The requirements in this area are satisfied by courses offered by The Cooper Union Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences or by transfer credit
for liberal arts courses taken at other institutions.
Not exact matches
Of
course, a
liberal arts approach to education underpinned by such a grand narrative is not the only possibility
for Catholic educators.
Justice and peace, social service, awareness of and care
for the environment, volunteer work; or
liberal arts, discriminating inquiry,
courses in professional ethics, gender studies: these are presented as the contemporary surrogates
for faith.
In the years following, Sunbridge College's offerings grew, eventually encompassing numerous full - and part - time certificate and degree programs and
courses in Waldorf Teacher Education, Biography and Social
Art,
Liberal Studies, Remedial Education (now the Association
for a Healing Education), Waldorf Administration and Community Development, Applied
Arts (now the Fiber Craft Studio) and other affiliated fields.
He spun a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering into a 4 - year stint as a physics professor at a small
liberal arts college, where he was hired to teach
courses for nonmajors.
The Department also presents a range of
courses that address the
Liberal Arts Foundation requirements in the natural sciences
for undergraduate students in disciplines other than Physics.
Add to this nebulous college entrance environment the challenge presented by the proliferation of four - year high schools, whose numbers skyrocketed from 2,526 in 1890 to 10,213 in 1910, and it is easy to see why the trustees of the Carnegie Foundation felt the need to define college: «An institution to be ranked a college must have at least six (6) professors giving their entire time to college and university work, a
course of four full years in
liberal arts and sciences, and should require
for admission not less than the usual four years of academic or high school preparation, or its equivalent, in addition to the preacademic or grammar school studies.»
The Republic featured many of these schools, including specialty schools such as Arizona School
for the
Arts, Sonoran Science Academy and Legacy Traditional Schools, college prep schools such as BASIS, and finally Great Hearts Academies, which integrates specialty courses into its liberal arts fo
Arts, Sonoran Science Academy and Legacy Traditional Schools, college prep schools such as BASIS, and finally Great Hearts Academies, which integrates specialty
courses into its
liberal arts fo
arts focus.
Though we must certainly strive to close racial achievement gaps in mathematics and reading, we run the risk of substituting one form of inequity
for another, ultimately denying our most vulnerable students the full
liberal arts curriculum our most privileged youth receive almost as a matter of
course.
Choosing the high school
courses that will best prepare you
for success in college can be a difficult process, and social studies, though an important subject
for a strong college application, is easily overlooked, particularly if you aren't planning to enter a
liberal arts program.
For example, Dr. Ikeda recently stated, «I believe that a
liberal arts education should be the core element of the first half of every university degree
course, as it provides a general understanding of humanity.»
The big argument
for pursuing
liberal arts degrees and taking general education
courses is that by doing so, you will learn how to learn.
The most time - efficient path to veterinary school is through a
liberal arts and sciences degree, because the Vet Tech curriculum includes
courses not needed
for pre-vet, and lacks
courses that are typically required
for pre-vet.
For additional electives and
liberal arts courses, download the complete
Course Catalog.
The Cooper Union
liberal arts courses, shown elsewhere in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences catalog section, have prefixes H, S and HTA.The basic
courses HSS1 — HSS2 and HSS3 — HSS4 are prerequisites
for all higher level
courses in the same prefix family.
The mission of the Department of
Art is to serve the needs of an urban and diverse university community by providing courses in a liberal arts foundation and in undergraduate and graduate programs in art that are designed to prepare students for careers in various professional fields or for further study in visual art and as lifelong producers or consumers of a
Art is to serve the needs of an urban and diverse university community by providing
courses in a
liberal arts foundation and in undergraduate and graduate programs in
art that are designed to prepare students for careers in various professional fields or for further study in visual art and as lifelong producers or consumers of a
art that are designed to prepare students
for careers in various professional fields or
for further study in visual
art and as lifelong producers or consumers of a
art and as lifelong producers or consumers of
artart.
In addition, all students should take
courses that provide a solid grounding in the
liberal arts, which is a basis
for your humanities and social science study at Cooper Union.