At St. John's College, learning is a cooperative enterprise carried out in small groups with people at different stages of learning working together. During a tutorial, students sometimes work directly at the board to resolve a problem or demonstrate a point. These segments taken together constitute a closely integrated program of study.
All classes are small and based on discussion of classic texts, but differ in significant ways.
The heart of the curriculum is the seminar in which 17-21 students engage in a discussion initiated by a tutor's question about the assigned reading. The lists provided are samples or selections of the full readings. Produced by St. John's College Public Relations Office.