How To Talk About the New Curriculum

FOUNDATION SKILLS

Communication Across the Curriculum (CAC)

• CATA 101: Fundamentals of Communication

• ENGL 110: Composition and Argument

• Writing and speaking intensive courses in the major

Quantitative Reasoning Across the Curriculum (QAC)

• Math 102: Required for some students

• Quantitative skills developed in relation to the major

INTEGRATED STUDIES

Four course sequence with intentional points of integration between courses

• Introduction to the Liberal Arts (INTG 101) – taken in the fall semester of the first year.

• Global Perspectives (INTG 2XX) – taken during the sophomore year.

• Reflections (INTG 3XX) – taken during the junior year

• Citizenship:  Responsible Action (INTG 4XX) – taken during the senior year

AREA STUDIES

Foreign Language

Requirement:  demonstration of competency at the 102 level (one year of college-level language study).  Usually taken during the first or second year.

The Arts

• One three-hour course in “Appreciation”

• Two credits in “Participation” (ideally before the end of the junior year)

The Sciences

• Two courses in “Physical Sciences”

• Two courses in “Life Sciences”

Human Societies

One course from a short menu of designated courses.

THE MAJOR

ELECTIVE COURSES

Prepared by Hannah Schell for Advising Workshop August 2006