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