Defining Statements:
Educating students to shape their
lives, their professions, and their societies. The university contributes to
the enrichment of society through excellent teaching, active scholarship, and
public service.
Organizational Principles:
The General Education Program is divided into four
main sections:
1. All
College Requirements which includes minimum requirements for writing, math
and other minimum standards
2. Foundation
Categories which includes the arts, humanities, mathematics, natural
sciences and social sciences
3. Cultural
Designations which includes both a world and U.S. view
4. Thematic
Group which includes interrelated courses from different perspectives
To meet their thematic requirement, students must
choose one theme and take three courses in it, at least two of which must be at
the upper-level. The three courses must come from three different disciplines
and two different divisions or schools.
The themes are 1) Perspectives from the Outside: Marginality and
Difference, 2) Changing Ideas: Changing Worlds, 3) Society and Media, 4) The
Human Journey, 5) Making War and Peace, 6) Gender and Identity, 7) Revolution
and Evolution in America, 8) Gender Society, and Culture, 9) Religion, 10)
Ethics, 11) Earth and Environment, 12) Freedom and Social Control, 13) The U.S.
Civil Rights Movement, 14) Death and Dying, 15) Global Challenge: Integration
and Fragmentation, 16) Health, Illness, and Healing, 17) Cities, 18)
Creativity: Ideas and Innovation, 19) Perception, and 20) The American Mosaic.
Requirements for Graduation:
Foundation RequirementsArts |
Number of Credits 3 3 3 3 7 6 25 |
Cultural RequirementsWorld Perspectives |
3
6 0-9 |
Thematic RequirementsThree courses from three disciplines, two at upper level |
9 9 |
All College RequirementsBasic Skills: Writing |
Number of Credits 3 3 0-3 0-6 6-15 |
| Total General Education Requirements Credits required for graduation General Education percent |
40-58 120 33%-48% |