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Knowledge of the Liberal Arts

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Knowledge of the Liberal Arts

This array of courses, rooted in traditional disciplines, reflects the breadth of learning essential for success in today's global living by promoting awareness and insight of how people from different perspectives and beliefs, interpret reality and make meaning. Students also develop the ability to see relationships between these diverse bodies of knowledge which allows them to integrate and apply their learning to increasingly complex and global issues.

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Mathematical Sciences

Students learn how to process information quantitatively.

Mathematical Sciences Assessment Materials
Laboratory Sciences

Students learn how scientific knowledge develops and work to evaluate ideas effectively.

Laboratory Sciences Assessment Materials
Science, Technology and the World

Students gain the ability to contribute to societal discourses on issues that relate society to technology.

Science, Technology and the World Assessment Materials
Social Sciences

Students learn how human behavior influences individuals, relationships, social structures and cultures.

Social Sciences Assessment Materials
United States History

Students are introduced to the social, cultural, political, economic, and religious developments in the American experience.

United States History Assessment Materials
European History

Students are introduced to the social, cultural, political, economic, and religious developments in the millennia of western experience.

European History Assessment Materials
Literature

Students are exposed to many of the greatest and most inventive literary minds.

Literature Assessment Materials
Religion

Students understand the role religions play in shaping individual identity.

Religion Assessment Materials
Philosophy

Students are engaged in Western philosophical inquiries.

Philosophy Assessment Materials
Arts

Students represent ideas, emotions and experiences through creative expression.

Arts Assessment Materials
Languages and Cultures

Students learn to communicate in multiple languages, and comprehend ways in which people of other cultural traditions perceive the world.

Languages and Cultures Assessment Materials
Cross Cultural Studies

Students have the opportunity to understand the paradoxes, tensions, consistencies and values in a society.

Cross Cultural Studies Assessment Materials