Excerpts from the General Education Program Description
Goals of the General Education Program
The General Education Program teaches both the skills and the general
body of knowledge needed for students to intelligently participate in
public discourse.
Knowledge Goals
- The major areas of human investigation and accomplishment -- the
arts, the humanities, the mathematical sciences, the natural sciences,
and the social sciences.
- An understanding of one's own culture and the cultures of others.
- The tradition of humane inquiry that forms moral and ethical
choices.
Skills Goals
- To engage in articulate expression through effective writing and
speaking.
- To think critically and creatively.
- To locate, evaluate, and use information effectively.
- To integrate different areas of knowledge and view ideas from
multiple perspectives.
The Structure of the General Education Program
The General Education Program is divided into three sections: the
Foundations Categories, the Cultural Emphasis Requirements, and the
Thematic Group.
The Foundations Categories
Courses in the Foundations Categories introduce students to the major
areas of human thought and endeavor. These courses present the
academic disciplines as different ways of looking at the world, they
introduce students to the varied methods used to create knowledge, and
they acquaint students with major questions and principles of the
field. The pedagogy of the Foundation Categories helps students
develop the essential skills of creative and critical thinking,
articulate expression, and information literacy.
The Foundations Categories are:
- The Arts (one course)
- The Humanities
- Philosophy and Literature (one course)
- Historical Perspectives (one course)
- The Mathematical Sciences (one course)
- The Natural Sciences (one of the science Courses must contain a lab)
- Physical Sciences (one course)
- Life Sciences (one course)
- The Social Sciences (two courses from two disciplines)
The Humanities: Philosophy and Literature Courses
Completion of one of the following courses is required.
- COM 202 Critical Interpretation
- ENG 201 Classical Literature
- ENG 203 World Literature
- ENG 205 Literatures in English
- ENG 212 Introduction to Shakespeare
- LIB 100 Introduction to Liberal Studies
- PHI 101 Introduction to Philosophy
- PHI 102 Ethics
- RST 331 Russian Literature in Translation (1800-1880)
- RST 333 Russian Literature in Translation (1932 to present)
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