As
early as the freshman year, students can begin fulfilling
their other general education requirements. All students
must achieve proficiency at least to the intermediate level of a foreign
language. Courses in the quantitative reasoning category develop the
student's ability to convert conceptual information into problems
that can be solved using standard mathematical and geometric tools,
to create appropriate pictorial and graphical representation of data,
to use a wide variety of technologies as tools for quantitative and
data analysis, and to write and interpret the results of quantifiable
problems. As with writing, there are quantitative aspects to
many subjects, and the subject matter of courses that meet the quantitative
reasoning requirement may be drawn from an array of different fields.
The science lab requirement involves both theoretical and experimental
learning in the natural sciences. Students may be exempted from taking
any of these courses by passing a proficiency exam and obtaining the
appropriate faculty approval.
Two additional non-credit courses
build upon the foundation provided in the first-year fitness and
wellness
courses. Students select their two required courses from four areas:
health-related fitness, individual sports/activities, team sports/activities,
and electives. Participation in a varsity sport counts toward one of
the requirements.
