General Education Requirements

Cultural literacy provides students with proficiency in oral and written English, while encouraging students to analyze culture and society using the perspectives of history and the humanities. The ability to communicate ideas effectively is an essential characteristic of educated individuals. All educated individuals are also expected to understand and appreciate history and the world's cultures. Cultural literacy courses allow students to develop their capacity for critical thinking while cultivating an interest in one or more areas of the humanities, including: communications; ethics; history; literature; philosophy; politics; religion, and the performing and visual arts.

1. Analyze society and culture using the perspective of the liberal arts, including: (a) communications; (b) ethics; (c) history; (d) literature; (e) philosophy; (f) politics; (g) religion, and (h) the performing and visual arts.
2. Conduct primary and secondary research through: (a) critical reading; (b) data collection; and (c) source evaluation.
3. Compose effective oral and written artifacts through: (a) knowledge of process (i.e., composing process); and (b) knowledge of the conventions of academic and/or professional communication; and (c) rhetorical awareness. 

An understanding of the social sciences is essential in order to understand the economic, social, and political forces at work in our world, both in an organizational setting and in society at large.

1. Identify, articulate, and critically analyze the principles, concepts, theories and/or experiential learning associated with contemporary social science fields, including: (a) anthropology; (b) economics; (c) geography; (d) political science; (e) psychology; (f) sociology; and (g) managerial functions (such as including human resources, organizational behavior, accounting, purchasing and logistics, marketing, technological change and innovation management, entrepreneurship and commercialization of innovations, and project management).
2. Analyze systematically human behavior and/or organizational behavior and strategies using data collected via one or more social science research methodologies. The course content should include one or more of the following methods: (a) accounting and financial records; (b) case studies; (c) content analysis; (d) ethnography; (e) experiments; (f) focus groups; (g) grounded theory; (h) in-depth interviews; (i) network analysis; (j) surveys; (k) textual analysis; (l) thematic analysis; and (m) quantitative analysis.
3. Apply understanding of dynamic social systems, including their formation and the circumstances by which they interact with natural environment and industrial organizations; and are upheld, maintained, and/or altered over time.

Natural science provides the basis for our knowledge of the physical universe and for technological progress. All students are expected to develop a thorough understanding of at least one laboratory science.

1. Analyze, define, and explain scientific principles, concepts, and mechanisms, principally within the domain of at least one of the following basic sciences: (a) biology; (b) chemistry; or (c) physics.
2. Investigate naturally occurring phenomena in the basic sciences using experimental methods, including: (a) design; (b) execution; (c) analysis; and (d) reporting of findings. 
3. Interpret scientific theories and concepts in at least one of the basic sciences in order to engage in the process of scientific deduction and reasoning, including: (a) prediction; (b) hypothesis testing; (c) data interpretation; and (d) empirical assessment. 

The ability to reason qualitatively and quantitatively, to understand probability and statistics, and to apply mathematical models to a variety of circumstances is fundamental to making informed decisions in the modern world. Depending on the discipline, the student should also be able to apply appropriate mathematical concepts and methods to the solution of problems in their professional domain.

1. Define and explain fundamental principles, concepts, and mechanisms within the domain of mathematics and/or statistics.
2. Apply logical reasoning, problem solving, and inference as informed by the principles of statistics, including: probability; data measurement; distribution; and communication and representation of statistical data. 
3. Apply logical reasoning, problem solving, and inference as informed by principles of algebraic analysis, including the foundational tenets of trigonometry and calculus. 

An understanding of the nature of computing, its impact on society and the driving forces behind its pervasive deployment is integral to effective functioning as a professional and as a citizen. Each student should learn to use software and computing systems and to access, store, process, and analyze information as an essential aspect of critical thinking and problem solving.  Students should also develop an ability to design algorithms, to write programs, and to use software tools as appropriate to their discipline.

1. Formulate a problem in various domains in terms of quantified, specified inputs and desired outputs.
2. Design a precise and complete step-by-step solution (algorithm) that produces a desired output from a specified input.
3. Implement a solution to an algorithmic problem using the syntax and semantics of a high-level programming language.