It is time to create
Our Fine Arts & Humanities programs invite students to wrestle with big questions and bring human stories to life. You might be under the hot stage lights, in the scene shop with paint on your hands, in a rehearsal room finding the right pitch, or around a seminar table debating philosophy, theology, or history line by line. Our liberal arts approach means that the humanities are woven into daily life at Aquinas, so you’ll never be boxed into one path. You’ll experiment and shape a course of study that feels distinctly your own—one that grants you the power to understand and impact the world around you.
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Majors & Minors
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English |
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History |
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Music |
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Philosophy |
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Theatre |
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Theology |
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Find Your Niche
Virtual Tour
Want to get a better glimpse of Aquinas College? Visit our on-campus virtual tour to discover 10 different spots Aquinas has to offer. Imagine yourself at AQ while exploring from anywhere!
Insignis Honors Program
The Insignis Honors Program at Aquinas College offers high-achieving students a rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum, exclusive research opportunities, and a vibrant community that fosters intellectual growth and professional success.
Clubs
At Aquinas, enhance your degree and build professional connections by joining student-led business clubs and organizations offering hands-on networking and leadership experience in the Grand Rapids community.
Upcoming Performances
Want the chance to see our Saints perform on stage? Throughout the school year, the Music Department hosts many concerts and events. All events are FREE and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Fine Arts & Humanities News
Aquinas College to host intellectual programs for Jubilee 2025
We are excited to announce that Aquinas College will host numerous intellectual programs in celebration of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope.
Student Symposium Creates a Space for Significant Contributions to Academia
Aquinas College recently held the 2024 Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Symposium, a twice-annual event that showcases the quality and diversity of AQ's research.
AQ Prayer Night
Prayer Night is a new student-led AQ tradition, which joins around 40 students in prayer.
Honoring Aquinas College’s Newest Emerita Faculty
Aquinas College proudly conferred emerita status on three distinguished faculty members: Professor Barbara McCargar, Professor Jennifer Dawson and Professor Michelle DeRose.
Celebrating 50 Years in Tully Cross: Writing and Visual Art from Ireland Study Abroad Program
For fifty years, Aquinas students and faculty have traveled a small Irish village called Tully Cross. Students, faculty and alumni took on the task of combining a selection of works written and created there into the book Where We Left Our Last Few Words: 50 Years in Tully Cross.