Programs of StudyThe King's College is not offering a liberal arts
education, any more than the Empire State Building Observation Deck is offering
a cross-country tour. We are offering something more specific than the liberal
arts: we're offering a philosophically and theologically informed examination of
the nation's (and the world's) key institutions. (Can we explain it better than
that? Yes, but you have to pay tuition to get the full program.)
Obviously, this is an unusual approach to undergraduate education. And
students seeking a program that they can explain easily to their friends are
probably stuck with the line, "I'm studying God, Money, Power and Culture." But
offering an unusual approach seems exactly the right thing for our time and
place. We want to prepare students to challenge, to change, and to improve our
culture. We don't take that as a vague mandate to (somehow) go out and change
everybody's values. We think it takes people with deeply informed understanding
of the key institutions, razor-sharp intellectual abilities, inexhaustible
energy, and spiritual grace. We want students whose hearts are in the right
place, but who don't think that's enough: they want their heads in the right
place, too.
A college with this kind of ambition and willingness to buck the established
formulas of American higher education couldn't thrive in very many places. It is
one of a kind and instantly recognizable. It belongs where it is: right here in
the center of New York City.
Our programs include:
Business Management
Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE)
PPE & with a Concentration in Literature
PPE & with a Concentration in Media
PPE & with a Concentration in Theology
PPE & with a Concentration in Foundations of
Education
Media, Culture, and the Arts
All built on our common core.