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Liberal Arts Education is an Education for Life, designed to expand the students' understanding of significant ideas and issues relevant to culture and the complexity of the modern world.  Madonna University provides students with career preparation within a liberal arts framework consistent with the mission statement of the University.

To this end, the University requires all students to complete a program of study which includes a general education core as well as major program area.

The program of study requirements evolve from statements of eight Academic Goals and Competencies that together characterize the liberally educated person.  These eight competencies provide a rationale for the courses that are required to fulfill the general education and program major goals.

General Education Core (Goals 1-6)

Goal 1 Communication - Develop effective communication skills.
1.1 Demonstrate the ability to write clear, effective English prose.
1.2 Demonstrate the ability to read effectively, think critically, and communicate clearly in group situations as well as individual presentations.
 
Goal 2 Religious Values - Achieve an understanding of religious and moral dimensions of human experience.
2.1 Identify and describe the values, questions and expressions of truth as exemplified in the Judeo-Christian tradition as well as within various other religious traditions.
2.2 Explain the impact and influence of religion on contemporary institutions and on individual value decisions.
 
Goal 3 Cultural Traditions - Develop an understanding of and responsiveness to the aesthetic, emotive, and intellectual expressions of human concerns through the Humanities and Arts.
3.1 Demonstrate the ability to interpret the Humanities as they are expressed in their cultural richness and ethnic diversity.
3.2 Identify and describe the stages of human civilizations as expressed through the creative arts.
3.3 Explain how the historical and/or philosophical investigation of human experience reveals multiple views of the human condition.
3.4 Critically assess how literature through the creative power of language evokes complex realities in response to questions of human worth, human purpose, and human potential.
 
Goal 4 Scientific Inquiry - Achieve an understanding of modern concepts of science, computer technology and mathematics and the relationship between  scientific and technological realities in contemporary life.
4.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts, language and tools of mathematics and develop the ability to reason using mathematical techniques.
4.2 Demonstrate an understanding of the scientific bases for the study of the physical and biological worlds and their relationship to one's cultural and social life.
4.3 Demonstrate an understanding of the scientific method and its application to problem solving and discovery.
4.4 Demonstrate a fundamental understanding of the theory and application of computer technology and in information management.
 
Goal 5 Personal and Social Environment - Develop an understanding of the ways in which individuals perceive, experience and behave in their personal and social environment.
5.1 Describe the ways in which the individual is affected by the total environment.
5.2 Describe and analyze the elements which contribute to effective interpersonal relationships.
5.3 Identify and analyze social problems confronting modern pluralistic society and the various personal and community strategies for dealing with these.
5.4 Demonstrate and understanding of adaptation to change in personal and social environments.
 
Goal 6 World Citizenship - Develop a facility for international and national citizenship skills.
6.1 Demonstrate an elementary theoretical understanding of international relations.
6.2 Describe international problems, achievements and aspirations of the U.S. and other nations and cultures.
6.3 Analyze significant contemporary national and international issues.
6.4 Demonstrate through informed opinion the ability to participate effectively in the formulation of national and international policies.
6.5 Evaluate the impact of the increasingly multicultural nature and growing internationalization of American Society.
 

Program Major and Career Goals (Goals 7-8)

Goal 7 Personal and Professional Development - Achieve individual educational goals for personal enrichment and/or career development.
Knowledge and skills are based on specific major.
 
Goal 8 Significant Content Knowledge - Master a significant body of content knowledge.
Knowledge and skills are based on specific major.

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