Education in the liberal arts prepares students not only to work but to live. Through the arts, students are encouraged to develop a zest for intellectual challenges, a love of beauty, an awareness of their own culture and values, an understanding of self, empathy and compassion for others, an appreciation of cultural diversity, and a sense of their relationship and responsibility to a larger community. These goals are sought within an atmosphere of free inquiry, dialogue, and interfaith concern.

The School of Arts is the heart of the educational experience at Christian Brothers University. Through courses taken in the School of Arts, majors from all four Schools develop broad general knowledge in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. They develop skills in different forms of inquiry, abstract logical thinking, and critical analysis. Studies in the School of Arts provide an array of opportunities for students to enhance their abilities to think, read, write, and speak while cultivating historical, ethical, religious, literary, and social scientific consciousness.

In choosing a major within the School of Arts, students join a particular intellectual community of learners and take part in its special way of exploring the world and the self, thereby preparing for a wide variety of educational and professional choices. All School of Arts majors take a variety of courses from across departmental disciplines selected for the purpose of providing breadth, depth, and richness to their educational experience.