GENERAL EDUCATION PHILOSOPHY

The General Education curriculum provides a common learning experience for all students in associate degree programs.  All General Education courses include experiences, activities, and concepts, which will enable students to:

1. Communicate articulately in speech and writing

2. Think, read, write, and discuss ideas analytically and critically

3. Conceive of human events, ideas, and issues within a historical framework

4. Perceive the interconnections of knowledge and apply concepts and skills from one area to another

5. Take responsibility for their own learning by becoming active, independent seekers of knowledge about the world beyond the classroom

6. Understand and respect human differences

7. Discover values that enable people to find meaning in the world and their own lives

8. Make use of the College library and other resources and tools of information