The Gallatin School of Individualized Study provides a distinctive liberal arts education for a diverse student body. The faculty foster passionate intellectual commitments from learners and prepare them for a world in which managing knowledge is key to success.

Guided by the philosophy that self-directed learning is the key goal, the faculty seek to cultivate an environment conducive to intellectual exploration across traditional academic disciplines.

They insist on active student engagement in developing the direction of their own education. Its highly specialized and deeply engaged advisers guide students in their intellectual explorations toward an interdisciplinary approach to problem solving