Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 13:55:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: CABOTJ@cofc.edu
Subject: Inquiry Group #11 and the final list of gened consensus goals
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Inquiry Group #11 forwards the following list:
Knowledge
1. Students should have a basic knowledge of the humanities, arts,
mathematics, and natural and social sciences.
2. Students should have an understanding of political, economic, social,
cultural, scientific issues of the past, present and future.
3. Students should have an understanding of diverse cultures, the natural
world and their interrelationships.
Skills
1. General education should develop effective communication skills in
standard English and a language other than English.
2. Students should have the ability to think critically and perform
quantitative analyses effectively.
3. Students should be able to retrieve, evaluate and generate knowledge
from diverse sources in the liberal arts and sciences.
Values
1. A liberally educated person should have a commitment to intellectual
curiosity and lifelong learning.
2. A liberally educated person should have a commitment to rigorous self-
evaluation.
3. A liberally educated person understands and respects cultural and
ideological diversity.
4. A liberally educated person should become a responsible citizen capable of making
intellectually honest evaluations of complex
issues
Let me take this opportunity to remind members of Group 11 that we will
meet Friday, Jan. 31, 1:30 p.m. in the Library Conference Room.
Jeri Cabot cabotj@cofc.edu
College of Charleston (803) 953-5522
Charleston, SC 29424