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Franklin Pierce College

Franklin Pierce College (Rindge, NH)

www.fpc.edu

Defining Statements:

Franklin Pierce College recognizes its highest goal to be the development of intellect and character. That which sets a Franklin Pierce education apart from others is that we demand that our students make contributions far larger than they could have hoped when they arrived.

Our purpose in this enterprise is to prepare citizens and leaders of conscience for a new Century, whether our graduates' aspirations are global or local. We understand this to be the paramount charge and responsibility of the College.

Franklin Pierce College commits its energies and resources to create an academic home in the truest sense. Acting in continuity with our curricular theme of Individual and Community, the college educates students from a rich diversity of backgrounds who are committed to advancing their lives and the lives of others through hard work, high standards, and service.

Organizational Principles:

Franklin Pierce College lists its goals for education in the acronym TeaCH:

Tolerance & Community: Students who graduate will be able to articulate their own attitudes and values and recognize the persistent tensions between self and community; demonstrate understanding and respect for views and cultures differing from their own by working collaboratively and participating in community affairs.

Content Literacy and Integration with Critical Analysis: Students who graduate will be effective writers and speakers, combine a mastery of pertinent mathematics with knowledge of the methods and aims of modern science, and be adept at using modern information resources.  Students should have a substantive understanding of the way artistic expression, historical, natural and cultural contexts in a global setting shape and enrich our communities and our individual lives. Students should become active participants and leaders in their communities, with a developed sense of ethics  that encourages civility, tolerance for differences, and a commitment to a life  of collaborative work and learning. 

Holistic Preparation for Leadership and Lifelong Learning: Students who graduate will be able to seek and apply knowledge in a holistic manner for the rest of their lives and to serve as responsible citizens and leaders in local, regional and global communities.

Franklin Pierce College organizes its general education curriculum around the theme of the individual and society.  Most of the courses are interdisciplinary and some are team-taught.  Students take prescribed courses in their first, second, and third years.
 

Requirements for Graduation:

Freshman Year Requirements
Individual and Community
College Writing
College Writing II
Integrated Science I
Integrated Science II
    or Biology I and II
    or Biology I and Human Origins
    or General Chemistry I and II
    or Geology I and II
    or General Physics I and II
       Total First Year Requirements
 Number of Credits

3
3
3
4
4
8
8
8
8
8
17
Sophmore Year Requirements
Experiencing the Arts or Music in Our World
The American Experience
Foundations of Mathematics (another course may be substituted based on high school record)
Challenge of Business in Society
The Twenty-First Century
    Total Sophmore Year Requirements  


3
3
3

3
3
15
Junior Year Requirements
Science of Society
Ancient and Medieval Worlds or Reason and Romanticism
    Total Junior Year Requirements

3
3

6
Total General Education Requirements
Credits required for graduation
   General Education percent
 38
120

32%

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