Goucher College 2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalogue

Nov 23, 2024

Goucher College 2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

Foundations

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In the foundational courses, students learn critical thinking, reading, writing, and foreign language skills that will enable them to understand and engage an ever more complex world.

Frontiers

Introduces new students to the liberal arts and sciences and invites them to become active participants in Goucher’s rich intellectual community. They are encouraged to examine their assumptions and values as they explore those of others. The seminars also emphasize the value to the academic environment of collaborative learning and information technologies and foster independent thought, intellectual curiosity, and the joy of learning. Goucher II students who enter as first-year students are required to enroll in Frontiers. ISP 110 and ISP 110Y taken in the fall semester fulfill the Frontiers requirement. All incoming first-year students are required to pass:

Frontiers or
ISP 110 or
ISP 110Y - Perspectives on the Global Condition (8 Cr. Seminar) to be eligible for graduation.

Academic writing/Writing proficiency (LER–WP)

Students must demonstrate proficiency in written communication. (For a more detailed description of this requirement, refer to the College Writing Proficiency area in the General Education section here .) This will be satisfied by demonstrating proficiency within the English composition sequence of courses or through a portfolio. Courses that may be used to demonstrate writing proficiency include:

ENG 105 - Academic Writing II (3 Cr.)
ENG 106 - Academic Writing III (3 Cr.)
A Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) course.

Foreign Language (LER–FL)

Students must demonstrate proficiency in foreign language through intermediate level. Study of a foreign language imparts to students practical linguistic skills and deep understanding of the cultural codes of other societies. Foreign language proficiency grants privileged access to the nuances of fundamental texts in fields such as literature, philosophy, and social and political theory, and to foreign media and other accounts of current events. (See the “Foreign Language Proficiency ” area in the General Education Requirements listing above for further information about this graduation requirement.)