This section provides supplementary materials related to the Objectivist Academic Center program.

Video

OAC video on YouTube

Watch ARI's first YouTube video, which features approximately ten minutes of Dr. Onkar Ghate's lecture, Ayn Rand's Ideas: An Introduction. The lecture was delivered on June 2, 2003 at the Hyatt Regency Irvine.

Discussion of Atlas Shrugged: Chapter-by-Chapter

Now available for free! View Dr. Onkar Ghate’s chapter-by-chapter discussion of Atlas Shrugged, delivered in June 2007 to college students at the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism’s first annual student conference on the moral foundations of capitalism.  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

Audio

Sample OAC course: Introduction to Philosophy

Listen to the first lecture of a past “Introduction to Philosophy” class (a first-year OAC course), and hear firsthand how our classes work, for free!

OAC program information podcast

During the 2007 Objectivist Summer Conference, the OAC invited potential students to an informational lunch about the program. During the event they received an overview of our exciting curriculum and details about how the program actually works. The session was followed by a brief Q&A period. Download the recording for free and share it with your friends! (Right-click to save)

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Article about the OAC: “Study Ayn Rand’s Ideas,” by Gena Gorlin—Published in The Undercurrent

An article about the OAC undergraduate program written by alumna Gena Gorlin is currently appearing in a student publication: The Undercurrent. The article includes a sidebar testimonial about her experience as an OAC student:

As more and more young people become interested in Ayn Rand’s ideas and methodology, there is an increasing need and demand for an institution that systematically teaches her philosophy. In fact, such an institution exists.

The Ayn Rand Institute’s Objectivist Academic Center offers students an opportunity to formally study Rand’s philosophy. According to the Institute’s website, the OAC “offers a systematic program of instruction in the essentials of Objectivism and in the nature of objective thought and communication.”[...] Read the rest at The Undercurrent’s website.

ARI Press Release on the OAC

ARI has issued a press release informing the general public about the Institute’s academic program, the Objectivist Academic Center. Read it here.