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GENERAL
EDUCATION
AT
WILLAMETTE
According
to
our
Mission
Statement,
the
curriculum
of
the
College
of
Liberal
Arts
and
its
extracurricular
activities
are
intended
to
help
students
achieve
three
basic
goals:
(1)
to
acquire
by
means
of
scholarship
a
rich
knowledge
of
facts
and
concepts;
(2)
to
enhance
one’s
capacity
for
tolerance,
for
responsibility
toward
the
natural
world,
and
for
judgment
in
ethics
and
the
arts;
and
(3)
to
develop
intellectual
curiosity
and
lifelong
habits
of
independent
learning.
The
intellectual
atmosphere
at
Willamette
University,
including
classroom
and
extracurricular
activities,
fosters
all
three
goals
and
encourages
a
sense
of
community
that
nourishes
intellectual
inquiry,
multicultural
awareness,
environmental
responsibility,
and
moral
sensibility.
Major
requirements
ensure
depth
as
well
as
breadth
of
study.
Sustained
inquiry
in
a
major
allows
students
to
learn
material
in
greater
depth
and
detail
than
is
possible
in
introductory
courses,
and
to
achieve
competence
in
specific
research
methodologies
and
in
oral
and
written
communication
skills.
To
complement
the
depth
of
study
in
the
major,
the
General
Education
Program
is
designed
to
develop
students’
ability
to
apply
overlapping
forms
of
scholarship
and
investigation
in
responding
to
the
world
around
them,
solving
problems,
and
establishing
the
habits
of
mind
and
intellectual
framework
necessary
for
a
lifetime
of
learning.
1.
The
First-Year
Seminar
The
first-year
seminar
is
a
one-semester
course
required
of
all
entering
first-year
students.
The
seminar
provides
a
challenging
and
engaging
introduction
to
the
liberal
arts
curriculum
by
focusing
on
close
reading,
writing,
discussion,
and
critical
thinking.
Seminars
are
small,
averaging
16
students,
and
are
taught
by
faculty
from
across
the
curriculum.
These
faculty
also
make
advising
an
integral
part
of
the
first-year
seminar,
guiding
students
in
selecting
their
academic
curriculum.
In
academic
year
2005-2006,
the
first-year
seminar
will
be
IDS
123
World
Views:
The
Making
of
the
Modern
World
(see
course
description
under
Interdisciplinary
Studies).
This
seminar
works
with
a
common
syllabus
around
the
theme
of
War
and
Its
Alternatives;
students
will
explore
the
origins
and
causes
of
wars
and
their
ethical
and
social
consequences.
In
Fall
of
2006
students
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