Approved Courses in World Views and Ways of Knowing

Goals & Outcomes

Students should think critically about what it means to be human, and to explore and interpret the human place in the universe.

• Students will be able to think critically about how human beings are able to gain knowledge beyond the limits of their own personal experiences.
• Students will be able to identify and explain how theories are challenged and defended in different areas of human inquiry.
• Students should be able to formulate a point of view on the intersection of science, religion, politics, and other forms of culture.
• Students should develop imaginative and conceptual skills needed to compare and evaluate alternative worldviews.

Civic Responsibilities Definition

Students should have an understanding of the nature of race and ethnicity, gender, and global communities, and the impact of each on our lives in the contemporary world.  The fulfillment of these goals is achieved by completing major or liberal learning courses designated as meeting each requirement.  Each goal may also be met through an approved program or equivalent sustained experience.  Also, students should seek to sustain and advance the communities in which they live by engaging in an informed and academically based service experience.  The fulfillment of the goal is achieved by completing a course in the major or liberal learning designated as meeting the requirement, or through an approved program or equivalent sustained experience. No single course, program, or sustained experience may satisfy more than two of the four civic responsibility categories.