Course Calendar 2011-2012 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert
Course Calendar 2011-2012 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert
Course Calendar 2011-2012 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert
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Liberal Arts Program (700.B0)<br />
Entrance Requirement<br />
In order to be admitted to a program leading to a Diploma<br />
of <strong>College</strong> Studies (DEC), candidates must possess a<br />
Secondary School Diploma including CST 4 Math or have<br />
completed a level of education that is deemed equivalent<br />
by the <strong>College</strong>. Additional admissions requirements can be<br />
found in the admission section of this calendar.<br />
For more information, please refer to our website at<br />
www.champlainonline.com under Admissions.<br />
Program Overview<br />
The Liberal Arts program offers students the opportunity to<br />
learn about major aspects of Western Civilization in an<br />
integrated manner. Students follow courses in literature,<br />
philosophy, the humanities, religion, and history as well as<br />
the history of art and science. Students have the<br />
opportunity to broaden their intellectual horizons by<br />
choosing additional courses (see Option courses below). In<br />
the structured approach, students focus on one specific era<br />
in each semester, and are introduced to the literature, the<br />
history and the philosophical currents of this defined<br />
period in each of the compulsory disciplines, thus<br />
benefiting from a cross-fertilization of ideas. Graduates are<br />
well-rounded individuals with a broad understanding of the<br />
dominant ideas of Western Civilization, a sense of the<br />
humanistic tradition, and of what it means to be human<br />
while producing knowledgeable citizens. Students will be<br />
expected to participate in a certain number of extracurricular<br />
cultural activities.<br />
University Preparation<br />
The Liberal Arts program is unique insofar as it avoids overspecialization<br />
and has been designed to prepare<br />
academically oriented students for almost all university<br />
programs. It does so by giving students the unique occasion<br />
to achieve coherence and breadth in their studies while<br />
allowing them to enrol in a wide variety of subjects across<br />
the curriculum. The program is devised for students who<br />
value freedom of choice in the selection of their courses as<br />
well as an integrated and creative approach to their<br />
collegial education. The program will be of special interest<br />
to students seeking an excellent preparation for eventual<br />
university studies in law, communication, journalism, social<br />
studies, education, and other liberal arts subjects.<br />
Integrative Activity<br />
To ensure that students are prepared for the integrative<br />
assessment at the end of their studies, each compulsory<br />
course has a requirement that students pass both the<br />
summative assessment at the end of the course as well as<br />
the general term work in order to earn a passing grade for<br />
the semester, in conformity with the local policy on the<br />
assessment of student learning.<br />
Comprehensive Assessment<br />
To fulfill the program requirements for graduation,<br />
students must complete a comprehensive assessment<br />
activity. The comprehensive assessment will be met<br />
through the writing of an extended essay and a final essay<br />
exam. Both of these will require students to demonstrate<br />
their achievement of the abilities and knowledge objectives<br />
pursued by the program. These activities will take place<br />
within 360-126 Liberal Arts Essay Seminar in their<br />
graduating semester.<br />
Exit Profile<br />
Upon graduation, the accomplished Liberal Arts student<br />
will possess abilities and competencies such as those listed<br />
below:<br />
The ability to situate the development of Western<br />
civilization, since ancient times, within its historical<br />
context. Students will be able to:<br />
• Identify major trends in Western civilization over time<br />
• Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles<br />
associated with major political and intellectual<br />
movements<br />
• Relate ideas from one period to those of another time<br />
• Explain the important facets of the dominant ideas of<br />
any given historical period.<br />
The ability to understand and appreciate major theories<br />
and forms of imaginative or artistic expression, and the<br />
aesthetic sensibility in the arts and in literature. Students<br />
will be able to:<br />
• Demonstrate awareness of the salient aspects of major<br />
theories and imaginative and artistic works<br />
• Explain the major attributes of important theories in<br />
Western thought<br />
• Acquire a critical attitude toward, and value for,<br />
renowned artistic and literary works from any given<br />
period<br />
• Develop a sense of respect for achievement in the<br />
realm of imagination and art.