Literature
Students will be able to:
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of the literary,
historical, social, and cultural influences that inform literary works,
including diversity of perspectives, experiences, and traditions.
- Articulate in writing and discussion their responses
to literary texts (75% of which must be written texts) with a view to
equipping them with the knowledge, values, and sensitivity to succeed as
persons and professionals.
- Demonstrate a basic critical ability to identify,
interpret, and evaluate the ideas and formal features of an integrated
body of literary texts in the context of a socially responsible learning
community of high quality scholarship and academic rigor.
- Show a sensitivity to the plurality of meanings
within a literary text, including the moral implications of human
choices.
History
Students will be able to:
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of a significant
span of history over a wide geographic area.
- Articulate in writing and discussion their
understanding of the ways significant historical forces (e.g.,
colonization, industrialization, war, social movements) shape the
development of societies and civilizations.
- Exhibit historical consciousness by understanding
past societies and civilizations in their own contexts and times.
- Demonstrate a sense of how historical thinking can
establish a valuable framework for considering ethical issues in the
past and present.
