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Enrolling nearly 450 students from 36 states and 27 countries, Principia College offers an outstanding liberal arts academic program focusing on Christian Science-based character education. The Principia shall seek to serve the Cause of Christian Science through appropriate channels open to it as an educational institution. Principia is a Christian Science community of practice where all members are students, teachers, and healers. Through transformative opportunities, a challenging curriculum, and character education based on the teachings of Christian Science, we examine, test, and strengthen our faith while developing the skills and understanding requisite for excellence. As global, outward-looking, inspired learners, we serve and better the world. Principia College is an exciting place to learn and live. Our professors are invested in your success. They will push you to strive for excellence, develop a broad understanding of the world, and think critically. Through challenging academics, hands-on learning, and extraordinary opportunities on and off-campus, a Principia education prepares you to make your mark. With more than 30 areas of study, and the ability to design your major, opportunities to broaden your knowledge abound at Principia. Broaden your perspective with a liberal arts education. Explore multiple disciplines, and put your understanding into practice with hands-on learning. Get individual attention from professors who know your name—and understand your God-given ability. Put it all together, and you will be set for success at Principia and beyond. Our professors are engaged learners, and enthusiastic teachers. They are eager to share their research and experience with you—from tracking U.S. elections to studying prairie grasses. The scholarship program at Principia welcomes all degree-seeking prospective students, domestic and international, regardless of national and ethnic origin or citizenship. Each of our scholarships is based on stated criteria, regardless of need. Principia is a liberal arts college, not a specialized or technical school. The curriculum emphasizes writing, quantitative reasoning, information literacy, and critical thinking. These skills apply to all professions and prepare students to contribute to society in a variety of ways. Course instruction often involves discussion, and students participate actively in exchanges with classmates and professors. Christian Science-based character education is an integral part of all academic and co-curricular programs. There is a lot more to college than classes, so dive into campus activities starting day one. Pursue lifelong interests, discover new talents, make your mark. The Academic & Career Advising (ACA) Office is ready to support you through each step of your college career by providing academic guidance and resources that help you into, through, and beyond. At Principia, you will get your hands dirty, test your theories, and put your understanding into practice. Sometimes, you will be in the classroom. You will also meet in a field, theatre, forest, museum, studio, or manufacturing plant. Many of our majors are known for experiential learning—check out biology, political science, educational studies, and theatre, for example. Hands-on learning is not limited to classes, however. Student clubs and activities put you in the middle of the action. You can design and race a solar car between classes and clubs, produce maple syrup from scratch, direct plays, choreograph dances, become a beekeeper, compete in Moot Court, mediation, and computer programming contests, and more. The Marshall Brooks Library has a rich array of resources, an impressive archive, and several special collections, including the first edition of Paradise Lost and a letter from Virginia Woolf. Friendly librarians provide research assistance and subject guides to help you in your study, and our I-Share system enables you to request books and resources from other libraries. View full university

Serving children from infancy through grade 12, Principia School is a student-centered, future-focused coeducational day and boarding school. Creativity, critical thinking, and character growth are at the core of our program, grounded in the teachings of Christian Science. A mother. Two young boys. (Make that three, with a friend.) An earnest desire to promote children's moral and spiritual progress alongside their academic growth—and a commitment to Christian Science. From these seeds sprang the idea and institution that is Principia today. In 1897, when Christian Science practitioner Mary Kimball Morgan began educating her two young sons at home, she did not set out to establish a school. Word spread quickly, however, among the thriving community of Christian Scientists in St. Louis, and by the next year, 15 students were enrolled in "Mrs. Morgan's school." The group soon moved from the Morgans' carriage house into a two-room storefront, and a second teacher was hired. Even more, students started attending. And that's how—without fanfare, but with a firm foundation in the teachings of Christian Science—Principia officially began in 1898. Progress and growth followed quickly: The first high school class graduated in 1906. In 1910, the four-year program expanded to six years, resulting in one of the nation's first junior colleges. In 1934, Principia's new four-year liberal arts college, established across the Mississippi River in Elsah, Illinois, graduated its first class. By 1960, all levels of the School had moved to the current campus in St. Louis. Today, across both campuses, Principia enrolls hundreds of students from coast to coast in the U.S. and many countries worldwide. From academics to athletics, the arts to dorm life, Principia School's campus is an ideal spot for testing theories, conquering limitations, enjoying quiet time, and having fun with friends. View full school