The goal of the BA General Track is to provide students with a four-year curriculum in Lutheran theology and the classical liberal arts, instilling a passion for family life, deepening one’s appreciation for the church, and cultivating a broad skill set appropriate for many careers.
Adam Dobbs
LCC Student
A classical liberal arts degree will strengthen me in three necessary pre-law skills: reading, writing, and reasoning. The quality of an LCC education, rooted in a Christ-centered Lutheran environment, is more important than worldly prestige. LCC’s General Track seems like the obvious choice for someone like me, who loves reading Luther and Aristotle and wants a broad foundation for a future career as a lawyer.
Saint John, IN
Program Description
The “General” Tracks is so named because the Latin word genera (plural of genus) refers to broad categories. While a specialist might study just one subject year after year after year, a generalist studies the foundations of several different subjects, emphasizing what they all have in common (their generic properties) as well as appreciating what is unique about each of them (their specific differences). According to the classical view of education—espoused by Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Marcus Aurelius, Boëthius, and Melanchthon—a student gains understanding by grasping both the genus and the specific differences (genus et differentia) of various subjects, such as theology, history, literature, philosophy, law, art, music, mathematics, and science.
LCC’s “General Track,” whether pursued as a two-year AA degree or a four-year BA degree, provides a broad foundation of knowledge, a versatile set of skills, and a thorough training in theology that sanctifies both the mind and the hands for God-pleasing service to one’s neighbors in the family, the church, and civic life. Rather than preparing students narrowly for one specific job (which might become obsolete soon anyway), LCC’s General Track plants their feet on a broad and versatile foundation, empowering them to apply timeless wisdom from the past to the ever-changing challenges of the future.
