CORE CURRICULUM - EIGHT COMPETENCIES
Revised 11/28/05
Changes: [in brackets]
I. Mission Statement
(see www.lincoln.edu)
II. Core Curriculum Philosophy
Lincoln University fully
supports a liberal arts [and sciences-based] approach in the general
education preparation of its students. Our aim is to provide a thorough
grounding in the liberal arts and sciences via a curriculum that incorporates
the heritage of the past coupled with the knowledge of the present
to address the anticipated challenges of the future. [Skills in] the
liberal arts and sciences will equip graduates for the learned professions,
business, public and international service. The core curricular experiences
will enable students to contribute to the quality of life in an increasingly
complex yet unitary world.
III. Core
Curriculum Learner Outcomes (8 Competencies)
These eight learner outcomes
are derived from the core curriculum philosophy. These learner competencies
serve as the curricular driving force for all three schools of study:
Humanities; Natural Sciences & Mathematics; and Social Sciences
& Behavioral Studies.
Upon successful completion
of the core curriculum, students will be able to:
(1) effectively communicate
ideas be listening and through written, spoken and visual means
(2) think critically via
classifying, analyzing, comparing, contrasting, hypothesizing, synthesizing,
extrapolating and evaluating ideas
(3) apply information literacy/research
skills to assist their systematic process of critical thought; articulating
the problem; gathering information from multiple sources and venues;
evaluating the accuracy/thoroughness/timeliness of the collected data,
and determining then/if the problem has been satisfactorily resolved.
(4) understand and appreciate
self and others and their interdependence in terms of historical,
social, political, economic, psychological, health and moral/ethical
factors.
(5) value good citizenship
and service to one’s community. Students also benefit when they
engage in free intellectual inquiry seeking truth, understanding and
appreciating self as
well as a readiness to learn from and about different cultural and
linguistic perspectives.
(6) appreciate and interpret
the quantitative aspects of life through the disciplines of mathematics,
computational science, laboratory science, selected social sciences
and other like-minded approaches that prize sophistication and precision
of thought.
(7) cultivate and value
a life-long interest in the fine and performing arts so that students
will experience perceptions, emotions and empathies that communicate
humanity’s deepest and worthiest thoughts and aspirations
(8) recognize
and demonstrate positive interpersonal skills that facilitate the
advancement of the human condition, respect diverse views, and embrace
open dialogue in an honest and caring collective search for common
ground, tolerance and the greater good. First and foremost, students
will conduct themselves in ways that uplift self and others by strictly
adhering to the universal principles of freedom, justice, equality
and fairness
These statements were formally
approved by the Joint Committee of the Educational Policies and Curriculum
Committees at their 20 July 2005 meeting. Thus, this document will
come before the full Faculty at its August 2005 Retreat/meeting.
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