Rationale A liberal arts degree is more than a credential needed to pursue a career. Ideally, a liberal arts degree denotes a person who is passionate about some aspect of humankind's broader quest for knowledge and understanding. The liberal arts graduate is interested in the connections between diverse fields of study and often reflects on the bigger picture. Such a student's study is characterized by equal measures of depth and breadth of understanding. By engaging in a careful study of sense making, students will learn valuable skills that will be used throughout the rest of their college studies, and they will develop the confidence to pursue future studies in both greater depth and breadth.
Objectives Develop our ability to read scholarly texts.
In particular, the student will become better able to read carefully, reflectively, and critically, and will learn how to situate a reading in its broader intellectual context. Students will learn to read not only to find answers to questions, but to discover new questions. Develop our capacity for analytical thinking. By examining the ways other people think, we will become more aware of our own thought processes. Improve our facility with written and spoken communication.