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www.fresnostate.edu California State University, Fresno 2015-2016 CATALOG | 91 General Education Developed by both faculty and students, the university's General Education Program is an introduction to the breadth and depth of the dynamics of human experience. It provides students with a foundation in the liberal arts and sciences and prepares them for specialized study in a particular discipline or program. The overall objective of General Education is to create a context wherein basic skills are developed and strengthened, scholarship and disciplined thinking emerge, awareness and reflection occur, and ultimately - the integration of knowledge begins. In the 1999-2000 academic year, the university introduced a major revision of the General Education program that the faculty believes is improved in content and which facilitates transfer to the university. All students enrolling in the university as first-time freshmen beginning fall 1999 and after, and all transfer students entering fall 1999 or after who elect to adopt the 1999-2000 catalog will be required to complete this new General Education Program. Foundation, Breadth, Integration, and Multicultural / International The General Education Program is an integrated curriculum of courses organized into four groups: FOUNDATION, the basic foundation of one's university education, consists of courses in fundamental skills and knowledge.. Purpose: An educated person must be able to read critically, communicate effectively, and think clearly. BREADTH exposes students to a variety of disciplines within a structured framework that develops knowledge in four basic areas of human endeavor. Area B (Physical Science) – Purpose: To understand and actively explore fundamental principles in the Physical Sciences and the methods of developing and testing hypotheses used in the analysis of the physical universe. Area B (Life Science) – Purpose: To understand basic concepts of living things, the nature of scientific knowledge, and the relevance of biological knowledge to human affairs. Area C (Arts) – Purpose: To develop an appreciation and understanding of and to stimulate imagination and creativity through study and participation in art, dance, music, and theatre. Area C (Humanities) – Purpose: Through the study of the humanities, to understand, appreciate, and analyze the meaning of our civilization, its cultural background, and the nature and role of language. To study the humanities from a variety of historical perspectives and cultures by analyzing individual works. Area D (Social, Political, and Economic Institutions and Behavior, Historical Background) – Purpose: To understand and analyze the basic principles underlying human social behavior. Area E (Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development) – Purpose: To equip human beings for lifelong understanding and development of themselves as integrated physiological and psychological entities. INTEGRATION ties together the Program by providing an integrative experience at the upper-division level in three of the four areas of breadth. Purpose: The Integration component of General Education is included to provide instruction at the upper division level that integrates material from each of the BREADTH areas B, C, and D. MULTICULTURAL/INTERNATIONAL completes the General Education Program with an upper-division experience as preparation for an international, multicultural world. Purpose: The Multicultural/International component of General Education is included to prepare students to live in an international multicultural world. Requirements The General Education Program requires students to complete a minimum of 51 semester units. All requirements must be met with courses of at least three semester units. The requirements include: four courses in FOUNDATION, nine courses in BREADTH, and four upper-division courses - three INTEGRATION courses and one MULTICULTURAL/ INTERNATIONAL course. These four upper-division courses should be taken no sooner than the term in which 60 units of college coursework are completed. A minimum of 9 units of course work for General Education must be taken in residence (see Residence Requirements) at California State University, Fresno. Because the goal of General Education is to provide a solid foundation with a broad scope and the goal of the major is to provide depth in a specific discipline or program, the following stipulations apply: 1. Foundation courses must be completed with a grade of C or better to satisfy the General Education requirement.
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Title | 2015-16 General Catalog |
Creator | California State University, Fresno |
Format | PDF Document |
Date of publication | 2015 |
Subjects | California State University, Fresno. Curricula. Catalogs |
Object type | Document |
Location | Fresno, California |
Language | eng |
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Title | Page 091 |
Full Text Search | www.fresnostate.edu California State University, Fresno 2015-2016 CATALOG | 91 General Education Developed by both faculty and students, the university's General Education Program is an introduction to the breadth and depth of the dynamics of human experience. It provides students with a foundation in the liberal arts and sciences and prepares them for specialized study in a particular discipline or program. The overall objective of General Education is to create a context wherein basic skills are developed and strengthened, scholarship and disciplined thinking emerge, awareness and reflection occur, and ultimately - the integration of knowledge begins. In the 1999-2000 academic year, the university introduced a major revision of the General Education program that the faculty believes is improved in content and which facilitates transfer to the university. All students enrolling in the university as first-time freshmen beginning fall 1999 and after, and all transfer students entering fall 1999 or after who elect to adopt the 1999-2000 catalog will be required to complete this new General Education Program. Foundation, Breadth, Integration, and Multicultural / International The General Education Program is an integrated curriculum of courses organized into four groups: FOUNDATION, the basic foundation of one's university education, consists of courses in fundamental skills and knowledge.. Purpose: An educated person must be able to read critically, communicate effectively, and think clearly. BREADTH exposes students to a variety of disciplines within a structured framework that develops knowledge in four basic areas of human endeavor. Area B (Physical Science) – Purpose: To understand and actively explore fundamental principles in the Physical Sciences and the methods of developing and testing hypotheses used in the analysis of the physical universe. Area B (Life Science) – Purpose: To understand basic concepts of living things, the nature of scientific knowledge, and the relevance of biological knowledge to human affairs. Area C (Arts) – Purpose: To develop an appreciation and understanding of and to stimulate imagination and creativity through study and participation in art, dance, music, and theatre. Area C (Humanities) – Purpose: Through the study of the humanities, to understand, appreciate, and analyze the meaning of our civilization, its cultural background, and the nature and role of language. To study the humanities from a variety of historical perspectives and cultures by analyzing individual works. Area D (Social, Political, and Economic Institutions and Behavior, Historical Background) – Purpose: To understand and analyze the basic principles underlying human social behavior. Area E (Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development) – Purpose: To equip human beings for lifelong understanding and development of themselves as integrated physiological and psychological entities. INTEGRATION ties together the Program by providing an integrative experience at the upper-division level in three of the four areas of breadth. Purpose: The Integration component of General Education is included to provide instruction at the upper division level that integrates material from each of the BREADTH areas B, C, and D. MULTICULTURAL/INTERNATIONAL completes the General Education Program with an upper-division experience as preparation for an international, multicultural world. Purpose: The Multicultural/International component of General Education is included to prepare students to live in an international multicultural world. Requirements The General Education Program requires students to complete a minimum of 51 semester units. All requirements must be met with courses of at least three semester units. The requirements include: four courses in FOUNDATION, nine courses in BREADTH, and four upper-division courses - three INTEGRATION courses and one MULTICULTURAL/ INTERNATIONAL course. These four upper-division courses should be taken no sooner than the term in which 60 units of college coursework are completed. A minimum of 9 units of course work for General Education must be taken in residence (see Residence Requirements) at California State University, Fresno. Because the goal of General Education is to provide a solid foundation with a broad scope and the goal of the major is to provide depth in a specific discipline or program, the following stipulations apply: 1. Foundation courses must be completed with a grade of C or better to satisfy the General Education requirement. |