The
Maryville Curriculum
General
Education
The
Maryville Curriculum, a program of general education, is based on the conviction
that liberal learning is the best preparation for a satisfying and successful
life, whatever one's vocation. While many aspects of the college experience,
including major-field requirements, allow students to prepare for a variety of
careers and professions, general education emphasizes the cultivation of those
intellectual and personal qualities that mark the educated person. Through the
enhancement of skills and knowledge, the deepening of sensitivities, and the
clarification of personal purpose, students learn to deal responsibly with a
world of uncertainty and accelerating change.
General education is the centerpiece of any
liberal arts degree; it provides curricular definition to the mission of a
liberal arts college. The Maryville Curriculum follows directly and consciously
from the College's Statement of Purpose and
Educational
Goals.
The Maryville Curriculum, often called the
"core" curriculum, consists of sixty credit hours for the Bachelor of
Arts degree and fifty-four credit hours for the Bachelor of Music degree. Some
general education requirements are waived by virtue of the student's major;
others may be met by demonstration of competence.
Some
distinctive features of the Maryville Curriculum are:
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An
integrated and sequenced set of freshman courses designed to assist in
adjustment to college life, to attend to the developmental and learning
issues unique to freshmen, and develop the basic communication,
quantitative, and critical thinking skills needed for success in college,
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A
range of coursework that provides grounding in the various modes of inquiry,
service learning and in all aspects of the liberal arts,
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Courses
that are designed for general education and do not count toward a major,
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A
range of choices for students among courses that fulfill common goals,
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Junior-
and senior-level courses designed to draw together the college learning
experience outside the major and provide integration of liberal learning and
the various modes of inquiry,
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An
emphasis on interdisciplinary coursework spanning the four years,
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A
strong global and crosscultural dimension,
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Attention
to values and ethical decision-making throughout the curriculum, with a
capstone course focusing on these matters in January of the senior year,
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A
curricular structure with integrated freshman and senior experiences that
provide coherence along with solid beginnings and a clear culmination to the
liberal arts experience.
General
Education Requirements
Each
student must satisfy the course requirements specified below.* Nearly all of the
courses are designed for the purposes of general education and are part of no
major program. Students may satisfy the requirements by passing the course, or,
in some cases, by demonstrating competence
and knowledge through placement or special examination, or by meeting the
condition specified for a waiver. The experiential education requirement may
also be satisfied by a period of study abroad. The Freshman Seminar
Sequence is required of all freshman students.
Orientation
110 or Transfer Orientation 120
Freshman Seminar 120 Freshman Seminar 130
Freshman Research Seminar 140
International Student Seminar 160
Composition 110
Composition 120
Biblical Studies 130 or 140
Statistics 120
Foreign Language 110 and 120
Western Civilization 180 or 390
Fine Arts 140 or 340
Literature 270 or 290
Natural Science 150
Natural Science 350
Social Science 260
World Cultures 310, 320, 330, 340, or 350
Experiential Education Requirement
Senior Seminar 480
Ethics 490
*For Notes on special conditions, see the Maryville College
Catalog.
For more information contact: Dr. Margaret (Peggy) P. Cowan, Coordinator of
General Education (cowan@maryvillecollege.edu)
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