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Augsburg College (Minneapolis, Minn.)

www.augsburg.edu

• ELCA
• 3,000 students
  
  

Defining Statements:

Mission
The Mission of Augsburg College is to nurture future leaders in service to the world by providing high quality educational opportunities, which are based in the liberal arts and shaped by the faith and values of the Christian Church, by the context of a vital metropolitan area, and by an intentionally diverse campus community.

Organizational Principles

The Augsburg Core Curriculum is designed to prepare students to become effective, informed, and ethical citizens through their engagement in a curriculum that:

• Provides a liberal arts foundation and promotes the acquisition of intellectual and professional skills;
• Calls for common inquiry into questions of Christian faith and the search for meaning; and Cultivates the transformative discovery of, and appreciation for, one's place of leadership and service in a diverse world vocatio and caritas.

The curriculum has three major components:

• The Augsburg Signature Curriculum
• Search for Meaning (critically reflect upon Augsburg's concept of vocation and its meaning; Christian theological concepts as well as concepts from other religious traditions; and the meaning of the Bible in Judeo-Christian thought, its cultural contexts, and concepts of human identity and vocation.
• Augsburg First Year
• Augsburg Seminar (to introduce students to an Augsburg education and to help them make the transition to college work)
• Engaging Minneapolis (make intentional and substantial use of the resources of the Twin Cities orient ... to the community where [students] will be studying, living, and working during their college careers.)
• Augsburg Experience (integrates experiential learning with academic learning.)

        The Liberal Arts Foundation  (two courses from two different departments in each domain)

•  Natural Sciences and Math
• Social and Behavior Sciences

• Skills Requirements
• Entry Level: Critical Thinking, Math, Modern Languages, Writing
• Graduation: Critical Thinking, Quantitative Reasoning, Speaking and Writing

Requirements for Graduation:

Signature Curriculum	Number of Courses
Search for Meaning	2
Augsburg 1st Year
Fall Orientation and Augsburg Seminar	0
Engaging Minneapolis
Augsburg Experience	1
Senior Keystone Course	1

Liberal Arts Foundation
Natural Science/Math	2
Social/Behavioral Science	2
Humanities	2
Fine Arts	2

Entry Level/Core Skills
Assessments in Critical Thinking, Math,        Languages, Writing
English 111	1
Modern Languages (based on initial        assessment)	0 - 2
P.E.: Foundations plus Activity (1 course)	0
General Education	13 - 15
Minimum courses required for graduation	32
General Education, percent	41% - 49%
Maximum in one department1	13
Graduation Skills (usually fulfilled in the major)
Courses with Writing components	2
Courses with Critical Thinking component	1
Course with Speaking component	1
Course with Quantitative Reasoning comp.	1

Note: Any Graduation Skills courses NOT taken in the major will increase the General Education total and raise the General Education percentage higher.

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¹ Exceptions: accounting (B.A.) - 14; music education (B.M.) - 17; music performance (B.M.) - 14.5; music therapy (B.S.) - 17; and social work (B.S.) - 15.

 

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