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Each discipline within the liberal arts framework
offers students a valid perspective on the world’s past, present and future.
Therefore, we recommend that students pursue studies in the following seven major
fields of knowledge:
1) Literature, either in English or
in some other language, because it is a crucial form of expression, contributes to
our understanding of human experience and plays a central role in the development
of culture;
2) Historical studies, either in history
or in historically oriented courses in art, music, religion, philosophy and theatre,
because they provide a perspective on the development of human society and culture
and free us from the parochialism of the present;
3) Social science, because it offers
a systematic and critical inquiry into human nature, social institutions and human
relationships;
4) Natural science, because of its
methods, its contribution to our understanding of the world around us and its significance
in modern culture;
5) Mathematics and analytic philosophy, because
they foster an understanding of the nature and use of formal, rational thought;
6) The arts, because they constitute
the media through which people have sought, through the ages, to express their deepest
feelings and values;
7) A foreign language, because it frees
one from the limits of one’s own tongue, provides access to another culture
and makes possible communication outside one’s own society.
We further recommend that students take performance
courses offered in exercise and sport studies, because they provide opportunities
for recreation, health and the development of skills for the complete person.
Students who wish to become eligible for Latin
Honors at graduation or who wish to have Liberal Arts Commendation indicated on their
transcripts must elect at least one course (normally four credits) in each of the
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