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About
Fidelity & ExcellenceThomas Aquinas College is unique among American colleges and universities, offering a faithfully Catholic education comprised entirely of the Great Books and classroom discussions.
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A Liberating Education
Truth MattersTruth, and nothing less, sets men free; and because truth is both natural and supernatural, the College’s curriculum aims at both natural and divine wisdom.
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A Catholic Life
Under the Light of FaithThe intellectual tradition and moral teachings of the Catholic Church infuse the whole life of Thomas Aquinas College, illuminating the curriculum and the community alike.
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Admission & Aid
Is TAC Right for You?Do you enjoy grappling with complex questions? Are you willing to engage in discussions about difficult concepts, with the truth as your ultimate goal?
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Students & Parents
Mind, Body & SpiritThere is always something to do at TAC — something worthwhile, something fulfilling, and something geared toward ever-greater spiritual and intellectual growth.
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Alumni & Careers
What Can You Do with a Liberal Education?Nothing speaks more to the versatility of the College’s academic program than the good that our alumni are doing throughout the Church and the world.
A Liberating Education Pages
Why the Discussion (Socratic) Method?
The Popes on St. Thomas
Note: The following is a compilation of various popes’ comments regarding the importance of the works of St. Thomas Aquinas to Catholic education. Most are excerpted and adapted from the essay The Formation of the Catholic Mind by the College’s founding president, Dr.
Theater
Theater is a beloved supplement to the Thomas Aquinas College curriculum. Comedies and tragedies, both Shakespearean and Greek, and Gilbert and Sullivan musicals are often featured in the annual spring performance.
On the West Coast, a student group called the St. Genesius Players works meticulously for several months each year to stage these productions. In New England, the first formal play performance is slated for the spring of 2021. The students are set to perform Shakespeare’s As You Like It under the direction of Joe Rivera (’17).
Music
Beyond the curriculum’s formal study of music in the junior year, TAC students have numerous opportunities to develop their musical abilities and share them with the community.
Athletics
“The Church cannot but encourage everything that serves in harmoniously developing the human body,” Pope St. John Paul II told Italian athletes in 1981. “It is rightly considered the masterpiece of the whole of creation, not only because of its proportion, strength, and beauty, but also and especially because God has made it His dwelling place and the instrument of an immortal soul, breathing into it that ‘breath of life’ by which man is made in His image and likeness.”
The Curriculum
The Liberal Arts are first in the order of learning. The objects of these seven arts are constructed within the intellect, not outside, as are the objects of the technical arts. The carpenter’s house, the health of the doctor’s patient, and the republic fashioned by the statesman all exist apart from the mind; the objects of the liberal arts do not. The principles proper to these arts are formally studied in tutorials.
Program Objectives
The Proposal for the Fulfillment of Catholic Liberal Education is the founding and governing document of Thomas Aquinas College. What follows here is an effort to summarize what the College's program is intended to accomplish in the minds and hearts of the students. For a complete and authoritative statement of the College's guiding principles and objectives, please read the Proposal.
Moral
The successful graduate of Thomas Aquinas College will have: