Saint Katherine College Set to Begin Second Academic Year on September 4th

Aug. 15, 2012 - PRLog -- (Encinitas, CA) Saint Katherine College (www.stkath.org) will resume instruction on September 4, 2012. This represents the second academic year for the new institution. The College will now require four years of writing seminar for all majors. This progressive didactic sequence will be offered in conjunction with the College’s core series which is based on the educational guidelines of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA). The College is the only institution in the nation that requires four years of writing and composition to earn the baccalaureate degree.

Saint Katherine College is an undergraduate college of liberal arts and sciences that focuses its integrative teaching in the core subjects of Composition, English Language and Literature, Foreign Language, American Government and History, Economics, Mathematics, and the Sciences in addition to instruction in concentration-specific degree requirements. Outstanding teaching and research—with relevance to the practical world and Christian witness as guiding principles—is the institution’s primary purpose- inquiry seeking wisdom. College programs encompass several academic disciplines and degree-granting programs, as well as interdisciplinary collaborations, laboratories, and programs whose work cuts across traditional departmental boundaries. These aims are realized in a singularly collegial, interdisciplinary atmosphere, while educating outstanding students to become creative members of society. Saint Katherine College is independent, coeducational, not-for-profit and privately endowed. The College admits students of all religious and faith backgrounds. All classes are taught by experienced faculty who have earned terminal degrees in their academic field. BA/BS degrees are offered in: Art , Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Economics, English Language and Literature, History, Interdisciplinary Studies, Management Science,  Music, Philosophy, Public Health and Policy Studies, and Theology. The College has a 9:1 student to faculty ratio, and of the full-time members of the faculty, all hold either a doctoral degree or the highest degree in their field.