Designed for select students who want to combine their pursuit of a specialized major with a fully integrated, interdisciplinary minor, the CTEQ minor brings four separate departments—Art History, Philosophy, Theology, and Political Science—together in one unified minor. Our students explore perennial human questions about the nature of justice, beauty, human nature, and God with the help of the Great Books. CTEQ students and faculty form a distinctive and close-knit learning community. For more information, see the entry under “Interdisciplinary Programs of Study” or contact CoreTexts@Assumption.edu. Prof. Daniel Maher is the Director of the program.
The Fortin and Gonthier Core Texts and Enduring Questions (CTEQ) Program is a unique program at Assumption University. This select Catholic liberal arts program offers an intellectually rich interdisciplinary minor that complements any pre-professional, natural science, mathematics, or humanities major. Students in this engaging program attend special lectures by nationally known speakers, compete in student essay contests, run the CTEQ Book Club, take part in intercollegiate student research conferences, and travel on CTEQ class-related trips to major cities in the United States and Europe (Athens, Krakow, London, and Paris).