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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2016-2017
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Regularly enrolled Birmingham-Southern College students must fulfill learning outcomes
designation requirements with scheduled courses taken at the College.
A listing of courses with learning outcomes designations can be found on the College
website under the Explorations curriculum. The
Schedule of Classes
, published by the
Office of Academic Records, will serve as the official record of learning outcomes
designated courses for each term.
(1) Effective Communication
. Students should be able to communicate effectively in
written, oral, and artistic forms to a variety of audiences. Students develop these skills in
three courses:
one first-year seminar in writing and critical thinking (EH 102 or EH 208)
one writing reinforcement course within the major (WR)
one course in creative expression outside the major (CE)
(2) Creative Problem Solving.
We expect students to be able to identify and solve
problems using a variety of methods. They further develop these abilities through four
courses from a range of disciplines:
one course in quantitative analysis (QA)
one course in scientific methodologies (SM)
two courses from two different disciplines in the interpretation or analysis of people,
societies, artifacts, or theories (IA)
(3) Civic Engagement.
The fully engaged citizen articulates his or her place in the world
by attending to historical, social, economic, and geographical differences; such a citizen
is equally capable of attending to competing interests by weighing the costs of privileging
one perspective over another. To assist students in refining this attention, we invite them
to participate in three courses or experiences among the following, with no more than two
of the three coming from any one option:
courses in a foreign language
courses whose primary concerns are the understanding of subject matter within a
global perspective, be that a cultural, political, social, economic, historical,
linguistic, or aesthetic framework (GP)
courses whose primary interests are in competing ethical, moral, or community
interests (CI)
a study abroad experience for at least one fall or one spring term (no more than one
may be counted toward the three) in a program approved by the Sklenar Center
an approved travel experience during the Exploration term (no more than one may be
counted toward the three) (GP or CI)