The university seminar is a basic writing course that introduces students to the intellectual challenges and opportunities of the university. Through common readings and extensive writing assignments, students begin to appreciate the complexity of most human problems and the need to bring the resources of many scholarly disciplines to bear on them. The course emphasizes the structure and value of the general education program as the foundation of a baccalaureate degree and of lifelong learning. The communications course is designed to enhance critical reading, thinking, and writing skills.
Students use a variety of technologies to formulate and carry out a research project.
The speech communications course is designed to enhance critical reading, thinking, and speaking skills. Emphasis is on techniques, principles, and practice of oral communication in a variety of formats, including public speaking. The mathematics course demonstrates how mathematics can be used to solve a wide variety of problems in the real world. Emphasis is on both quantitative literacy and the aesthetic quality of mathematics. This course is intended to introduce students to a language other than their primary language.