General Education Core Curriculum

Yavapai College General Education Values

The General Education Curriculum at Yavapai College commits students and faculty to:

1. seek a coherent center of values and an integrated understanding of the cultural, social and physical environments;
2. cultivate integrity, courage, curiosity and empathy in the pursuit of knowledge;
3. examine whether their work can sustain community and environment over time;
4. connect with the heritage of human understanding by examining issues of universal concern (global, ethical, intellectual, spiritual, aesthetic, scientific, economic, political);
5. explore alternative ways of perceiving and knowing through a variety of conceptual frameworks that thinkers, cultures, and academic disciplines may use to approach issues;
6. comprehend problems and issues of diversity;
7. develop the insights, connections, and awareness that are desirable and necessary for educated discourse;
8. exercise critical thinking skills including analysis, reflection, interpretation, evaluation, and synthesis;
9. apply critical thinking skills to educated discourse, holistic problem solving, and effective communication;
10. know one’s strengths and weaknesses as a communicator, and use communication to enhance self-esteem, self-management, and ethical communication;
11. integrate different theories or different branches of knowledge, especially the physical, biological and social sciences and humanities;
12. accept dissonance in values clarification and intellectual exchange as a constructive element in the learning process;
13. locate, evaluate, and effectively use the information required in the courses in the curriculum.

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Yavapai College General Education Outcomes

Upon completion of their AGEC at Yavapai College, the successful student will be able to:

1. differentiate, synthesize and integrate the knowledge and skills they have acquired;
2. reflect upon and evaluate their commitment to the General Education Values;
3. apply information literacy skills to the development, evaluation, and use of information;
4. use reading, writing, listening and speaking as modes of discovery, reflection, understanding and sustained, disciplined reasoning;
5. engage in independent learning.

Yavapai College Criteria for General Education Courses

General Education courses at Yavapai College are:

• transferable to all community colleges and public universities in Arizona as part of the Arizona General Education Core;
• devoted to the enhancement of students’ competent, thoughtful and precise writing, critical reading, and oral discourse.

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Completed: October, 2006
Approved by the Curriculum Committee: December, 2006