General Studies - Our Lady of Holy Cross College

General Studies from Our Lady of Holy Cross College is a Campus Bachelor Liberal Studies degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM The curriculum of the General Studies Degree Program is structured to offer a broad range of courses designed to provide the student majoring in general studies with a choice of a major concentration of 33 semester hours in one of four areas and a minor of 27 semester hours from one of the remaining areas. The program requires the student to be proactive in creating a curriculum to meet his/her needs and interests. Such a curriculum creates an area of major concentration in various disciplines taught at the College. Furthermore, it affords the opportunity to combine areas of concentration mutually enhancing to each other, thereby providing more effective preparation for the workplace or graduate studies . OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM The broad purpose of the program in General Studies is to treat men???s/women???s group relationships in order that their creations in the arts as well as their discoveries in the sciences, education, business, and humanities might be understood, appreciated, and applied to contemporary society. This purpose is delineated as follows: 1. the student should gain a knowledge and appreciation of the political, historical, social, economic, and broad cultural experiences of peoples from prehistoric times to the modern era; 2. provides support courses to enable students in other disciplines to meet degree or certification requirements; 3. affords students the opportunity to pursue, in depth, areas of special interest in humanities, business, psychology, sociology, natural and social sciences, and mathematics. STUDENT OUTCOMES OF THE GENERAL STUDIES PROGRAM Upon successful completion of the General Studies Program, majors should be able to: 1. recall essential factual information in the major and minor areas of concentration; 2. read, understand and critique standard reference works and scholarly or professional periodicals in the areas of concentration; 3. assess critical theories and trends in the chosen areas of concentration; 4. synthesize theoretical and empirical knowledge in the fields of the major and of the minor concentrations; 5. demonstrate the ability to engage in critical thinking and independent judgment in the areas of concentration. View more details on Our Lady of Holy Cross College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Liberal Studies courses.