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| What is the Liberal Arts Program? |
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| The Liberal Arts Program is an Honours course of studies designed to give students a focused, coherent, integrated education within the humanities and related disciplines in order to prepare them adequately for university studies. |
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| The Liberal Arts curriculum reflects the interrelationship of various disciplines and the common concepts and issues underlying the various branches of human knowledge. It develops competencies enabling students to become successful learners and prepares them for entry into a variety of university programs: Administration, Communications, Education, Fine Arts, Journalism, Law, and Literature. |
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| The Program provides students with a strong foundation of skills and knowledge appropriate to university studies. As well, the design of the Program enables students to develop individual interests and abilities in a disciplined fashion, thus meeting the admissions criteria of appropriate university faculties. |
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| Program Goals |
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| The Liberal Arts Program pursues the following goals, which will be achieved across its curriculum, i.e. in both general education and program-specific components. |
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- To situate the development of Western civilization since ancient times within its historical context.
- To understand and appreciate major themes and forms of imaginative or artistic expression, and the aesthetic sensibility, in the arts and in literature in the language of instruction.
- To understand and evaluate important ideas in Western religious, philosophical and scientific thought, and their character and influence in Western and other societies.
- To communicate clearly and coherently in the language of instruction
- To use the work and research methods specific to various fields of learning as an independent learner.
- To use appropriate information technologies.
- To take responsibility for intellectual and personal development.
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| Liberal Arts students take 17 of their 29 courses together. Teachers in Liberal Arts commit themselves not only to their own courses but also to the integration of their courses into the program as a whole. In addition, extra-curricular activities such as museum and theatre visits, ethnic feasts, guest speakers, and university visits enhance the shared pursuit of cultural development. Thus, students and teachers in Liberal Arts form a community. |
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