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PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT – GENERAL EDUCATION General education is the education which is central to all persons in a society in preparing them for the responsibilities of citizenship, a more abundant life, and a stronger, freer society. The elements of general education include the basic skills, a knowledge of the physical and biological world in which we live, one’s social environment, culture, and heritage. It also includes a core of knowledge and understanding providing insight into one’s nature and forces which impact on the individual. CRITERIA FOR JUDGING COURSES AS ACCEPTABLE FOR GENERAL EDUCATION A. Criteria for judging courses in category a, Natural Sciences and Health Education; category b, Social and Behavioral Sciences; and category c, Humanities and Fine Arts. 1. Course Integrity Does the course present its own beginning, middle, and end in contrast to a course that is primarily a part of a sequence of courses? 2. Scope Does the course expose the student to a wide spectrum of principles or beliefs or knowledge in the general subject matter area? 3. Critical Thinking Does the course require the student to make critical comparisons of the principles or beliefs or knowledge in the general area covered by the course? 4. Individual Values/Beliefs Does the course aim, specifically, at developing the ability to examine, to evaluate, and to express the student’s individual values? 5. Integration of Knowledge Does the course aim, specifically, at integrating the course material with knowledge from other general education areas? 6. Culture and Heritage Does the course aim at the transmission and critical examination of the culture and heritage and consider its implications for the future? 7. Common Universe of Discourse Does the course prepare the student to read or to speak about and understand general audience media presentations in the general area covered by the course? XI-1 8. Continuing Study Does the course provide a broad base of knowledge and technique from which the student can continue learning in the general subject matter area? B. C. Criteria for judging oral communication courses for category d, Language and Rationality. 1. Does the course provide an opportunity to develop oral communication skills useful to all students regardless of their educational or occupational goals, or are the skills useful only to a select group? 2. Does the course provide the opportunity to develop oral communication skills that consistently serve students during their academic, occupational and life experiences, or do the skills serve only in specialized situations? Criteria for judging written communication courses for category d, Language and Rationality. 1. Does the course provide the opportunity to develop written communication skills useful to all students regardless of their educational or occupational goals, or are the skills useful only to a select group? 2. Does the course provide the opportunity to develop written communication skills that consistently serve students during their academic, occupational and life experiences, or do the skills serve only in specialized situations? Revised 7/27/94 XI-2