All major areas of philosophy are studied at OLCC, but Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas speak particularly well to our age. Modern philosophy clearly has the great merit of focusing attention upon man. Philosophy has the great responsibility of forming thought and culture, and now it must strive resolutely to recover its original vocation. The world and the church need men and women who are masters at communicating truth and love. Not only do the statesman and the soldier intuit this truth, but the businessman and the evangelist know it as well.
Writing is a skill that profits every college graduate.
The English major is required to take 12 credit hours in the Core Curriculum plus another 30 credit hours of upper level English literature and composition. No text books will be read, simply some of the best literature ever written. Fiction and non-fiction prose and poetry expand the imagination and the creative capacity of the student. Literature teaches to the human heart that moral decisions have eternal consequences, and it instills the vision needed by each of us to transform our world. In fact, history changed direction with the Incarnation.