General Education Program

Catalog 2008/10

General Education Program Learning Outcomes

At its best, education can be a joyful voyage of discovery. The General Education Program at Cogswell College is designed to ensure that this voyage provides a quality liberal education characterized by active learning. A core curriculum of courses in the humanities, mathematics, science, and the social sciences prepares graduates who:

  1. Demonstrate written communication skills by writing clear, coherent, and grammatically correct reports and papers.
  2. Demonstrate oral communication skills by making effective speeches and presentations.
  3. Analyze and evaluate critically information from diverse sources by explaining the credibility, logic and purpose of the material; construct an argument and support it logically and persuasively by synthesizing information.
  4. Explain and apply quantitative reasoning to interpret tables, graphs and charts and to solve numerical problems.
  5. Describe scientific principles and perform experiments illustrating those principles; apply scientific reasoning to analyze data.
  6. Demonstrate competence with information technology by identifying, locating, and evaluating its products and using them effectively to support research.
  7. Describe and explain how the history, culture, economics, and politics of diverse societies have shaped the global world of today.
  8. Explain the importance of civic engagement in a democratic society by identifying and comparing examples from literature, history, government, and other fields.
  9. Demonstrate an understanding of and appreciation for diversity, for example by engaging in civil discourse with those of differing views.
  10. Explain the foundations of ethical theory and apply ethical principles to assess contemporary issues.


GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULM


English - 9 credits

ENG100 Comp and Critical Thinking 3
ENG227 Scriptwriting 3
or
ENG228 Creative Writing
ENG310 Classics of Western Drama 3
or
ENG320 Classics of World Drama

Humanities - 18 credits

HUM120 Nature & History of Western Art 3
or
HUM130 Modern Art History
HUM122 World Music 3
or
HUM125 Music in Western Culture
HUM227 Film History 3
or
HUM230 History of Animation
HUM200 History of the Modern World 3
HUM361 Contemporary Ethical Issues 3
HUM400 Gen Ed Capstone Research 3

Social Science - 6 credits

SCC200 US Government 3
SCC332 Global Political Economics 3

Math - 6 credits

MATH115 Basic Topics in Mathematics 3
or
MATH133 Calculus I (4 credits)
Math, Scripting, or Computer Language as Designated by Program 3

Science for DAA - 6 Credits

SCI100 Basic Concepts or Physics 3
SCI130 Basic Concepts of Anat & Physiol 3
or
SCI200 General Science: Prin& Trends

Science for DAT - 6 credits

SCI200 General Science: Principles and Trends 3
SCI220 Foundations of Musical Acoustics 3

Science for CPE - 8 credits

SCI145 College Physics I (4) 4
SCI220 College Physics II (4) 4


If you are a current student enrolled before fall 2008, please refer to the appropriate catalog and use one of the links below.

Catalog 2007-08

 Catalog 2004-06