Core Curriculum
Build the habits of sound reasoning, recover the historical inheritance of liberty, understand the structure of constitutional government, and then take those principles into history and the issues of the present day.
New students can follow the curriculum in sequence, beginning with the foundational courses below.
Returning students may go directly to any course or subject area.
Learn How to Think Before You Decide What to Think
Begin with reasoning, historical inheritance, and the principles beneath constitutional government.
Before You Decide
Learn to slow down the decision process, identify assumptions, test claims, evaluate evidence, recognize bias, and reason before reaching a conclusion.
Christianity and the Making of the West
Trace how Gospel principles concerning human dignity, freedom, family, mercy, charity, law, and moral responsibility became formative forces in Western civilization.
Understand the Government the Constitution Created
Move from first principles into delegated power, separated branches, limits, rights, and amendments.
The Three Branches
Study the structure, powers, responsibilities, and limitations of Congress, the Executive, and the federal judiciary.
Bill of Rights & Amendments
Study protected liberties, constitutional limitations, and the amendment process in historical context.
Guide to the Constitution
Work through constitutional text, structure, powers, and principles as a continuing reference.
Follow the Principles Into History and Public Life
Explore American history, constitutional clauses, and contemporary questions through the larger inheritance of liberty.
American History
Explore the people, documents, ideas, conflicts, and events that shaped the American constitutional tradition.
Present Day Issues
Apply constitutional principles and historical context to questions confronting government and liberty today.
Clauses of the Constitution
Study important constitutional clauses in context and examine the scope and limits of delegated federal power.
Constitutional Guide
Return to the constitutional text and its structure whenever you need a focused reference.
