Intellectual Foundations

 Students will:

1. Identify characteristics of Western Civilization and its influence on the modern world through multiple cognate areas of the liberal arts (Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and Art)
2. Apply fundamental concepts to describe the development of Western Civilization over a significant period of time* (critical thinking)
3. Relate the development of Western Civilization to that of other regions of the world

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*“Significant period of time” should be construed in terms of centuries, rather than decades.

The first two learning outcomes implement the first of the SUNY Trustee’s learning outcomes. The third is identical to the second of the SUNY Trustee’s learning outcomes.

The committee expects that courses proposed for inclusion in the IF Western Civilization category will be designed to be effectively self-contained, neither presuming previous coursework nor intended as feeder courses themselves.