General Education

The Culver-Stockton College General Education program provides the foundation upon which all of our academic programs are built. It fosters and develops the essential knowledge, skills, and values students need to meet the work, life, and global citizenship challenges of the 21st century. It also reflects Culver-Stockton’s commitment to experiential learning as the hallmark of the curriculum through experiential courses that are embedded within the program.

General Education lays the foundation of lifelong learning. Through its coursework, students gain a wide range of high-level intellectual, and practical skills that employers demand, including critical and creative thinking, written and oral communication, problem solving, ethical and social reasoning, and global awareness. These skills prepare students to engage in a complex and ever-changing world, making knowledgeable decisions as global citizens that go beyond the narrow scope of their major field of study.

PROGRAM GOALS Written Communication • Students will address the requirements of various audiences and appropriate disciplines. • Students will use appropriate content to organize thoughts in a logical fashion. • Students will locate credible evidence and use it to effectively support an argument. • Students will identify and correct sentence-level errors. Oral Communication • Students will create clear and consistently organized presentations. • Students will use appropriate language, proper grammar, and minimal vocalized pauses. • Students will utilize proper body language, eye contact, delivery, volume and tone. • Students will use quality supporting material and properly cited sources to examine both sides of a topic. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving • Students will identify and define a problem or issue. • Students will elect and use appropriate information to examine this problem or issue. • Students will consider available information and perspectives in order to propose, evaluate and implement a response or solution. • Students will review results to make logical conclusions and consider future applications based on available information. Creative Thinking • Students will create materials appropriate to the field of study and evaluate their process and creative product using appropriate disciplinary criteria. • Students will develop and follow through on new directions or approaches to a final creative product and articulate their reason for choosing these approaches. • Students will transform ideas into new forms by making connections and synthesizing information to create a new product or knowledge. Intercultural Learning • Students will analyze their own cultural expectations and biases. • Students will articulate the complex elements of other cultures. • Students will interpret intercultural experiences from the perspectives of more than one worldview.

Foundations: All of the following are required:

FYE 100: First-Year Experience

ENG 101: Composition I

ENG 202: Composition II

EXP 101: Introduction to Experiential Learning

EXP 301: Problem Based Learning

COM 115: Fundamentals of Speech

PED 100: Introduction to Fitness

Academic and Cultural Events (ACE) (24 events or prorated for transfer students)

Students will select one of the following:

REL 101: Hebrew Bible,

REL 102: New Testament

REL 103: Religion in America

EXP 101: Introduction to Experiential Learning (3) (ExL) The EXP 101 portion of the General Education program paves the way for more meaningful and well-integrated experiential learning opportunities during the rest of students’ time at C-SC. Rooted in one or more of our seven approved types of experiential learning, these courses challenge first-year students to learn to grapple with real problems, to connect their classroom learning to real world applications, and to view complex issues from multiple perspectives.

EXP 301: Problem-Based Learning (3) (ExL) Problem-Based Learning is a teamwork-oriented, experiential learning course designed to encourage students to research and confront real-world challenges posed in their respective disciplines by using their academic coursework to design solutions to benefit both themselves and the world around them. EXP 301 courses emphasize active learning, problem solving, and collaboration. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing.

Transfer students who have attended at least one full-time semester at another accredited college are not required to take FYE 100 or Exp 101.

Transfer students who have completed an associate of arts or associate of science degree at an accredited college are considered to have completed most General Education requirements. Those students are required to take ACE and the religion component in the foundations area.

Students who are earning a degree through the online program are exempted from taking FYE 100, EXP 101, EXP 301, PED 100, and ACE events.

In addition to the skills and competencies listed above, students will pursue coursework in these specific areas:

FINE ARTS (Choose one) ARM 251: Introduction to Arts Management ART 115: 2-Dimensional Design ART 119: Drawing I ART 230: Printmaking ART 245: Clay ART 253: Graphic Design ART 255: Painting ART 262: Digital Photography ART 275: Sculpture ART 2/489: Photography Field Experience ART 375: Fibers ENG 217: Introduction to Creative Writing MUS 100: Fundamentals of Music MUS 112: History of Popular Music MUS 150: Exploring Music Creatively THE 105: Introduction to Theatre THE 221: Oral Interpretation THE 225: Acting I THE 245: Children’s Theatre THE 249: Introduction to Technical Theatre THE 316: Playwriting THE 317: Stage Movement THE 328: Applied Theatre Theories

HUMANITIES (Choose one) ART 341: Art History II, Renaissance to 19th Century ENG 130: Literary Experience ENG 220: World Roots of British Literature ENG 221: World Roots of American Literature ENG 222: British Literature HIS 335: Classical Greece and Rome HIS 375: Tudor Britain HIS 385: Twentieth-Century Europe HIS 389: Civil War Era HIS 392: Sport in American History HIS 105: Modern World History HIS 107: United States History to 1865 HIS 108: United States History Since 1865 HIS 245: U.S. Women’s History HIS 260: World War II & Great Depression HIS 287: Revolutionary America PHI 101: Introduction to Philosophy PHI 304: Ethics REL 315: Life and Teachings of Jesus REL 322: DOC in American Culture REL 325: Religion and American Popular Culture

SOCIAL SCIENCE:(Choose one) BUS 210: Principles of Organizational Structure and Management COM 204: Interpersonal Communication CJ 105: Introduction to Criminal Justice ECO 202: Principles of Microeconomics LAW 205: Introduction to Law

SCIENCE: (Choose one) BIO 110: Bio: Molecules and Cells BIO 111: Bio: Unity and Diversity of Life BIO 112: How the Body Works BIO 215: Issues in Environmental Biology BIO 250/251: Genomics I and II (need both for 3 hours) BIO 324: Tropical Ecology CHE 112: Introductory Chemistry CHE 125: Chemistry for the Life Sciences CHE 251: General Chemistry I NAS 112: Introduction to Physical Science POS 205: American Government and Politics POS 209: State and Local Government POS 203: Social Problems PSY 101: Introduction to Psychology REL 335: Religion and Contemporary American Politics SOC 102: Introduction to Sociology

NAS 200: Astronomy NAS 201: Exploration in Physical Science NAS 202: Meteorology NAS 203: Life in the Universe NAS 204: Geology NAS 305: Solar System NAS 310: Climatology PHY 101: Essentials of Physics NAS 108: Environmental Science

QUANTITATIVE LITERACY: (Choose one) MAT 110: College Algebra MAT 111: Applied College Algebra MAT 115: Precalculus MAT 120: Applied Calculus MAT 204: Math for Ele/Mid School Teachers II MAT 205: Elementary Statistics MAT 206: Logic

Intercultural Learning: Each major may have a course that includes critical analysis of and an engagement with diversity and the complex, interdependent global systems and legacies that impact people’s lives and the earth’s sustainability. Students that take a travel study abroad under the EXP 301 designation may also count that course for intercultural learning. If a major does not have such a course, a student must take an intercultural learning course in another discipline to fulfill this requirement.

INTERCULTURAL LEARNING COURSES: (Choose one) COM 204: Interpersonal Communication COM 214: Mass Media in Society COM 311: Gender and Intercultural Communication CS 100: Communication and Academic Success ECO 201: Principles of Macroeconomics GEO 201: Human Geography HIS 220: Latin America HIS 225: Modern China HIS 240: African American History HIS 280: Revolutionary Atlantic HIS 308: War in Modern World History HIS 320: Modern Middle East HIS 324: Environmental History HIS 356: Age of the Crusades HSC 460: Health Promotion for Diverse and

Special Populations MUS 160: World Music MUS 385: Diverse Styles NSG 401: Community Health Nursing POS 210: Politics of the Developing World POS 304: Comparative Politics and

International Relations POS 489: European Politics PSY 326: Social Psychology REL 120: World Religions REL 320: Peace and Violence in World Religions REL 340: Philosophy of Religion SOC 311: Race and Ethnicity SPN 105: Beginning Spanish I SPN 106: Beginning Spanish II SPN 205: Intermediate Spanish I SPN 206: Intermediate Spanish II SPN 305: Advanced Spanish THE 328: Applied Theatre Theories