Rosary College is a two-year liberal arts college in the Catholic tradition offering courses in the humanities ordered toward readiness to serve within the Church and society. Courses are online and in-person.
Accepting Applications for Fall 2024
Rosary College is a two-year liberal arts college in the Catholic tradition offering courses in the humanities ordered toward readiness to serve within the Church and society. It finds inspiration in the Benedictine tradition of integrating prayer and work and expressing beauty for the glory of God.
Immersing students in the legacy of the life and culture of the Catholic tradition, it guides students in learning how to think and lead within their communities.
Our curriculum offers a 2-year Associate of Catholic Students (ACS) in Integrated Humanities taught by Catholic scholars, for students interested in for-credit courses and adult learners interested in auditing our courses. Learn more about Tuition and Costs.
Rosary College has a partnership with Ave Maria University in Ave Maria, FL, and Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in Merrimack, NH, and our students can transfer credits to partner institutions.
Degree Program
Rosary College offers an Associate Degree in Integrated Humanities, which is earned through 60 credit hours according to its curriculum plan.
Vision for Intellectual and Spiritual Formation
Rosary College builds upon a strong movement of renewal in Catholic liberal education throughout the United States. This has been spearheaded by faithful Catholic colleges, along with an explosion of new and renewed Catholic high schools and parochial schools throughout the country returning to a classical model. While building upon this general movement and demand, Rosary College will also offers its own distinct values for teaching the liberal arts and forming students.
a. Inspiration and Wonder
By focusing on the Integrated Humanities students will enter into an interdisciplinary search for wisdom. Being inspired by the greatest texts and led to wonder through the encounter with truth, beauty, and goodness students will learn how to think and what is worthy of love. This approach to the humanities will lay the foundation for the entire curriculum and for a life centered on the ongoing pursuit of wisdom.
b. Catholic Faith and Culture
Rosary College will remain rooted in faithfulness to the Catholic Church in a way that inspires students to live a life of communion with God and others. Students will experience the great tradition of Christian culture, growing in faith and the Christian life. This includes entering into the sources of Christian culture in the classical world, soaking in its great achievements in medieval Christendom, and seeking to bring this legacy into the challenges and opportunities of the modern world.
c. Benedictine Inspiration
Building upon its foundation in Catholic faith and culture, Rosary College will draw particular inspiration from the Benedictine tradition. This will provide a spiritual vision rooted in the liturgy, community, the prayerful study of Scripture, and work. Drawing both upon ora et labora, students will be prepared to apply the fruits of their study to their vocation and work.
d. Local Community
Rosary College arose to serve the needs of the Upstate community in South Carolina. While serving students throughout the region, it remains closely connected to the local Church and will aim to build stronger connections between Catholics in this community. The college will seek to serve the intellectual and cultural needs of the local Catholic community.
e. Prepared to Serve
Rosary College students will be better prepared to serve, whether that entails continuing study, the pursuit of a religious vocation or marriage, or entering into a career. Its courses seek to enrich its students, no matter their future path by providing them the intellectual and spiritual formation they need for continued growth in the Christian life and future leadership.
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Location and Campus Space
Rosary College is located in Greenville, South Carolina. It does not operate a residential campus and will operate in rented classroom space for its first years of operation.
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