COMMUNICATION & WAYS OF THINKING
GUIDELINES
GOALS:
Courses which fulfill Communications and Ways of Thinking assist students to
perceive the interrelatedness of learning across disciplines, to strengthen the generic
skills of communication and critical thinking, and to develop the capacity for applying
learning from one context to another.
CURRICULAR OVERSIGHT:
Courses offered in the area of Communications and Ways of Thinking (CWT) fulfill
upper division general education requirements.  Authority for reviewing and
recommending CWT courses is assigned to the University Curriculum Committee.
GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSING COURSES:

1.     Proposed courses must demonstrate communications and ways of thinking and
        may be approached from a single subject or through a theme across several
        subjects/disciplines.

2.     Proposed courses may be taught by individual, or faculty teams.

3.     Proposed courses must indicate how students will demonstrate learning within the
        following goals:

         a.  to distinguish among the ways of thinking which are characteristic of at
              least two of the following broad disciplinary areas:  humanities, natural sciences, and
              social sciences.

         b.  to show the relationship between those areas, their similarities and
              differences and how they complement one another in enabling us to order our
              experience in the world.

         c.  to develop the skills and abilities in communication (oral, and written).
              It is expected that students will be required to complete major assignments using
              these skills.

Proposed courses must include syllabi which incorporate a statement of the goals of
the course, course expectations, course evaluations as well as a reading list required
for the course.

CWT requirements may also be met by a package of courses taken concurrently and
coordinated by the instructors to follow the CWT guidelines described above.
 

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Revised May 1997 (as recommended by the UCC at Meeting #16, 5/6/97)