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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
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required for general education, the coursework required for a disciplinary or
interdisciplinary major, and the wider community.
In order to assist students in their purposeful exploration, we have designed a general
education curriculum around each of the five values mentioned above. There is no one
way to satisfy these requirements. Students should use this framework to craft their own
unique exploration.
Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) credits may not be used to
fulfill Explorations curriculum requirements, but may be used towards graduation
requirements, including the academic areas requirement. See the “Coursework at Other
Institutions” section of this catalog for more information.
Students may use individual courses to fulfill only one requirement, regardless of the
number of designations assigned to a specific course. The following is a list of the course
designations, along with learning outcomes, described in the requirements and indicated
in course registration materials:
CE – Creative Expression
. Students will be able to
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identify an appropriate process, form, or technique for expressing a creative idea
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create or perform a creative piece appropriate to the discipline
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contribute to group critiques and discussions about the creative work of self and
others
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revise, refine, and finalize one’s creative work on the basis of established
criteria of the discipline, process, form, or technique
(The Creative Expression course must be taken in a discipline outside the major and
courses required for the major.)
CI – Community Interests
. Students will be able to
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examine how community is shaped by multiple contexts
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assess competing interests in community decision making
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analyze a societal problem from multiple angles or methodologies
ES – Explorations in Scholarship First-Year Seminar
. Students will be able to
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contribute to ongoing class discussions
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make effective oral presentations
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identify strengths and weaknesses of different points of view and approaches to
problems
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position oneself in an ongoing conversation/argument
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engage in library and/or other research appropriate to the content of the seminar
GP – Global Perspectives
. Students will be able to
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examine an element of global complexity in relation to aesthetic, cultural,
geographic, historical, political, economic, societal, religious, or philosophical
perspectives appropriate to the discipline
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identify cultural differences among peoples within a world community