PROPOSAL FOR GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE APPROVAL
Broadened Perspectives
Please check the area for approval: ____ Arts & Humanities (AH)
____ Cultures & Civilizations (CC)
____ Natural Sciences (NS) (Please indicate ___ Lab or ___Non-lab)
____ Social Sciences (SS)
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How do the course goals meet the General Education requirement? How will this course support
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the selected area; see page 2.)
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indication that the course fulfills a General Education requirement for AH, CC, NS, or SS, and course
objectives that include the General Education student learning outcomes for the selected area [see
page 2]), plus a sample of at least one of the significant assignments for the course.
Please e-mail the completed form and syllabus to gened@utk.edu as a Microsoft Word or PDF file.
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Developing Broadened Perspectives
Arts and Humanities (AH) Outcomes: To live well in the present, one must have an acquaintance with the past,
especially with the cultural achievements that are the distinctive hallmarks of all human societies. An appreciation of
art, music, theater, literature, and philosophy will not only enrich the lives of students, but it will also help them
understand their own and other’s aspirations, both in a historical and a contemporary context.
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Students will demonstrate knowledge of prominent works in the arts and humanities.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of prominent figures/artists/writers/philosophers in the arts and
humanities.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of cultural/ historical milestones in the arts and humanities.
Students will demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of the arts and humanities through critical
review of a work (e.g., painting, composition, book, article, or philosophical treatise).
Cultures and Civilizations (CC) Outcomes: an appreciation of linguistic, historical, and cultural diversity through
the study of multiple languages or cultures improves the ability of students to function effectively in our global
community. Studying a second language and its cultural and historical context can also provide a foundation for
lifelong learning about other cultures and civilizations.
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Students will demonstrate understanding of linguistic, historical, and/or cultural diversity by identifying,
describing, or comparing historical and global perspectives of diversity among individuals and groups.
For language courses: Students will demonstrate knowledge of the cultural and historical contexts of a
second language.
Natural Sciences (NS) Outcomes: As science and technology come to play an increasingly important role in
contemporary life, it is essential for all educated persons to have a fundamental understanding of science and its
methods. All students should be familiar with one or more scientific disciplines and the role of science in
contemporary society. Such familiarity may be gained through acquisition of knowledge of a discipline’s basic
vocabulary, chief discoveries, and fundamental principles; exposure to a discipline’s experimental techniques; and
the ability to analyze issues with scientific dimensions.
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Students will demonstrate ability to use the basic vocabulary of a course’s discipline.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of fundamental principles, experimental techniques or chief
discoveries of a course’s discipline.
Students will demonstrate understanding of experimental techniques used by a course’s disciplines.
Social Sciences (SS) Outcomes: The goal of the social sciences is to help us understand the way that we live,
especially the relation between the individual and the group, sometimes from an historical but often from a
contemporary perspective. Vital to the continued health and success of our society is an understanding of the
complex individual, political, and social dynamics that make up the modern world. Students should not only have
knowledge of the principal concerns of the social sciences, but they should also understand the methods by which
social scientists collect and evaluate knowledge.
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Students will demonstrate understanding of the complex individual, political, and social dynamics that
make up the modern world.
Students will demonstrate understanding of the methods used by social scientists to collect and evaluate
knowledge.