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Blue Vertical DividerDescription of the Core
The overarching purpose of higher education is to broaden the intellectual horizon of individual students--to expose them to new perspectives and challenge preconceived notions. A second, equally important mission is to equip students with the critical thinnking and communication skills that will permit them to be thoughtful, engaged participants in social, political and moral life. Those willing to expand their understanding of the world, to respond to it both creatively and logically, prepare themselves to act effectively in it and draw fully from it.

At Medaille College, the General Education Core actively promotes these goals. An integrated set of liberal arts courses, it strives to ensure that all baccalaureate degree students, regardless of their program or major, achieve certain basic competencies and are exposed to disciplinary fields that, in the opinion of the College's faculty, serve as important elements in the development of accomplished and educated men and women.

Goals of the Core
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Encourage students' pursuit and enjoyment of an expanded intellectual life.
2. Expand and enhance students' critical thinking skills.
3. Expand and enhance students' communication skills (both oral and written).
4. Assist students to analyze and interpret information and experiences through major perspectives and tools of the disciplines represented in the core's courses.
5. Assist students in creating a conceptual framework based on an integrated set of analytical skills that foster interdisciplinary investigation.
6. Enhance students' abilities to identify, organize and synthesize complex and differeing viewpoints.

General Education Courses Required for All Baccalaureate-Degree Student
GEN 110 Ideas and Experiences: Introduction to Critical Thought and Expression
GEN 220 Concepts of American Culture: Early Foundations and Enduring Themes
GEN 230 Creative Expression
GEN 240 Scientific Discovery
GEN 240L Scientific Discovery Lab
GEN 410 Baccalaureate Capstone I
GEN 411 Baccalaureate Capstone II
SPE 130 Fundamentals of Public Speaking
WRT 175 College Writing II
WRT 200 Analytical Writing

Any course approved in place of a General Education course must be in the discipline of the required course and be at or above its course level. Transfer students for whom GEN 110 is waived must satisfy the requirement set by their degree program; check program requirements.

Mathematics Requirement
The College requires that all baccalaureate students achieve a competency in mathematics that includes intermediate algebra and statistics. The algebra requirement may be satisfied through an appropriate score on the math placement test, MAT 114, or equivalent course work. The statistics competency may be satisfied through MAT 201, BIO 301, or equivalent course work. (Degree programs may require specific math courses and/or a specific nuumber of math credits. Check program requirements.)

Computer Literacy
The College encourages all students to achieve the competency in computer skills required for successful completion of college study and entrance into their professional fields. (Degree programs may require specific computer courses; check program requirements.)

Pass/Fail
General Education courses may not be taken on a Pass/Fail basis.

Page Updated 10/25/01 (lak)
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