In order to lead meaningful and responsible lives in complex societies, students produce, evaluate, articulate, and interpret information and meanings in oral and written communications. In order to develop quantitative reasoning skills and to use and understand the language of science and technology, students attain mathematical proficiency. One course must have college algebra as a prerequisite. In order to use computers and to understand and evaluate their significance in the solution of problems, students study the concepts, techniques, and tools of computing. In order to appreciate current understandings of the natural world, students study the concepts and methods of the physical and life sciences, applying the techniques of scientific inquiry to problem-solving.
All students participate in a laboratory experience.
In order to participate in the complexity of human experiences that arise in a framework of historical and social contexts, students are exposed to the humanities. Such areas of studies may include cultural, aesthetic, philosophical, and spiritual dimensions of the human condition. In order to understand interrelationships between the individual and society and connections between historical memory and the future, students examine the social sciences, including history, economics, psychology, or sociology. In order to experience advanced studies in either the humanities or social sciences, students must choose at least one upper level elective in the Humanities or Social Sciences.