Consequently, the College's Writing Center evaluates the writing proficiency of all entering students. On the basis of this evaluation, some students may be required in their first semester to take English 101, Writing. The continued development of students' writing abilities is supported by various programs in the Writing Center and across the curriculum. At any time during students' careers at Trinity, faculty may refer students to the Writing Center for assistance, and they may be required to enroll in writing courses or other programs of supplemental writing instruction. All well-informed citizens should have facility in mathematical skills such as understanding quantitative relationships, interpreting graphs, analyzing data, and drawing valid conclusions from information presented.
Numerous occupations expect of their practitioners a certain level of mathematical proficiency.
For all these reasons, Trinity has established a requirement that all students demonstrate a level of quantitative literacy sufficient for them to be able to function as informed participants in our increasingly technological society. Entering students will take a Proficiency Examination administered by the Mathematics Center . The Mathematics Center will advise students who do not pass the Proficiency Examination about how they can attain the prescribed level of proficiency. Ordinarily, this can be accomplished by successfully completing one or more appropriate courses. To be liberally educated means, in part, to be broadly educated.