Undergraduate Academic Programs Wesleyan College offers two baccalaureate degree programs – the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Bachelor of Arts - AB (Artium Baccalaureae) Wesleyan offers the bachelor of arts degree through a rigorous four-year curriculum in the liberal arts and sciences that is faithful to the origins of the college and that encompasses the best of current thinking about education. The curriculum ensures depth of knowledge through the required major and the optional minor. It ensures breadth of learning through an exciting, learner-centered general education program that grows directly out of the mission of the college. It recognizes that, if students are to succeed in this world and shape the world of tomorrow, they need more than breadth and depth of knowledge. They need to know a number of ways to gather, analyze, and judge information. They need to be able to work both collaboratively and independently. They need to be comfortable looking at ideas and issues from a variety of perspectives. They need to be familiar with cultures other than their own. They need an understanding of the workplace they will be entering. The Wesleyan academic program challenges students to meet these needs.
Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts I. The student must demonstrate proficiency in modern foreign language and writing. Proficiency Requirements. Students entering Wesleyan shall possess language and writing proficiency essential to successful completion of the general education program:
A. Modern Foreign Language 1. Students entering Wesleyan must show proficiency in a modern foreign language through the 102 level,
or 2. Complete modern foreign language courses through the 102 level. A student must earn a grade of C or better in these courses in order to continue into the next course and to earn proficiency credit. If a student repeats a course in which she has earned a D or F, she will receive credit for the hours only one time. Courses taken to meet the proficiency requirement may not be taken on the Credit/No Credit grading option. 3. International students whose native language is not English may possibly qualify for exemption from the foreign language proficiency requirement. Exemption is not automatic; determination of eligibility and/or exemption will be made by the Dean of the College and the Registrar. B. Writing 1. Students must demonstrate the ability to write effectively through completion of a timed essay (administered before or during orientation) which assesses their command of skills essential to college-level writing. A student will not be allowed to write the proficiency essay a second time except under extraordinary circumstances, to be determined by the English department. 2. Students who fail to demonstrate proficiency on the timed essay will enroll in WRI 101. (A non-native speaker of English may enroll in WRI 100 in lieu of WRI 101.) Students who place in WRI 100 or 101 must enroll in the course during one of their first two semesters at Wesleyan and may not withdraw from the course. A student who does not pass the class with a grade of C or higher must repeat the class the next semester. If a student repeats a course in which she has earned a D or F, she will receive credit for the hours only one time. Credit for writing courses taken at other institutions will not satisfy the writing proficiency requirement at Wesleyan College. A student may not register for her second semester at Wesleyan until she has taken both proficiency exams.
II. The student must complete the Wesleyan general education program. The Wesleyan General Education Program. Seminar-based and learner-centered, the general education program at Wesleyan is a distinctive one. The general education program grows out of the mission of the college. It is designed to prepare students for the future they will face, to maximize their involvement in the educational process, and to prepare them to be lifelong learners. Based on the assumptions that the liberal arts provide the best education for life and that
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