The purpose of the General Education requirement is to stretch students’ minds, broaden their experiences, and prepare them for:
- Their college experiences and subsequent professional training
- Their careers and productive lives
- Community engagement and informed citizenship
- A diverse and rapidly changing world
- A lifetime of learning
The General Education curriculum does this by engaging students in:
- Fundamental questions, ideas, and methods of analysis in the humanities and fine arts, social sciences, mathematics, and natural and physical sciences;
- The application and integration of these methods of analysis to real-world problems and contexts;
- Creative, analytical, quantitative, and critical thinking through inquiry, problem-solving and synthesis;
- Pluralistic perspective-taking and awareness of the relationship among culture, self, and others;
- Understanding and evaluating the consequences of one’s choices and the implications of one’s actions.
- Opportunities to develop and practice the skills of critical thinking, reasoning, communication, and integration of knowledge and perspectives, including:
- Communicating persuasively and effectively orally and in writing;
- Working effectively and collaboratively (in groups, across perspectives);
- Developing information and technological literacy