A common concern about liberal arts and humanities - especially from technically-oriented people - is "well, it doesn’t really teach you to DO anything."

We couldn’t disagree more.

In a world dominated by warp-speed technological change, people need to be able to respond creatively and effectively to ever-evolving circumstances.

This is especially true in Asia, where respect for tradition goes hand-in-hand with commitment to moving forward economically and technically.

In this framework, liberal arts and humanities are invaluable in giving ALL people the conceptual and analytical tools they need to make sense of a global scene that is, almost literally, being re-created anew every day.

Which is what makes the Minerva commitment to APPLIED liberal arts and humanities so valuable in general, and for Asians in particular.

The Minerva approach takes the best of the Western liberal arts and humanities tradition and focuses it into highly-structured and well-organized conceptual frameworks aimed at understanding and solving real-world problems.

Only Minerva offers both the broad time perspective and in depth understanding of societal and historical processes necessary to respond to a world whose fundamental dynamics are constantly changing.

It offers students a suppleness that comes solely from a profound and on-going encounter with far-ranging and deeply-probing questions, rather than a search for already-defined - and, hence, clearly inadequate - "right" answers.