Students begin the Liberal Arts Inquiry (LAI) – the university’s 通识教育 program - with a First-year Seminar that prepares them for success. Students across all majors explore all students explore multiple fields of study, 思维方式, and practices of scholarship and creativity. The LAI prepares students as critical thinkers who adapt to challenges and opportunities beyond graduation.
See the 通识教育 section of the current 大学目录 for a detailed description of each category.
The Liberal Arts Inquiry 通识教育 program eng年龄s in practices, 探讨了区域, and develops skills through courses with the following designations. Many courses carry two or three designations because they combine practices and skills. 例如, a class may focus on Social Scientific (S) practice while developing Information and Media Literacy (IMLI) skills to critically Analyze Perspectives and Worldviews (APW). A Natural Scientific (N) course will often reinforce Quantitative Reasoning (QRE) skills.
The 第一年研讨会 serves as a bridge between high school and college learning experiences. It builds a foundation for success in college and beyond by developing essential academic skills with the help of a dedicated professor and student peer advisor.
Courses in this category introduces a diverse array of intellectual and creative practices and eng年龄 with multiple perspectives on complex questions.
Creative practices emphasize artistic practice and peer review across the spectrum of creative expression.
The humanities examine how meaning is constructed, 记录, and interpreted from written, 历史, 或者艺术作品.
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A hands-on lab or field class uses the scientific practice to teach about the natural world.
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Scientific exploration of the social world provides an important framework with which to further understand, 改变, or preserve its systems.
Inquiries into Self and 社会 analyze complex issues and relationships between individuals and social and cultural worlds that surround them
Students explore differences in ethical worldviews and systems of meaning and analyze assumptions and cultural conventions.
These courses explore how common societal practices and cultural assumptions affect people’s assumptions and positions.
Classes examine how power, privilege, and inequality operate, and are resisted or transformed.
Ethical complexities and challenges related to global interconnectivity are common themes in these courses.
The Literacies and Skills below are essential for success both in academics and beyond. They are developed throughout the college career and applied in a variety of learning contexts.
A live-presentation course develops public-presentation skills to communicate ideas effectively and confidently.
Quantitative Reasoning courses focus on numerical information for problem solving and constructing arguments.
写作 is both a method of disciplined inquiry and way of representing an informed position. The 写作 Foundations course focuses on academic reading and writing strategies. Advanced writing-intensive courses build on that foundation. The Research 写作 course addresses information literacy and research strategy. A 写作 in the Discipline course develops the conventions and strategies specific to a discipline. Students usually take Research 写作 and 写作 in the Discipline courses in their major.
Community Eng年龄ment and Reflection eng年龄s active citizenship, using community-based learning, 服务学习, 和实习.
