Values
Five Values Areas – All Five Areas are Required
Individual course may be approved to satisfy one Value. No single course will be approved to satisfy more than one Value. Each course counts only once in the earned-credit minimum needed to graduate (either within the major, or 20 outside of major requirement). A course may have one Value and one Way of Knowing. They may also have one or more Richness.
Beyond the Borders
Courses that promote a deeper understanding of the human world and encourage a sense of global citizenship by exploring the perspectives and ways of life of societies and cultures that extend beyond the national borders of the United States.
Holistic Wellness
Courses that center holistic personal development and understanding of dimensions of wellness.
Power & Equity
Courses that emphasize thinking critically about the ways that structures of power have continued to shape the world around us, especially through their production of and reproduction of inequities. This value invites students to explore the ways that marginalized communities across the world have resisted and dismantled such structures of power in the struggle for liberation, equity, and power.
Seeking Meaning
Courses intended to help students develop an appreciation for the variety of human values through the systematic study of the histories, traditions, institutions, ideas, or application of ethical, religious, and spiritual systems.
Sustainability
Courses that consider how to achieve balance among environment, equity, and economy. A major component of the class is dedicated our engagement as humans with the natural world.