A communications course complements the seminar. Both courses will emphasize writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills. Students will continue to sharpen these skills in virtually all courses in this program. The mathematics course and a second language at the intermediate level are also integral parts of the first year of general education. Students entering baccalaureate programs in 2004 will be required to have completed two years of a second language in high school.
Students begin the integrated core sequences in their second or third undergraduate semesters.
The Human Experience, The Natural World, and Human Values - comprise the substantive heart of the general education program. In each sequence, the two courses are to be taken in assigned order. The ad hoc committee intentionally designated these interdisciplinary courses by subject matter rather than by department. Integrated courses assure greater breadth in general education than do departmental introductory courses. Within such courses, students will confront issues that require integration of knowledge, perspectives, and methods from several disciplines.