Are You Eager to Articulate Your Ideas?

< 20 STUDENTS PER CLASS

All classes at St. John’s are seminar-style discussions among 20 students or fewer, facilitated by faculty. There are no large classes, teaching assistants, or introductory lectures; conversation among students and faculty is the whole of every class at St. John’s. While you might be familiar with discussion-based classes from high school, few have experienced the kind of vigorous and open discussion that happens at St. John’s. Whether the subject is literature or calculus, students do the talking. Every discussion is facilitated by one or two tutors in the classroom who ask an opening question and then allow the students to own their education.

Johnnies engage in civil yet often impassioned examination of ideas, in which all opinions are considered. Open-mindedness is a hallmark of St. John’s classrooms, as is a healthy dose of skepticism. Our students continually interrogate and deepen their own assumptions, stimulated by an intellectual environment rich with the perspectives of their peers.