Nine University Studies Objectives

UI100: First-Year Seminar

University Studies Program

At Southeast, we want you to know “everything about something” and “something about everything.”• What does this statement mean to you?

We want YOU to be an interesting person!

University Studies Program

Southeast Missouri State University’s General Education Program is called “University Studies.”

The program centers around nine objectives.

Nine US Objectives

1)Demonstrate the ability to locate and gather information

2)Demonstrate capabilities for critical thinking, reasoning and analyzing

3)Demonstrate effective communication skills

Nine US Objectives

4)Demonstrate an understanding of human experiences and the ability to relate them to the present

5)Demonstrate an understanding of various cultures and their interrelationships

6)Demonstrate the ability to integrate the breadth and diversity of knowledge and experience

7)Demonstrate the ability to make informed, intelligent value decisions

8)Demonstrate the ability to make informed, sensitive aesthetic responses

9)Demonstrate the ability to function responsibly in one’s natural, social and political environment

Nine US Objectives

University Studies Program

Structure of the University Studies Program

I. First-Year Seminar: UI100…………….3 hours

II. The 100-200 Level Core Curriculum…36 hours

University Studies Program

Structure of the University Studies Program

Perspectives on Individual Expression

Perspectives on Natural Systems

Perspectives on Human Institutions

Artistic Expression…3 hrs Behavioral Systems.3 hrs Dev’t of a Major Civilization……….…3 hrs

Literary Expression..3 hrs Living Systems…….3 hrs Economic Systems..3 hrs

Oral Expression……3 hrs Logical Systems…...3 hrs Political Systems…..3 hrs

Written Expression3 hrs Physical Systems….3 hrs Social Systems…….3 hrs

III. The 300-400 Level Interdisciplinary Curriculum

Group Work• What the objective means to you

• Why it is beneficial as part of a liberally educated person’s life

• Provide an example of someone you know who possesses or demonstrates this quality

Nine US Objectives