General Education Requirements

Philosophy of General Education

All Keystone College curricula reflect institutional student learning outcomes which are grounded in the mission and shape institutional culture. These outcomes are supported by the general education core curriculum, a series of courses that in turn provide the educational foundation to support and enhance individual curricula within a major.

The General Education Core Curriculum educates students for competency in the following areas:

• Communication Skills: Uses the English language, writing and speaking with clarity, coherence, and persuasiveness. • Moral Reasoning: Demonstrates the principles underlying ethical conduct. • Quantitative Reasoning: Uses quantitative concepts and methods to interpret and critically evaluate data. Effectively problem-solves in a variety of contexts demanding quantitative literacy. • Scientific Literacy: Applies the basic principles of science and methods of scientific inquiry. • Technology & Information Literacy: Demonstrates computer literacy, including fundamental concepts of computing and fluency in the use of contemporary computing and information technology. • Critical Analysis & Reasoning: Explores and analyzes issues, ideas, artifacts, and events and uses that exploration and analysis as the basis for accepting or formulating opinions and conclusions • Arts & Humanities Literacy: Explores and analyzes the creative process and/or human condition, focusing on the aesthetics, philosophical, historical, and/or literary dimensions of human experience, and uses that exploration and analysis as the basis for accepting or formulating opinions and conclusions. • Social and Cultural Consciousness: Explores and analyzes social, cultural, economic, and political influences in shaping human thought, value, and behavior, and uses that exploration and analysis as the basis for accepting or formulating opinions and conclusions.

Students will meet these competencies by taking required courses and choosing other courses identified as meeting each outcome. Each degree will include the courses designated as CORE, and other selected courses in each curriculum also demonstrate the KCVC commitment to general education. The KCVC general education core includes the following courses:

CORE 1110 CORE 1115 CORE 2110 CORE 2115 CORE 2120 CORE 2130 CORE 3110 CORE 3300 CORE 4110 CORE 4115 Orientation and Preparation Diversity in the Workplace Fundamentals of Management Quantitative Decision Making Adult Development Writing in the Workplace Personal Wellness Personal and Professional Ethics Work Team Dynamics Organizational Business Behavior