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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2015-2016
Regularly enrolled Birmingham-Southern College students must fulfill
learning outcomes designation requirements with scheduled courses taken
at the College.
A listing of courses with learning outcomes designations can be found
on the College website under the Explorations curriculum. The
Schedule
of Classes
, published by the Office of Academic Records, will serve as the
official record of learning outcomes designated courses for each term.
(1) Effective Communication
. Students should be able to communicate
effectively in written, oral, and artistic forms to a variety of audiences.
Students develop these skills in three courses:
one first-year seminar in writing and critical thinking (EH 102 or
EH 208)
one writing reinforcement course within the major (WR)
one course in creative expression outside the major (CE)
(2) Creative Problem Solving.
We expect students to be able to identify and
solve problems using a variety of methods. They further develop these
abilities through four courses from a range of disciplines:
one course in quantitative analysis (QA)
one course in scientific methodologies (SM)
two courses from two different disciplines in the interpretation or
analysis of people, societies, artifacts, or theories (IA)
(3) Civic Engagement.
The fully engaged citizen articulates his or her place
in the world by attending to historical, social, economic, and geographical
differences; such a citizen is equally capable of attending to competing
interests by weighing the costs of privileging one perspective over another.
To assist students in refining this attention, we invite them to participate in
three courses or experiences among the following, with no more than two
of the three coming from any one option:
courses in a foreign language
courses whose primary concerns are the understanding of subject
matter within a global perspective, be that a cultural, political,
social, economic, historical, linguistic, or aesthetic framework (GP)
courses whose primary interests are in competing ethical, moral, or
community interests (CI)
a study abroad experience for at least one fall or one spring term
(no more than one may be counted toward the three) in a program
approved by the Sklenar Center