central themes
Liberal & Civic Studies is built around 9 themes that permeate the curriculum and serve as distinguishing characteristics of the Program. Click on the items below for further explanation of each theme.
- Service Learning - Experiential learning through community service, reading, and reflection
- The Arts - Study of and involvement with the fine and performing arts
- Diversity - Exploration of concepts of race, class, gender, and culture
- The Great Conversation - Seminar-like engagement with ideas from Eastern and Western traditions and modern contexts
- Critical Thinking - A critical thinker is 1 who can make reasoned judgments about the validity and value of an idea, using logical argumentation, extend, critique, or support it in meaningful dialectic.
- Integrative Thinking - Connecting ideas across courses and from academic study to experiences beyond campus
- Self-Assessment - Reflective self-evaluation of growth and development
- American Civic Values - Principles, practice and values that define the United States.
- The Environment and Global Ecology - Environmental issues and problem-solving strategies at home and across the globe
