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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 17:46:46 -0400 (EDT)
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From: heldrichr@cofc.edu (Rick Heldrich)
Subject: Group 17 Report
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The goals of the general education requirements for students of the College of Charleston are as follows.

(1) Students will acquire basic knowledge of the disciplines of the liberal arts, including an awareness of past, present, and future. This broad-based knowledge will augment the student's major course of study.

(2) Students will develop and refine their reading and writing skills and their ability to use and interpret oral and nonverbal communication. Students will learn to communicate in English at the level of effective professional discourse and will demonstrate at least a proficiency in another language.

(3) Students will develop skills in using methods of scholarly inquiry, which include critical thinking, problem solving, and research.

(4) Throughout every student's career, the College of Charleston community will affirm the foundational values of the liberal arts, which are citizenship, civility, curiosity, honesty, and tolerance.


F. J. Heldrich
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
College of Charleston
Charleston, SC 29424
phone: (803) 953-5515
fax: (803) 953-1404