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Seeking
to liberate mind and spirit--- to foster individuals with open minds,
flexible thinking and sound judgment
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 Kobe
College is a place of higher learning for women. It is also a liberal
arts and sciences institution. The origin of liberal arts and sciences
dates back to the systematic Greek and Roman academies of "septem
artes liberales" (seven liberal arts): grammar, logic, rhetoric,
arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy. The premise was that a
person required an elevated level of intellect and reason in order
to achieve equilibrium. Adapted into the European university system
as early as the Middle Ages, this idea of "education of the whole
person" has since characterized many Western colleges and universities,
where broad perspectives are encouraged over narrowly focused professional
knowledge. Learning is not an end in itself, but a means to the ultimate
goal of a liberal arts and sciences education: The creation of "a
free person," a spiritually liberated individual who can see
things accurately, think flexibly and make deliberate judgments.
Kobe College's liberal arts and sciences education
nurtures independently-minded individuals. The college insignia
of a three-leaf clover represents the tripartite development of
body, mind and spirit.
As the fifth Kobe College President, Charlotte
B. DeForest, remarked: "Kobe College tries to stimulate independence
of thought and judgment on a sound foundation, especially by making
college life a laboratory for the development of the power to think
and the will to act."
The college's diverse curricula are designed to
cultivate critical and balanced thinking skills. Students are free
to choose from among our faculty and interdepartmental programs
those disciplines best suited to their individual interests.
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