Intellectual Inquiry: Students will demonstrate an understanding of and ability to employ the processes of intellectual inquiry providing a foundation for lifelong learning and citizenship. [12 credit hours]
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Natural/Physical/Mathematical
[3 credit hours]
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In this course, students will:
- Learn and apply the principles of the scientific method for exploring and understanding the world.
- Recognize methods of inquiry, experimental design and data collection to enable analysis, interpretation and conclusion of natural/physical/mathematical phenomena.
- Recognize the benefits and limits to scientific and mathematical inquiry and how society navigates the issues surrounding the interpretation and implementation of scientific and mathematical findings.
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Social Sciences
[3 credit hours]
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In this course, students will:
- Demonstrate and apply specific social science approaches to enable the critical evaluation and successful navigation of daily social situations or current societal issues.
- Understand how the given social science discipline seeks to address contemporary challenges.
- Employ and identify appropriate social science research methodologies and information resources to address a well-formulated social science question.
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Humanities
[3 credit hours]
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In this course, students will:
1. Demonstrate the ability to analyze a given text, artifact, or product for the worldviews, values and presuppositions present and to weigh differing interpretations of that text.
2. Apply discipline-appropriate literacy, using multiple practices (e.g., fact-checking, structured questioning, analysis of primary and/or secondary sources).
3. Produce discipline-appropriate, effective responses to topics with complexity commensurate to the level.
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Arts and Creativity
[3 credit hours]
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In this course, students will:
1. Critically analyze works of art in order to understand their value, impact, and mode in interpreting the world around us.
2. Demonstrate creative techniques for effective problem solving and/or artistic communication of complex thoughts and feelings.
3. Develop an awareness of the role of artistic expression and communication in all knowledge-making.
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Composition and Communication: Students will demonstrate competent written, oral and visual communication skills both as producers and consumers of information, as individuals and in teams. [6 credit hours]
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Composition and Communication I
[3 credit hours]
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In this course, students will:
- Create shared understanding through audience appropriate communication in multiple modalities (written, oral, visual), technological platforms and contexts.
- Demonstrate information literacy skills in finding, analyzing, evaluating, citing and using credible sources to communicate messages and to support ideas and arguments.
- Develop effective strategies for integrating emerging technologies in communication, messaging and through collaboration in all modalities.
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Composition and Communication II
[3 credit hours]
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In this course, students will:
- Practice advanced information literacy skills to develop credible and scholarly support of communication.
- Compose and deliver professional and effective communication and messages for the audience, purpose, channel and occasion.
- Employ critical thinking and collaborative skills to both analyze and produce arguments to participate in civil and informed dialogue.
- Revise and refine speaking, writing and visual communication skills, focusing on matters of construction, design, delivery style and emerging technologies.
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Quantitative Reasoning: Students will demonstrate an understanding of and ability to employ methods of quantitative reasoning. [6 credit hours]
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Quantitative Foundations
[3 credit hours]
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In this course, students will:
- Explain information presented in mathematical forms (e.g., equations, graphs, diagrams, tables, words).
- Convert relevant information into various mathematical forms (e.g., equations, graphs, diagrams, tables, words).
- Make and evaluate important assumptions in estimation, modeling and data analysis.
- Express quantitative evidence in support of the argument or purpose of the work .
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Statistical Inferential Reasoning
[3 credit hours]
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In this course, students will:
1. Demonstrate how fundamental elements of statistical knowledge are applied to solve real-world problems.
2. Apply statistical techniques to explain and address uncertainties in everyday decision-making.
3. Make judgments and draw appropriate conclusions based on the quantitative analysis of data, while recognizing the limits of this analysis.
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Citizenship: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the complexities of citizenship and the process for making informed choices as engaged citizens in a globalizing and interconnected society. [6 credit hours]
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Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA
[3 credit hours]
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In this course, students will:
- Navigate the discussions and tensions around citizenship, rights, privileges, and responsibilities expected of those living in the United States.
- Understand historical, societal and cultural differences — with attention to regional, national or cross-national contexts and their influence on civic rights and responsibilities.
- Demonstrate effective and responsible participation in society.
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Global Dynamics
[3 credit hours]
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In this course, students will:
- Navigate the discussions and tensions around citizenship in a globalizing and interconnected society.
- Evaluate how structures or institutions intersect with global trends and dynamics considering multiple factors (e.g., local cultural, social, political, financial, economic factors)
- Demonstrate ethical approaches to resolving individual and collective decision-making in a globalizing and interconnected society.
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