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Nov 21, 2024
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2012-13 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
General Education - Knowledge of Human Thought and Expression
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Manchester Community College provides students with comprehensive skills and the knowledge to prepare them to deal with complexity, diversity, and change. Broad, foundational knowledge complements in depth achievement in program concentrations.
Twelve credits are devoted to knowledge of the physical and natural world; of the human experience and behavior; and of human thought and expression. Students understand and apply introductory methods of inquiry and analysis and demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental concepts, theories, works, or ideas within the specific knowledge area.
In these courses, students will communicate and cultivate contextual understanding of the arts and literature in relationship to society and will engage effectively in creative or interpretive skills and processes. Students will read and analyze a number of texts – texts may include written texts, films, musical compositions or other works of art – and through the practice of analyzing these texts gain a grounding in what makes each work unique while at the same time representative of a specific form of thought or expression.
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Knowledge Area: Human Thought and Expression Courses
General Education Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of each General Education course, the student will be assesed in the Knowledge Area, Critical and Creative Thinking, Information Literacy and Written Communication according to the following outcomes:
Knowledge Areas
- Demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental concepts, theories, works or ideas within the specific knowledge area.
- Comprehend a substantive, exemplary written work in the specific knowledge area.
- Understand and apply introductory methods of inquiry and analysis in the specific knowledge area.
Critical and Creative Thinking
- Explore and comprehend issues, ideas, artifacts and events.
- Combine or synthesize existing ideas, images or expertise in original ways.
- Assess or formulate an opinion or conclusion based upon the two previous outcomes in an innovative or imaginative way.
Information Literacy
- Evaluate information and its sources critically.
- Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose.
- Access and use information ethically and legally.
Written Communication
- Adhere to genre and disciplinary conventions.
- Provide clear organization and effective transitions between paragraphs and sentences.
- Use correct syntax and mechanics.
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