ST JOHNS COLLEGE IN SANTA FE

Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87505 United States

Mission Statement

St. John’s is a coeducational, liberal arts college with no religious affiliation. The college was founded in 1696 as King William’s School and chartered in 1784 as St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland. A second campus opened in 1964 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The college’s first graduate program was founded in 1967 in Santa Fe.

About This Cause

St. John's College is unique in American higher education. All classes are conducted as seminars. No textbooks are used; instead, students, along with their tutors (professors) work through the original texts in philosophy, literature, history, mathematics, science, economics, theology, and political science. St. John's College is a community dedicated to liberal education. Such education seeks to free men and women from the tyrannies of unexamined opinions and inherited prejudices. It also endeavors to enable them to make intelligent, free choices concerning the ends and means of both public and private life. At St. John's, freedom is pursued mainly through thoughtful conversation about great books of the Western tradition. The books that are at the heart of learning at St. John's stand among the original sources of our intellectual tradition. They are timeless and timely; they not only illuminate the persisting questions of human existence, but also have great relevance to contemporary problems. They change our minds, move our hearts, and touch our spirits.

ST JOHNS COLLEGE IN SANTA FE
1160 Camino De Cruz Blanca
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
United States
Phone (505) 984-6110
Website www.sjc.edu
Unique Identifier 850162247