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Bachelor’s Degree Requirements
Basic to all bachelor’s degrees is the General Education Curriculum, to be completed by all degree candidates. Students also complete Major Requirements and Required Related Courses to qualify for a degree. Students completing a degree with secondary certification will also complete additional School of Education Requirements. Specific requirements are listed on page 198 of the 2015-2017 Undergraduate Catalog.
GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM AND COMPETENCY GOALS
Each Texas Wesleyan University graduate should demonstrate competencies and attainments in preparation to be an informed and effective citizen of the world. To prepare each student for this goal, the University strives to instill literacy in the four areas of Language Literacy, Analytic Literacy, Cultural Literacy, and Social Literacy, with “literacy” defined as college-level knowledge with the ability to read and write. The specific expected competencies within each of these areas include the following:
Language Literacy
1. Competency in a variety of communication skills
a. This competency includes the ability to speak and write conventional English both clearly and correctly. The development of individual communicative style should also be encouraged.
b. This competency also includes the ability to speak and write interactively. This includes elements of effective reading, listening, and analysis as well as the framing of appropriate and intelligible responses.
c. Sufficient skills in information technology and information retrieval methods.
2. A summative experience regarding the total curriculum. The graduate should reflect an ability to integrate the broad scope of her/his learning in a meaningful manner.
Analytic Literacy
3. Understanding of how, when, and in what fields the scientific method is used, including personal experience in the method in a laboratory setting and exposure to current scientific issues and knowledge.
4. Ability to formulate a precise, concise, logical argument concerning a wide variety of problems in politics, science, mathematics, psychology, sociology, etc. The graduate should be proficient in applying problem solving skills in her/his life.
Cultural Literacy
5. An appreciation of and some direct experience with the creative arts as expressions of cultural and artistic values. This experience should include some combination of attendance at various art exhibits or performances, formal exposition of art works