General Education Program
Through the General Education
Program, the College most directly expresses its commitment to the ideal of
liberal education that underlies its mission statement. This program seeks to prepare graduates who
are intellectually engaged, skilled in communication, capable of analysis and
interpretation, and open to change and difference. It seeks to establish in its graduates a
foundation for their continuing education, including their intellectual,
aesthetic, and moral growth, their vocational development, and their
understanding of issues involving social responsibility at the local, national,
and global levels.
Our General Education Program
aims to educate students so that they:
1. deepen their knowledge—in
terms of both content and method—across a broad range of disciplines in the
liberal arts, including history, the social sciences, the natural sciences,
mathematics, literature, the fine arts, religion and philosophy.
2. enhance their intellectual and
practical skills, including critical inquiry and analysis, effective written
and oral communication, quantitative reasoning, information literacy, and the
ability to draw upon and integrate both content and method from different
academic disciplines when considering particular problems or issues.
3. develop ethical
reasoning, and an understanding of cultural diversity and personal and social
responsibility, in order to prepare them for local, national, and global
citizenship.
Please note that new general education requirements have taken effect for the 2010-11 academic year. Students who entered prior to 2010 should consult the requirements listed in the catalog in effect at the time they enrolled at LVC.