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Kalamazoo College (Kalamazoo, Michigan)

www.kzoo.edu

• 4-year private college
• 1,234 students

Defining Statements:

The mission of Kalamazoo College is to prepare its graduates to better understand, live successfully within, and provide enlightened leadership to a richly diverse and increasingly complex world.

Organizational Principles:

A liberal arts education at Kalamazoo College ideally comprises all components of the Kalamazoo Plan:

• on-campus coursework (required)
• Career Development experiences (optional)
• Study Abroad (optional)
• Senior Individualized Project (required)

Students progress through this education within a developmental framework of:

• Foundations refer to skills upon which further intellectual and personal development depends.
• Explorations broaden and deepen knowledge and understanding, whether through course work or off-campus experiences.
• Connections mean discovering ways in which knowledge, skills, and ideas from one course or discipline inform those from another, as well as ways in which the interplay of academic study and off-campus experience provides fresh insight and deepened comprehension of one's self and the world.

Through this guiding framework, Kalamazoo College seeks to cultivate among its students intellectual and personal growth in attributes consistent with the College's overall mission.

Requirements for Graduation:

Foundations First-year writing      Quantitative reasoning Second language Physical education        Foundations	Number of Units 1 1 1 - 3 1 4-6
Explorations Literature, Fine Arts, Creative             Expression Natural Sciences, Mathematics,        Computer Science Religion and Philosophy Social Science Cultures     Explorations	3 2 2 3 3 13
Connections Senior individualized project Liberal arts colloquium     Connections	1-2 1 2-3
General Education	19-22
Minimum required for graduation General Education percent   Minimum for major	38 50%-58% 8

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