通识教育
Our new skills-based and outcomes-focused 通识教育 curriculum allows every student to graduate with a minor.
个性化、注重结果的通识教育
Chart a course through the GenEd with academic advisors to create an experience that is uniquely your own. This ability to create your own powerful combination of courses is designed into the GenEd program.
The RWU GenEd does not require specific subjects to be taken (e.g.(哲学、历史). Rather, it is designed around six academic themes: 写作, 创造力 & 艺术, 全球的视角, 系统思考, 社会调查, and 定量调查. The six 学习 themes of our GenEd provide you with the top in-demand skills that will set you apart with employers across all industries.
嵌入式小
A unique feature of the GenEd at RWU is the ability for you to complete one of 41 minors within the GenEd program requirements. An embedded minor allows RWU students, by design, to easily graduate with a major and a minor. You can combine your interests and stand out in the job search process.
的规模
RWU GenEd需要40-43学分才能完成. 学士学位需要120学分, GenEd represents just about one-third of the overall graduation requirements at RWU. This leaves lots of room to explore diverse interests, take risks, and complete a second major.
灵活性 & 选择
At some colleges, a “Core” curriculum requires all students to take the pre-defined set of courses. 另外, 以通识教育的方式, specific themes are required but a wider variety of courses can meet the requirement. The new RWU 通识教育 (GenEd) program embraces this approach, giving you more choice in an open curriculum across all our schools of study.
学习的主题
At RWU, students will take courses in each of the following themes:
| RWU学习主题 | 雇主期望的结果 |
|---|---|
| 写作 | Introduces students to the context of writing for academic, professional, and public audiences. Skills learned: Ability to form arguments and reason and communicate through the written word |
| 创造力 & 艺术 | Helps students appreciate the importance of the arts as forms of expression of 文化, 社会, 以及人类的状况. Skills learned: Creative thinking, design, and application of knowledge |
| 全球的视角 | Helps students understand the dynamics of global systems and appreciate our interconnectedness as engaged citizens of the world. Students will draw on historical and contemporary resources as well as marginalized narratives. Skills learned: Ability to communicate and work with people from different cultural backgrounds. |
| 系统思考 | Teaches students how a diversity of perspectives is required for understanding relationships within a complex system. Skills learned: Ability to integrate ideas and information across settings and contexts. |
| 社会调查 | Explores how people’s lives are connected to systems of politics, 文化, and media through the humanities and other subject areas. Skills learned: Work effectively in teams; work with people from diverse cultural backgrounds; integrate ideas across contexts; grow and develop civic skills and engagement |
| 定量调查 | Hones students’ ability to work with numbers and statistics. 他们将学会批判性思维, 解决问题, and effective communication and apply mathematical and statistical reasoning in both abstract and real-world problems. 所学技能:分析和解释数据的能力 |