Core Program Requirements
The Core Program ensures that, by the time of their graduation, all students will have developed a specific set of skills and will have been exposed to crucial topics, ideas, and issues. Core Program requirements fall into two primary areas: skills and perspectives. See the Core Program Checklist here (PDF).
Skills
Skills are concrete abilities we require all our students to master before leaving 内涵AV College. Development of those skill areas are woven throughout the curriculum in a variety of courses. Skill requirements include:
- Information Literacy鈥攍ocate, evaluate, and use information effectively and responsibly.
- Foreign Language or Computer Programming鈥攃ommunicate outside one鈥檚 native spoken language.
- Public Presentation鈥攃ommunicate effectively in the context of formal presentations.
- Quantitative Reasoning鈥攁pply mathematical concepts and skills to solve real-world problems.
- Service Learning and Internships鈥攅xplore skills learned in the curriculum beyond the classroom.
- Writing鈥攃ommunicate clearly and effectively in written form.
Perspectives
Perspectives expand your ability to think broadly and deepen your understanding of how different disciplines are interrelated and contribute to a comprehensive, well-developed world view. Perspectives fall into what we call disciplinary and elective perspectives.
Spiritual, Moral, and Civil Areas include:
- Spiritual鈥攁nchoring the Core Program and supporting development in spiritual practice, content proficiency, and communication. Religious instruction is the heart of our academic experience.
- Moral鈥攆ostering personal ethics and encouraging responsibility for the well-being of others.
- Civil鈥攑reparing students to be responsive to local, national, and international contexts.
Distribution Areas include:
- Aesthetic鈥攆ocusing on human creativity in the arts.
- History and Social Sciences鈥攁ddressing issues of human society.
- Physical鈥攅ncouraging physical fitness, skill development, sportsmanship, and health.
- Scientific鈥攆ocusing on the study of nature and scientific investigation.
- Worldviews鈥攕urveys of human experience and values.