Herbert W. Armstrong College (AC), established in August 2001, is a privately supported co-educational institution
offering courses in theology, liberal arts, and applied arts and sciences. The college's objective is to teach its
students how to live. With thousands of universities teaching how one might earn a living, AC focuses on teaching
skills, concepts and values that lead to success in life, not just the workplace. The AC education helps prepare
young men and women for worthwhile service to God and humanity.
The curriculum and activities at AC are geared toward helping students achieve their God-given potential. AC strives
to develop every facet of one's being: mental, physical, emotional, psychological and—most importantly—spiritual. That
is why the AC experience is based upon the Christian Bible. Its educational aim is founded on Scripture. The Word of
God is the foundation of all knowledge. Thus, the Bible is used as the foundation for AC's liberal arts education.
That is what makes AC so unique. This world and its educational system are blinded to God's truth (2 Corinthians 4:4;
Revelation 12:9). Ignoring revelation, man has established modern education on the unproven theory of evolution.
Indeed, few realize the terrible influence this has had on education. The reason modern education has descended into
a state of radical individualism and widespread materialism is because of this false, anti-God foundation.
With the Bible as its guide, however, Herbert W. Armstrong College frees itself from these godless constraints. Jesus
taught that truth is what sets us free (John 8:32). At AC, students are taught that real freedom—not the "absolute freedom"
other institutions promote—stems from the Word of God. Real freedom—the kind that Jesus spoke of—cannot be separated from
true education. A liberal arts education requires methods of learning and knowledge acquisition that liberate people from
fear, ignorance, superstition and the dogmas of man. Education is dependent upon knowledge, but it must be the right
kind of knowledge.
In the case of AC, students are taught the foundational knowledge that is missing from all other educational
institutions—revelation from God. In addition to theology, its curriculum includes history, classic literature,
language, social sciences, natural sciences, mathematics, music and physical education.
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