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The general education core curriculum is central to the intellectual mission of 德克萨斯南方大学. It is designed to equip students in each major field or concentration with a broad knowledge base and a set of college-level competencies to support lifelong learning and the attainment of their academic and career goals.

The Texas Common Core Curriculum ensures that undergraduate students enrolled in public institutions of higher education will develop the essential knowledge and skills for success in college, 在职业生涯中, 在他们的社区里, 在终身学习中.

All undergraduates at 德克萨斯南方大学 complete a 42-semester credit hour (SCH) program of core curriculum courses. The required components of the Texas Core Curriculum are courses in the Foundational Component Areas (FCA): Communication; Mathematics; Life and Physical Science; 语言、哲学 and Culture; Creative Arts; American History; Government/Political Science; and Social and 行为科学.

The goals of the core curriculum at 德克萨斯南方大学 are to prepare students to examine their values; to become aware of the values, 视角, 以及其他个人的贡献, 组, and cultures; to integrate knowledge, and to understand the interrelations of the scholarly disciplines. 学生 will accomplish these goals through intensive reading and frequent writing, 批判性分析, 计算, 实践的经历, 积极的讨论, 合作项目.

The core curriculum facilitates the transfer of lower-division course credit among public colleges, 大学, and health-related institutions throughout the State of Texas. 学生 who successfully complete a 42-semester credit hour core curriculum at one institution can transfer “core complete” to another public Texas public institution without having to repeat any core curriculum courses. 学生 who transfer without completing the entire core curriculum receive credit for each of the core courses they successfully complete; however, courses may not satisfy the receiving institution’s core curriculum requirements.

核心课程目标

The objectives of the core curriculum are to guide students to develop the following essential competencies:

• 批判性思维能力, which include creative thinking; innovation; inquiry; and analysis, 评价, 信息的合成.
• 沟通技巧, 包括有效发展, 解释, 以及通过书面形式表达思想, 口头和视觉交流.
• 实证与定量技能, which include the manipulation and analysis of numerical data or observable facts resulting in informed conclusions.
• 团队合作, which includes the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal.
• 个人责任, which includes the ability to connect choices, 行动, and consequences to ethical decision-making.
• 社会责任, 包括跨文化能力, 公民责任知识, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, 国家, 以及全球社区.

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