General Education
"In all people there lies, in accordance with human nature, 一种寻求真理的愿望,它使我们对知识和学习产生了渴望,并给我们注入了追求真理的愿望. To excel in this seems a noble thing."
Ambrose of Milan de Officiis I.26.125
Courses aligned with St. 竞技宝app下载安装通识教育计划的目标和要求通过支持学生在文科和天主教知识传统基础上的技能和知识方面的成就来推进我们的使命.
Consult with an academic advisor and refer to the current university catalog for general education course offerings.
General Education Worksheet (pdf)
在全体教员的支持下,通识教育委员会设想所有圣. 竞技宝app下载安装将拥有根植于文科和天主教知识传统的基本技能和知识,以适应瞬息万变的全球化世界, 以及批判性地探索复杂问题和解决复杂问题的能力.
Specifically, St. 竞技宝app下载安装的毕业生拥有未来世界所需的基本技能和知识, and are able to think critically about their lives and their work, as well as the lives of others. This means asking questions, collecting and interpreting data, drawing conclusions, evaluating results, and taking action. 我们设想我们的毕业生将在书面和口头有效地沟通. Likewise, we expect them have been introduced to a second language.
Finally, we envision our graduate will have cultivated the personal dispositions, or 'habits' (from the Latin habitus, (意为“美德”)是丰富的智力生活和整体身体健康所必需的.
Having been educated through a liberal arts curriculum, St. 竞技宝app下载安装的毕业生将对文科学科有一个大致的了解, including the Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Creative Arts, and Humanities. 我们希望我们的毕业生能够将自己定位为文化的继承人,并通过自己的求知欲来推动文化的发展. Likewise, 我们的毕业生将舒适地探索我们多元化社会的文化丰富性,以及他们所生活的全球“村”.
As members of a Diocesan institution, graduates of St. 竞技宝app下载安装将能够批判性地反思核心真理主张, 以及源自哲学和神学的伦理和精神价值, especially those that emanate from the catholic intellectual tradition. Likewise, our graduates will value diversity of perspectives, be active in the pursuit of justice and peace, and engage in service to their communities locally and globally.
Finally, it is our vision that graduates of St. 竞技宝app下载安装将继续发展学习技能和知识,无论是出于需要还是出于乐趣. 我们的毕业生将继续通过阅读作为竞技宝app下载者探索文科和天主教知识传统的广度和深度, writing, speaking, researching, traveling, listening, creating, and engaging in our world. As such, we envision our graduates will shape for themselves a coherent, if always tentative, 他们将通过丰富他人的生活来丰富自己的生活.
Ambrosian students will:
- 发展在快速变化的世界中蓬勃发展所必需的基本技能和知识. (Fundamental Skills and Knowledge)
- 发展能力,产生文科的观点,以影响文化. (Liberal Arts Perspectives)
- 评估从哲学和神学中得出的真理主张,以便仔细检查信仰与理性之间的关系. (Catholic Intellectual Tradition)
- 批判性地探索从文科和天主教知识传统的知识和技能复杂的问题. (Integrative Learning)
Through participation in the General Education Curriculum, as well as major and co-curricular engagement, 本科学生运用文科和天主教知识传统的知识和技能批判性地探索复杂的问题. As such, 学生参与各种综合和多学科的学习方法, however, 在300级的哲学和神学课程中,将重点评估学生运用批判性思维解决问题的能力,并为学生的成功做好准备.
Fundamental Skills and Knowledge
Courses are offered in Communication, English, Math, Computer Science, Statistics, Spanish and Latinx Studies, Kinesiology, and Information Literacy (12-18 credits).
这样他们才能在个人、教育、专业和公民努力方面取得成功. Ambrose students will:
- 创建,传递和评估有目的和道德的口头报告. (Oral Communication)
- 有效地运用写作作为研究、阐述、交流和表达的手段. (Written Communication)
- Use methods of mathematical inquiry to interpret data. (Quantitative Reasoning)
- 具备基本的第二语言的读、写、听、说能力. (Second Language)
- 展示参与体育活动的技能、知识和信心. (Health and Wellness)
- 在信息收集和评估过程中寻求和评估多个观点. (Information Literacy)
Liberal Arts Perspectives
课程由文理学院各院系提供(14-16学分):
- So that they can better appreciate and express their own originality, St. 竞技宝app下载安装的学生将通过制作或表演艺术作品来展示艺术技巧. (Creative Arts)
- 这样他们就可以评估自己在世界上的角色和责任. 竞技宝app下载安装的学生将在文化或历史背景下评估人类经验的观点. (Humanities: History and Culture)
- So that they can better appreciate expressions of human experiences, St. Ambrose students will analyze creative works in comics, film, literature, music, theatre, or other media. (Humanities: Literature and Film)
- So that they can thoughtfully evaluate scientific content and ideas, St. 竞技宝app下载安装的学生将使用基于证据的推理来探索有关自然世界的问题. (Natural Sciences)
- So that they can navigate the world in which they live, St. 竞技宝app下载安装的学生将运用基于证据的推理来解释不同的人类经历. (Social Sciences)
Catholic Intellectual Tradition
Courses are offered in Philosophy and Theology (12 credits):
- So that they can develop more clear and logically coherent worldviews, St. Ambrose students will use reasoning to evaluate Philosophical arguments. (100-200-level Philosophy courses)
- 这样他们就能认识到信仰对参与世界和社会的影响. 竞技宝app下载安装学生将评估对上帝的信仰和正义的行动之间的关系. (100-200-level Theology courses)
- 因此,他们可以更好地理解信仰与理性之间的关系. Ambrose students will evaluate how worldviews shape interpretation. (Philosophy, Theology, Catholic Studies, and Justice and Peace)
- 因此,他们准备为社会和世界做出有意义的贡献. 竞技宝app下载安装学生将批判性地探索复杂的问题,利用知识和技能,从文科和天主教知识传统. (Integrated Learning, 300-level Philosophy or Theology)
这里提供的材料仅供参考,不能替代目录. Consult the official university catalog for complete general education requirements and courses that qualify.
Contact
Ella Johnson, Ph.D. Director of General Education
General Education
518 W. Locust St.
Davenport, IA 52803
563-333-6188
GeneralEducation@cmithlj.com