General Education
CLTCC recognizes that associate degrees should contain a broad-based common educational experience that enhances students’ ability to describe, interpret, and analyze their world. In addition to building awareness of a wide range of material and enriching the academic experience, general education should promote intellectual inquiry through basic content and methodology and contribute to the graduate’s ability to communicate effectively in oral and written English.
General education courses are grouped into five categories:
- English Composition – Effective written communication skills are essential to prepare students to effectively and intelligently communicate in a variety of contexts.
- Mathematics/Analytical Reasoning – As a cornerstone for the liberal arts, engineering, and sciences, mathematical/analytical reasoning skills are an essential component of all disciplines.
- Natural Sciences – Natural sciences study both life and physical sciences in an approach to understanding the universe by studying objects, phenomena, laws of nature and the physical world.
- Humanities – Humanities offer a broad-based study of cultural traditions and the human condition, including everything from language, literature, and religion to history, philosophy, and communication.
- Social/Behavioral Sciences – Social and Behavioral Sciences study human behavior and the relationship between individuals and their societies.
- Fine Arts – The Fine Arts provide an opportunity to explore and to value aesthetic creation and form as an essential means of conceiving and expressing the human experience.
An associate of Applied Science requires 15 credit hours in general education, including one three credit hour course from each of the following areas: English Composition, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of the general education core at CLTCC, students should be able to:
- Communicate effectively by use of composition through writing and speaking and comprehension through reading and listening.
- Construct problem-solving strategies to model, interpret, and (or) communicate solutions to mathematical problems.
- Integrate concepts of the scientific nature of the world and the role of behavioral and natural sciences as it pertains to health and well-being.
- Examine significant ideas and achievements in literature, art, music, and media in order to evaluate the impact these forms of expression have in today’s world.
- Analyze the diversity of the human experience through the practical applications of social, historical, cultural, economic, and political systems and apply to current events and in professional settings.
- Distinguish and apply credible sources of knowledge utilizing information literacy and research skills.