For transfer students who have not completed core requirements, general education credit will be given for courses that transfer as equivalent to FLC Thematic Studies I courses. Fall 2001 marks the beginning of exciting changes at Fort Lewis College as a new General Education program is implemented. A liberal arts education means that you are broadly educated, able to think about new information and ideas in complex and integrative ways. That s what General Education is intended to help you do. Thematic Studies is the part of General Education that is organized around four important knowledge areas or themes.
Students choose approved courses from each area.
Thematic studies is designed to address content essential for an educated person in the 21 st century and to prepare students for integrative and critical thinking beyond their majors. They are described below, with examples of lower-division courses that is, courses that beginning students can take. Upper-division Thematic Studies courses TSII are also required in each knowledge area. TSII courses bring advanced students from a variety of majors together to address content and relevant issues in a broadly conceived way. The culture, identity, and expression knowledge area combines comparative perspectives with historical and social context to help students appreciate cultural difference so that they will be better prepared to navigate the increasingly diverse and global world they inherit.