成为终身学习者
The 网赌上分平台’s robust core curriculum was designed to foster interdisciplinary interactions that enable students to develop as educated individuals who better understand and relate to diverse people, 在自己选择的事业上取得成功, 成为终身学习者.
What makes the 核心课程 so valuable and meaningful? It was developed around the central goal of instilling in students the key attributes that employers value – communication, 批判性思维和解决问题的能力, 分析数据的能力, 以及跨文化意识, among the primary ones – that are essential to success in any career path and to being an engaged citizen.
大学核心课程简介
The 网赌上分平台 is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and 专业 education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a global society by providing the highest-quality education through experiential, 协作, 以及基于发现的学习.
An educated person at the 网赌上分平台 demonstrates a balance of liberal arts, 专业, 体验式教育. General education is addressed through the University 核心课程 (as outlined below) and discipline education is addressed through the major requirements within each program. The 网赌上分平台 experience also includes two additional core skills that fully round out the general education program: experiential learning and writing across the curriculum.
体验式教育
All 网赌上分平台 undergraduates complete at least one of the four pillars of experiential education: academic service-learning, 出国留学, 实习, 或者在毕业前进行教师指导的研究. Academic programs may specify the particular experiential education pillar(s) required for successful completion. 鼓励学生, 然而, to pursue as many experiential education opportunities as they desire.
跨课程写作（WAC）
"W" designated courses indicate a writing-intensive course. Every 网赌上分平台 undergraduate must take at least one "W" course, whether as part of the Core or through a major’s requirements and electives prior to graduation. This requirement applies to all bachelor and associate degrees.
大学核心课程概述
The Core encourages interdisciplinary interaction; establishes competency-based outcomes throughout the institution; provides flexibility in achieving those outcomes; and allows for a standardized campus-wide assessment of the general education requirements. The 网赌上分平台’s 核心课程 strives to develop nine basic competencies among its undergraduate students so they may better understand and relate to diverse people, 在自己选择的事业上取得成功, and pursue lifelong learning after completing their education.
The design of the core is inspired greatly by the American Association of Colleges and Universities’ "LEAP Model"—Liberal Education for America’s Promise. The LEAP initiative seeks to make excellence inclusive by providing essential learning outcomes, 高影响力的教育实践, 以及真实的评估. This LEAP model was adapted to create a University Core that fits with the unique mission, 目的, 以及网赌上分平台的身份.
大学核心课程的目标是：
- 有效地进行书面和口头沟通；
- apply quantitative techniques to derive useful information from data,
- 批判性地思考并解决现实世界的问题，
- appreciate scientific exploration of the natural world,
- realize their role and responsibilities within a larger society,
- 拥抱文化差异的多样性，
- participate effectively as citizens of their own country and the world, and
- 欣赏艺术作品的审美价值.
Each of the nine competency categories possesses two tiers of expectations. Tier 1 provides breadth through a fundamental set of outcomes that every student will complete, where as Tier 2 provides depth through higher-level learning outcomes related to more focused content. Tier 2 courses can be selected by the student if not prescribed by the student’s major program. 在咨询了教务顾问之后, 根据学位要求, each student will select core courses from the nine categories.
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