At Canisius College, we provide an educational experience that calls you to be your best self. Through your major courses, you will gain the expertise necessary for a career or further study. Through electives, your can pursue a passion for its own sake.
It is through the Core Curriculum, however, that we invite you to develop the knowledge, skills, and values that make you a whole person, ready to put your education into action. No matter what major you are, you will share the Core experience with all other students, thus forging an important sense of community on campus. In community, you can create relationships among the various subjects you study, as well as between your living and learning experiences. These relationships enable you to reflect in order to act, whether that action is to express your understanding in your classes, to take leadership in campus activities, or to serve the greater community in fundamentally important ways.
We invite you to embrace the possibilities for learning, reflecting, and acting that the Core makes possible.