believes that there are certain basic skills and a common core of knowledge possessed by anyone who would call him/herself truly educated. The program at Eureka is rigorous both in its goals and in the effort it demands, but the College believes that it is also exciting and satisfying.

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why A liberal Arts Education?

"it should shape who you are

as a person"

Professor Scott Hemmenway

"I would like to invite you to participate in the conversation over 'whatever is a liberal arts education?' Ask questions like the following: Why is it important for me to know something about this particular subject? How might this piece of knowledge change me? How does this way of thinking or seeing illuminate some aspect of the world? What does it mean that I have discovered something beautiful that others also find profoundly moving?

I'd like to encourage each of you to join in the conversation. I promise not to be too annoyed if one of you should say something like the following: 'Dr. Hemmenway, if you think I should read this book, shouldn't you also know why it is important to my education? Say, just what IS a liberal arts education, anyway?' And don't be satisfied if I answer with some ironic quip, like Louis Armstrong's answer to the question, 'What is jazz? -- If you have to ask, you'll never know.' But press me until I exclaim in exasperation and wonder, 'Come to think of it, I don't know exactly. Let's see if we can figure it out together'."