Pilihan program

Ringkasan program

This program is designed to provide a value-centered education focused on understanding oneself, one‘s society, one‘s history, one‘s culture and the increasingly multi-cultured nature of one‘s world. The student will be helped to find vision and purpose in life for contribution to and integration into her or his world. The program provides a broad-based liberal arts education with one or more areas of concentration for meeting the challenges of the twenty-first century and for pursuing graduate studies in a variety of fields. It is designed to provide the student an opportunity for concentration in one or more areas of interest within the humanities and social sciences with reinforcement from related disciplines. While focus and concentration is provided in a particular discipline, a broader based education is provided through connecting the humanities with social sciences. A capstone course, ANTH 475 senior seminar in humanities and social sciences, is required during the last term of the senior year. This course is a broad, integrating experience in the humanities and social sciences, requiring both oral and written work based on the student‘s own research. The degree is a liberal arts degree that equips the student for a variety of professional opportunities or to pursue graduate specialization in a variety of fields including law, human relations, politics, the behavioral sciences and religious ministry. It further provides an understanding and context for functioning effectively in the multicultural world of the twenty-first century.

Modul program

The program modules are as follows: Required General Education Core 44-47 hours; Area I-Foundation Skills 18-21 hours; FSL 101 Foundations of Scholarship and Learning 2 hours; Rhetoric and Communication 15 hours; ENG 101 English Composition I (3); ENG 102 English Composition II (3); SPEE 220 Fundamentals of Speech (3); SPAN 111 Elementary Spanish I (3); SPAN 112 Elementary Spanish II (3); Mathematics (choose one) 3-4 hours; MATH 110 Mathematics for the Liberal Arts (3); MATH 111 College Algebra (3); MATH 112 Trigonometry (3); MATH 121 Calculus I (4); Area II ¡V A Liberal Arts Education 26 hours; Arts and Humanities 3 hours; PHIL 201 Introduction to Philosophy (3); Literature in English (choose one) 3 hours; ENG 215 Introduction to Literature (3); ENG 216 Topics in Literature (3); Social Science 6 hours; ANTH (SOC) 210 Cultural Anthropology (3); Choose one course from the following: ECON 241 Principles of Macroeconomics (3); ECON 242 Principles of Microeconomics (3); PSY 201 General Psychology (3); PSY 211 Human Growth and Development (3); SOC 221 Introduction to Sociology (3); History (choose one sequence) 6 hours; HIS 191 and HIS 192 World Civilization I and II (6); HIS 201 and HIS 202 History of the US I and II (6); The Natural Sciences 8 hours; Choose one course from the following: BIO 100 Principles of Biology (4); BIO 111 General Biology I (4); Choose one course from the following: ASTR 100 Introduction to Astronomy (4); CHEM 103 Fundamentals of Chemistry (4); CHEM 111 and 111L General Chemistry and Lab (4); PHY 201 College Physics I (4); PHY 210 General Physics I (4); PS 100 Principles of Physical Science (4); Humanities and Social Science Core Requirements 21 hours; ANTH 475 Senior Seminar in Humanities and (3); Social Sciences: GEOG 301 Cultural Geography (3); Choose one Anthropology elective at 300 level or above (3); Choose one Philosophy elective at 300 level or above (3); Choose one Psychology elective at 300 level or above (3); Choose one Religion elective at the 300 level or above (3); Choose one Sociology elective at the 300 level or above (3); Humanities and Social Science Core Electives36 hours; Choose 12 courses from Anthropology, Communications, Criminal Justice, Economics, English, Geography, History, Philosophy, Religion, Psychology or Sociology at the 300 level or above Core and general electives should be selected to complete a minor, as specified in the University Catalog, in at least one of these subject areas; General Electives 16-19 hours; Select sufficient courses from any academic discipline to bring the total hours; for graduation to a minimum of 120 hours; Total GEC (44-47 credit hours); Total Humanities and Social Sciences Core Requirements (21 credit hours); Total Humanities and Social Sciences Electives (36 credit hours); Total General Electives (16-19 credit hours).

Persyaratan masuk bagi mahasiswa internasional

Students should have a graduation from an accredited high school. All students from countries where English is not the native language must demonstrate five hundred (500) or higher on the written TOEFL examination or a score of 173 or higher on the computer-based TOEFL examination by submitting an official copy of the TOEFL grade report. They need to complete both the English and reading sequences of the Cumberland University developmental studies program if proficiency in English is not demonstrated. In addition to this, a cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale is required, if the high school does not provide it or if Cumberland University academic advisors cannot evaluate the transcript properly. ACT or SAT examinations are required for freshmen or transfers who have less than 30 hours of college work. The minimum scores that are required for a composite score of 21 ACT composite, 980/990 SAT critical reading and math combined score. Students who have completed a thirteenth year in a secondary (high) school must take and pass CLEP examinations to receive college credit for courses taken in that thirteenth year. All international students must enroll in health and accident insurance approved by Cumberland University and provides evidence of appropriate insurance.

Kualifikasi

Sarjana (S1)

Institusi penerbit ijazah

Cumberland University

Nama jurusan

School of Liberal Arts and Sciences