Welcome to Great Books/Liberal Studies

The Centre for Great Books/Liberal Studies (GBLS) offers a program of interdisciplinary courses focused in the humanities but also connecting with the social sciences and natural sciences. The program seeks to develop the skills and habits of inquiry, analysis, argument and expression needed for a rigorous treatment of these diverse subjects. Our classes are small and we emphasize learning in seminar discussions.

Our honours students are required to take a double major. The reason is that GBLS offers breadth in learning, and, while we think this is important, we also want our students to have a disciplinary focus. Common majors combinations include Classics, Dramatic Arts, English, History, Philosophy, and Political Science, but almost any combination is possible and some of students have even done second majors in Business or Physics. Professors have background in many disciplines, including Drama, Earth Sciences, History, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, and Visual Arts.

Please contact us at greatbooks@brocku.ca if you would like more information.