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Liberal Learning

For students admitted on or after Fall 2004

SECTOR

COURSE REQUIREMENT

Arts & Humanities (3 Courses)

TST 161/Creative Design

IDS 252/Society, Ethics & Technology

Elective: Literary, Visual & Performing Arts  or World Views and Ways of Knowing category

Social Sciences & History
(3 Courses)

ECO 101/Microeconomics

Elective: Social Change in Historical Perspectives category

Elective: Behavioral, Social or Cultural Perspectives or Social Change in Historical Perspectives category

Natural Science & Quantitative Reasoning
(3 Courses)

CHE 201/General Chemistry I

MAT 127/Calculus A

PHY 201/General Physics I

Intellectual & Scholarly Growth

FSP 1xx/First Seminar

WRI 102/Academic Writing (if required)

Engineering Laboratories

Senior Project or Capstone course

Information Literacy

IDS 102/Information Literacy Proficiency

 

The above three mentioned electives must also fulfill the following Civic Responsibilities

  1. Race & Ethnicity

  2. Gender

  3. Global Awareness

Liberal Learning courses may fulfill none, one or two civic responsibilities. Engineering majors must fulfill the three civic responsibilities with their three Liberal Learning electives (It is important to note that the FSP 1xx/First Seminar can also count towards one of the three Liberal Learning electives).

A list of all approved Liberal Learning courses and what Civic Responsibilities they satisfy can be found in the following URL: http://www.tcnj.edu/~liberal/totallist.html 

Notes:

FSP course counts towards one of the Liberal Learning elective requirements listed in the table above.  The FSP course number  identifies which Liberal Learning category and civic responsibilities are fulfilled by the course as follows:

 

Liberal Learning Category

Civic Responsibilities

None

Race & Ethnicity

Gender

Global Awareness

Community Engagement

Literary, Visual & Performing Arts

FSP 101

FSP 102

FSP 103

FSP 104

FSP 105

World Views & Ways of Knowing

FSP 111

FSP 112

FSP 113

FSP 114

FSP 115

Behavioral, Social, and Cultural Perspectives

FSP 121

FSP 122

FSP 123

FSP 124

FSP 125

Social Change in Historical Perspectives

FSP 131

FSP 132

FSP 133

FSP 134

FSP 135

Natural Science

FSP 141

FSP 142

FSP 143

FSP 144

FSP 145

Quantitative Reasoning

FSP 151

FSP 152

FSP 153

FSP 154

FSP 155

 

For example, FSP 132 fulfills the Behavioral, Social or Cultural Perspectives requirement, as well as the Race & Ethnicity civic responsibility.

 

Students must check with TESS to ensure that seats are available in the offered sections

Some students are exempt from WRI 102/Academic Writing.

School of Engineering

Armstrong Hall, Room 165

The College of New Jersey

P.O. Box 7718

2000 Pennington Rd.

Ewing, NJ 08628

 

Dean

Dr. Steven Schreiner

Assistant Dean

Dr. Martha H. Stella

Secretary

Mary B. Kalada

Web Media Specialist

Peter Szafranski

E) soengweb@tcnj.edu

 

Contact Information

 

Office of the Dean

P) 609.771.2538

F) 609.637.5148

E) engineering@tcnj.edu

 

Biomedical Engineering

P) 609.771.2543

F) 609.637.5135

 

Civil Engineering

P) 609.771.2543

F) 609.637.5135

 

Electrical & Computer Engineering

P) 609.771.2779

F) 609.637.5148

 

Mechanical Engineering

P) 609.771.2779

F) 609.637.5148

 

Engineering Management

P) 609.771.2779

F) 609.637.5148

 

Technological Studies

P) 609.771.2543

F) 609.637.5135