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==Colleges exemplifying this philosophy== * [[Reed College]] in [[Portland, Oregon]] is a well-known secular liberal arts college which requires a year-long humanities course covering ancient Greek and Roman literature, history, art, religion, and philosophy. Students may pursue an optional extension to this core curriculum in later years. * [[St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe)]] in [[Annapolis, Maryland]] and [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]] is a secular liberal arts college with an undergraduate program described as "an all-required course of study based on the great books of the Western tradition". * The [[Core Curriculum (Columbia College)|Core Curriculum]] of [[Columbia College of Columbia University]], is another well-known example of educational perennialism. * The [[University of Chicago]]'s Common Core, established by [[Mortimer Adler]] and [[Robert Maynard Hutchins]] is another well-known example of educational perennialism. Similar to [[Columbia College of Columbia University]], it is an uncommon example of an educational perennialistic college within a large research institution. * Integral Program at [[Saint Mary's College of California]] in [https://web.archive.org/web/20060904121718/http://stmarys-ca.edu/academics/undergraduate/programs_by_school/school_of_liberal_arts/programs/integral/] is a [[Great Books]] major at the [[Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools|Lasallian]] Catholic liberal arts college in [[Moraga, California]]. The program was designed with the assistance of faculty from St. John's College, U.S. * [[Thomas Aquinas College]] in [[Santa Paula, California]] is a Catholic Christian college with a Great Books curriculum. The college was founded by a group of graduates and professors of the Integral Program at Saint Mary's College of California, who were discouraged by the liberalism that became common place among the faculty and administration on Saint Mary's campus shortly after [[Vatican II]]. * [[Gutenberg College]] in [[Eugene, Oregon]] provides "a broad-based liberal arts education in a Protestant Christian environment", with a "great books" curriculum emphasizing "the development of basic learning skills (reading, writing, mathematics, and critical thinking) and the application of these skills to profound writings of the past". * [[Shimer College]] in [[Chicago]] grants a Bachelor of Arts to students who complete a program composed of humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, integrative studies and a capstone senior thesis. * The Torrey Honors Institute at [[Biola University]] is a Christian Great Books program. * [[George Wythe University]] in [[Cedar City, Utah]], is an unaccredited [[liberal arts]] school. * [http://www.thomasmorecollege.edu/ Thomas More College] in Merrimack, New Hampshire is a Catholic College with an integrated [http://www.thomasmorecollege.edu/academics/course-descriptions/ Liberal Arts curriculum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125115825/http://www.thomasmorecollege.edu/academics/course-descriptions/ |date=2013-11-25 }}. The program includes [http://www.thomasmorecollege.edu/student-life/catholic-guilds/ poetry and folk, art and wood guild]. The college also offers a [http://www.thomasmorecollege.edu/academics/semester-in-rome/ Rome Semester], when students have the chance to study Ancient and Medieval Art & Architecture. *The Great Books Program at [[Benedictine College]] is an example of perennialism, teaching ancient, medieval, renaissance, and modern works from the Western cannon with an emphasis on Catholicism.
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