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Most Hastings College students complete the Liberal Arts Program, which includes at least one recognized major field and a series of general education requirements.
The primary goal of the Liberal Arts Program at Hastings College is to stimulate intellectual curiosity and excitement essential to life-long learning.
Specifically, the goals propose to develop in students
In the course of their study, some students find interests and connections that they wish to pursue but which cannot be fulfilled within the rubric of a single major or even within the limitations of multiple majors. The Personalized Program provides an opportunity for students to plan their own course of study, in keeping with the philosophy and purpose of a liberal arts college.
The program provides a unique opportunity for the creative and resourceful student who wishes to tailor-make a course of study to fit his/her own personal, academic, and vocational needs.
| The Liberal Arts Program of Study |
Most Hastings College students complete the Liberal Arts Program, which includes at least one recognized major field and a series of general education requirements.
The primary goal of the Liberal Arts Program at Hastings College is to stimulate intellectual curiosity and excitement essential to life-long learning.
Specifically, the goals propose to develop in students
- An understanding of the ways of inquiry and the organization of knowledge which characterize the different academic disciplines.
- An awareness of connections among the different academic disciplines that integrate knowledge.
- An ability to communicate effectively through listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
- An ability to think creatively, critically, logically, and independently.
- An experience and appreciation of the diversity of cultures in the United States and the world.
- An ability to make good and moral judgments, judgments made consciously and defensibly.
- A sense of personal responsibility for the cultivation of habits essential to life-long learning, community service, physical fitness, and optimum health.
| Personalized Program - Interdisciplinary Program of Study |
In the course of their study, some students find interests and connections that they wish to pursue but which cannot be fulfilled within the rubric of a single major or even within the limitations of multiple majors. The Personalized Program provides an opportunity for students to plan their own course of study, in keeping with the philosophy and purpose of a liberal arts college.
The program provides a unique opportunity for the creative and resourceful student who wishes to tailor-make a course of study to fit his/her own personal, academic, and vocational needs.
