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my paper states that the system is good but it can be better, it also states that we need to fight the social view that a liberal arts degree doesn’t have a marketable skill. The education should be afforded to all who seek it and it whould have a higher value in society. I go on to give a summary of things liberal arts colleges can offer to make them better aswell as whom should be admitted and why they shouldshould be admitted. The reason that i am uploadong late is that untill several hours ago my paper was in transition. that is my origional idea was that we can make the ideal of the liberal arts school better by making it more exclusive(avaiible only to therichest and britest). After reading soe feedback i decided to change it and this is what i came up with.

My Idea of a Liberal Arts Program

My idea of a liberal arts program would four fold. First it would teach students to communicate effectively. Not only just in writing but also in speech. It would not ignore the fact that communicating it a two way street. It would reinforce the idea of communicating between each other through collaborative learning. The second part would be teaching students a general knowledge of what I believe to be the 6branches of learning: Literature, Math, Fine Arts, Culture, Science,  and History. It goes along with Hirsch’s idea that we need to have a base knowledge to be literate.  My next area would be that of culture. I feel that people need to know about cultures outside of our own. One way a school could reinforce this, it to require a study abroad program. Finally, my most important point is an idea of community. I feel that students should take the knowledge that a liberal arts degree gives them and share it with their community. It is their responsibility whether it is through vollenteering, mentoring or service projects to help education the community. This will make this educated person a great asset to society.

My Liberal Arts Program

In my paper, I introduce the teachings of authors such as Hirsch and Pollitt, and try to show the reader how the fundamental requirements for a liberal arts program is currently a heated debate. In the ideal liberal arts program that I wrote about in my paper, students would have the freedom to choose their own curriculum based on what they were planning on studying upon graduating. In my paper, I used Hamline University as an example of a school that in my opinion has a good model of a liberal arts program. I did stress the concept that the current liberal arts program in America is flawed, but I also offered ideas on how it could be fixed up.

My Liberal Arts Program

In my paper, I argue that the purpose of a liberal arts education is to teach the student how to think. In my program, students must  not only learn to think critically in terms of their class material, but also in terms of their education as a whole. While there are some general requirements that students must fill to ensure that they take a broad range of classes, students are pretty much in charge when it comes to designing a major. They must determine for themselves what skills and knowledge will be useful in their desired field of study, and pick classes accordingly. They have to think about how the classes connect to the desired disipline and to each other, and how they will build off of each other.
There will be faculty advisors knowledgable in these professional areas to help students design their educational plan, but they are by no means in charge of what classes students take, and should not discourage taking courses based on how “relevant” they percieve the course to be to the major, as students may see something in the course that the advisor may not.
Once students have declared a major, they will be required to participate in an internship, research project, or service project in their junior or senior year in order to gain experience in their field. At the end of their senior year, student will be required to take a senior seminar class in which they present on their educational path, explaining their major and the classes taken to achieve it, describing the skills and experience gained, and how specific classes contributed to the major. This is a time for students to argue the success of their particular path, specifically the “relevance” of courses that others may not have seen, and why these courses should be recommended for future students.
I believe that an important aspect of the liberal arts is constant communication between students and faculty, so that they may learn with and from each other, so students are encouraged, and required to in the case of the senior seminar, voice their opinions and any concerns they may have.

My Liberal Arts Paper

I first talk about the proper roll of college in society, and what responsibilities it has. I say that Liberal Arts colleges and universities produce people capable of driving and informing the national discourse and with the qualifications to fill any jobs which require advanced knowledge in a topic or a broad and flexible knowledge base. I stress the importance of the flexibility a Liberal Arts education provides. I suggest it is appropriate for colleges to select students based on ethnicity since diversity will ultimately benefit the student population. I argue that students need to take their studies seriously. I then argue that a politically aware and active student body is important. I offer a few ways this benefits the students. This all goes to promoting responsibility in the student body. This can be done by giving them more freedom when it come to gened requirements as they move along in their college careers. In order to contribute to the national discourse graduates would have to be able to write and speak clearly. so their would be writing and speaking instruction across the curriculum along with classes devoted to the subjects.

Liberal Arts Summary

The evidence is clear that society is a failing state. Between low attendance to any democratic event, to the psychological effect of bystander apathy. People just are not standing up for their principles. This is exactly what education is for. The production of an individual which is fully autonomous that still has the ability to see beyond themselves and observe the needs of the group at large. A curriculum tailored to these needs would be expansive as well as taxing upon the student. College is an investment, whatever one puts into college, the greater or lesser one will get out of it. Education should be talilor made to the student, not one thing works for everyone. This is the point to a liberal arts education; give students a broad base to choose from and then when a student chooses their course, allows depth that is tailored to how the student learns.

Summary

My paper outlines a model of a liberal arts program. I give a example of a mission statment”“Moore College aims to develop American citizens through educational opportunities that emphasize skills and knowledge that will allow the students to adjust through a lifetime, think abstractly for themselves, and know their democratic responsibility as citizen of the United States of America”.  and then set up a four part curriculm that outline what should happen at each part to achieve the mission. the four parts ar foundation, broading, intensive and exploration. Each student goes through these steps. The indepent choice making increase as he or she moves up the ladder. I personialiy consentrate on becoming bettter citizens as well and better individuals. My model college also emphasises comunicating and writing through out their years but paper and presentation in every class. All in all my college readies the student for the real world.

Summary of a Liberal Arts Curriculum

Liberal arts should give students a well rounded type of education.  THe mission for my school is to create globally literate leaders by promoting multiculturalism, high literacy in current events, and taking initiative to becoming future leaders.  This means that students should be required to take some classes while others shouldn’t have too much of an importance.  For starters, the first year program should be required because it is a good transition from high school to college.  Also, writing should not be required in one course.  It should be spread out throughout the curriculum.  Capstone courses should also be required as a culminating experience.  All departments should have some sort of program to help students get internships, and these internships are required for students to graduate.  This does not count as the capstone course though.  This is a way to give back to the community although the interns are generally paid.  Attendance is manditory because all classes have some sort of discussion.  Some classes are discussion based while others just have normal participation.  The OCAAT model is good to because of travel.  Students are encouraged to travel during their undergraduate.  Research centers are also available for each subject: writing, ethics, and quatitative reasoning.  Students are required to visit each once per semester.  This is sort of a brief explanation of my curriculum.  Comment on what you like/dislike.

Liberal Arts Program

My program focuses around the ideas of citizenship, literacy, and self fulfillment as individuals. I believe that if schools focus on meeting students needs and helping them pursue the paths they are interested while still guiding students towards classes that facilitate general life skills (writing, technology, communications, etc.) students are more likely to grow into happy and productive members of society. Also introduced in my paper are the ideas of safety in the classroom (freedom to write and say whatever it is you believe without fear of critism or harsh grading) and heavy focus on communication between students, faculty, and the outside community.

Liberal Arts Program

My paper starts out with the history and heritage of the liberal arts and how the ancient teacher of Socrates used questioning the truth as his method of teaching.  From there i went into what most liberal arts programs try to accomplish during a students time there and what most expectations are for the students in a Liberal Arts Program.  After giving such examples of what liberal arts programs do, I then jump into how i think my liberal arts program would be like and how it compares to all the other liberal arts programs. 

My paper is very structured and organized, this is what i try to focus most on when im writing.