University of Dallas

The braniff graduate school seeks to accomplish at the highest level the university's commitment to the revival of the western heritage of liberal education, the recovery of the christian intellectual tradition and the renewal of catholic theology in fidelity to the church and in constructive dialogue with the modern world. Its specific purpose is to offer selected master's and doctoral programs in the liberal arts which recall these disciplines to their first principles and which will prepare students for careers in a variety of fields. These programs seek to enable students to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for work in particular fields and to understand the principles of learning and the virtues of mind and heart which are constitutive of excellence in their life's work.

Other program expenses: during the fiscal year 2024, several institutes were opened at the university of dallas underneath the umbrella of centers and institutes. The primary purpose of these centers and institutes is to extend the university of dallas' core mission - the pursuit of wisdom, of truth and of virtue and share the vision of the university with the world at large. The institutes that comprise the centers and institutes are as follows: - ann and joe o. Neuhoff institute for ministry and evangelization - the institute offers a wide range of continuing education programs for adults interested in in-depth exploration of their faith as well as a deacon formation program. - donald and louise cowan center - the center houses, contextualizes and presents texts and information pertaining the writings, thought and teachings of donald a. And louise cowan. - saint ambrose center - includes spreading the principles and pedagogy of classical education to form educators and master teachers. Within saint ambrose there is the classical education graduate program and the k-12 curriculum and professional development project. The classical education graduate program forms teachers and administrators committed to recovering and renewing the classical education tradition. The k-12 curriculum and professional development project, serves teachers, educational leaders, parents, schools and communities by partnering together to strive for greater excellence in teaching and learning. - studies in catholic faith and culture - provides an intellectual formation that encompasses the breadth and depth of human culture by exploring the history, traditions and works that have shaped the catholic inheritance, resulting in a deeply christian portrait of the human person. - institute for homiletics - offers an array of preaching improvement opportunities and resources for catholic clergy. In addition, there are several partner centers and institutions. Included as partners are the associations or core texts and courses, center for christianity and the common good, center for thomas more studies, dallas forum on law, politics, and culture, dallas medieval texts and translations, dallas goethe center, leo xiii center for philosophy and social issues and the north texas heidegger symposium.