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.
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