Carthage Curriculum
The Carthage Plan
The Carthage curriculum emphasizes interdisciplinary study, hands-on learning through research and other projects, writing in every major, and developing the critical thinking and reading skills necessary to excel in work and life. You will need 130 credits to graduate from Carthage — but that’s just a number. Earning a degree from Carthage is about much more than checking off a list of requirements.
- 在全球十大赌钱排行app获得学位意味着得到各自领域顶尖教授的个人关注 in classes that may have just a handful of other students.
- It’s about tackling topics from new directions — and in new places, through offerings like the interdisciplinary courses and January Term.
- It’s about studying the cultural foundations upon which societies are built through the Intellectual Foundations seminar.
- It’s about learning to solve problems by conducting your own original research and analysis and then communicating your findings to others.
- It’s about transforming from a good student into a great scholar.
下面是学生们在全球十大赌钱排行app的学习经历——基本上是你走向转变的地图. Please note: Current students should follow the printed version of the College Catalog and work with their advisors and the department chair to ensure all requirements are met.
The Big Picture: 130 Credits
You will need 130 credits to graduate. Most courses are 4 credits, and full-time students may register for 12-18 credits during each 14-week term.
About a third of your courses will be core courses, common for all majors. Another third will be courses specific to your major. The remainder of your courses will be electives — courses you choose to enhance your major, broaden your expertise, or explore a new interest.
The Carthage Core: Common Experiences
The general education curriculum is comprised of one Intellectual Foundations seminar course, a wellness requirement, a reflection framework, and a set of curriculum requirements divided into three categories: Explorations, Abilities, and Perspectives.
Intellectual Foundations
- One (1) Intellectual Foundations Course — All students must successfully complete one seminar course called Intellectual Foundations, typically taken during the fall semester of the first year. Intellectual Foundations will expose you to literature from some of the greatest thinkers, authors, artists, and leaders of all time — not so you can “ooh” and “ahh” at their genius, but so you can build upon it. You will imagine what could be possible, learn to think independently, 并发现你能够通过结合激烈的讨论和复杂的写作作业来实现什么. *注意:在2020年秋季之前进入全球十大赌钱排行app的学生必须完成两个学期的知识基础课程.
Wellness Requirement
- One (1) or more wellness courses (at least 2 credits) — Through the wellness requirement, you will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to live healthier lives, enhancing your general well-being at Carthage and beyond. 健康是一种全面的方法，通过一个动态的成长和变化过程来优化你的生活. 学生将有机会参加一门健康课程，专注于改善他们在以下方面的健康:精神和情感, physical, environmental, social, financial, spiritual, intellectual, and occupational.
Explorations
探索类鼓励学生通过探索整个学院的课程和研究在一系列不同学科中获得知识的过程来培养求知欲. Students will take one (1) explorations course in each of these four areas:
- One (1) Artistic Inquiries course (4 credits) — Students have the opportunity to perform or create by taking a course in the literary, performing, or visual arts. Options include acting, dance, voice or instrument lessons, music ensembles, music theatre workshops, opera production, and more!
- One (1) Cultural Legacies course (4 credits) — 通过研究和询问有关人类文化遗产的问题——他们的历史和他们留下的产品，我们培养了对我们的世界和我们在其中的位置的更深层次的理解. 这种探究教会了我们其他文化的价值观和观点，同时也加深了我们对自己文化的理解. Students will gain insight from poems, novels, paintings, plays, histories, myths, and more.
- One (1) Social Interactions course (4 credits) — Students will study the patterns of human behavior, social interactions, the structures we create that shape these interactions, and societies as a whole.
- One (1) Scientific Exploration course (4 credits) — 学生将学习如何更好地理解和解释科学信息，以便为自己和社区做出正确的决定. 对自然世界运作的好奇心是使我们成为人类的重要组成部分——参与科学发现的过程是获取知识的核心部分.
Abilities
能力类别鼓励学生发展在大学及以后取得成功所需的一些技能. Students will take two Global Language courses, four Written Communication courses, and one course each in Oral Communication and Quantitative Reasoning.
- Two (2) Global Language courses (8 credits) — Understanding and interacting in a global society increasingly requires languages skills. Global Language courses build linguistic and cultural competency, as well as basic communication skills in a foreign language.
- Four (4) Written Communication courses (16 credits) — 写作是所有学科、专业和各行各业交流的关键形式. 通过写作表达思想的能力是必不可少的——写作必须在教育过程的各个阶段进行教授和练习，以使学生能够在一个复杂的世界中清晰而有区别地分享. Students will practice and improve the articulation of ideas and arguments in clear, precise, and expressive writing.
- One (1) Oral Communication course (4 credits) — Clear and effective verbal expression is a skill demanded of us in every area of life. 无论我们是参与小组讨论还是向一大群观众做演讲，我们都需要进行有效的沟通. 虽然一些口头交流是大学教育的内在组成部分, 有意和持续地发展这些技能将为你的成功奠定基础.
- One (1) Quantitative Reasoning course (4 credits) — As educated citizens, 我们对周围世界的理解以及我们做出理性决策的能力部分是基于定量信息的. In order to manage our finances, maintain our health, and follow the news, we need to be able to work with numerical data. In addition, 我们认识到，学生需要更多的机会来发展与许多专业和职业相关的定量技能.
Perspectives
这个类别鼓励学生从不同的角度思考周围的世界. Students will take one course in each of the following areas: Religious Perspectives, Diverse Perspectives, International Perspectives, and Interdisciplinary Perspectives.
- One (1) Religious Perspectives course — 在世界各地，宗教往往是文化、伦理和社会实践的基础. Through the Religious Perspectives requirement, students will be prepared to analyze, articulate, 当他们遇到一个道德复杂的世界时，捍卫自己和他人的宗教观点.
- One (1) Diverse Perspectives course — We live in a diverse society, and diversity comes in a variety of forms including race, ethnicity, religion, social class, sexual orientation, and gender identity. 对学生来说，了解不同的个人和群体互动的方式是很重要的, to learn of the personal and institutional inequities within our systems, 并理解我们周围的各种知识和文化背景如何让我们认识到自己的环境. 学生将获得更广阔的视野，这有助于克服任何单一环境中固有的局限性.
- One (1) International Perspectives course — We also live in a global society, in which international communication, culture, politics, migration, and trade become ever more relevant. 这种持续的全球化源于代表世界各地国家和文化身份的个人之间的互动, each having its own context, ideals, and goals. 理解这些全球性问题不仅需要意识到这些问题，还需要从美国以外的角度看待这些问题的能力，以便适当有效地解释和与世界互动.
- One (1) Interdisciplinary Perspectives course — 跨学科研究是文科经验的核心——它们鼓励学生从多个角度考虑重要问题，并重视这种方法的结果. This fosters cognitive development, 包括知识获取的不同方法和替代观点的整合. As a result, these experiences prepare students for success in the modern world.
Reflection Framework
The Reflection Framework helps students to process their experiences, be intentional about their choices, and develop an appropriate education plan. Many students begin their college journey uncertain about who they are, who they want to be, and how their education can support them in developing and refining their goals. To aid students in finding their own answers to these questions, reflection is woven throughout Carthage’s curriculum. These curricular components use teaching, mentoring, peer discussion, 以及个人自我检查，以帮助学生个性化他们的教育，并阐明它在他们持续的个人发展中所起的作用.
Expert in Your Field: Major Requirements
MAJOR
A maximum of 56 credits may be required in your major, with no more than 40 of these credits within any one department. You may count a maximum of 56 credits in any one department toward graduation; however, you must have 74 credits outside your major department in order to graduate. (转学生必须在全球十大赌钱排行app完成至少12个学分的专业.)
MINOR
Minors are optional unless specified as a requirement for the major. Minors may be pursued through electives and through general requirements. The minor is a minimum of 20 credits and a maximum of 24 credits. Those planning to obtain teacher licensure must consult with the College certification officer. Students must complete a minimum of 12 credits in the minor at Carthage.
ELECTIVES
选修课允许您探索各种学科和知识领域的智力兴趣. So peruse the Carthage Catalog or the courses pages in any of our more than 75 areas of study. What do you want to know more about? Now’s your chance. Go learn something.
See a list of all Carthage majors and minors
Senior Thesis
Carthage is one of the few schools in the country to require a senior thesis. All students must complete a senior thesis in order to graduate, but don’t worry: Your faculty thesis advisor will guide you in your research, assist you with research techniques, and help you hone your presentation skills. This is your chance to apply everything you’ve learned over the previous three years. Your senior thesis can take the form of a written thesis, laboratory research, art exhibit, music recital, or other significant and integrative experience appropriate to your major. 毕业于多个专业的学生必须完成每个专业的毕业论文项目, or one integrative senior project approved by each major department or program.