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Basic Core Curriculum Requirements

The Core Curriculum is based upon the commitment of Ave Maria University to the ideal that all students, regardless of eventual career or major, will benefit from a thorough consideration of the central texts, authors, and ideas of the liberal arts tradition. This liberal arts core intends to engage students in the search for truth and meaning as human persons that is the cornerstone for all human knowledge and social development. Students will be challenged in all of their core courses to grapple with the questions and concepts of personhood, truth, ethics, history, the just society, and the existence of God. The courses are inter-disciplinary in character so that students may see the integration of knowledge and truth as a value to be sought after. The core curriculum reflects the growing acknowledgement by educational researchers that a solid foundation in the liberal arts provides the best preparation for leadership in professional careers in law, government, business, and even advanced studies in technical and scientific disciplines. The faculty at Ave Maria University - Latin American Campus is committed to assuring that all its graduates are in possession of certain skills, attitudes, and attributes that define the instructional mission of the university. All courses at the college, but especially those that compose the Basic Core Curriculum, are designed so that Ave Maria graduates will be able to demonstrate the following General Education Outcomes.

REGARDLESS of DEGREE MAJOR, ALL GRADUATES of AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY-LATIN AMERICAN CAMPUS WILL:

1. Understand the fundamental teachings of the Roman Catholic faith.
2. Lead a life that is consistent with Catholic ethical standards and the cardinal virtues, including a personal commitment to the virtue of justice.
3. In the spirit of Centesimus Annus, develop an understanding of the values inherent in a democratic society and a free economy.
4. Demonstrate a knowledge of the achievements of the Western tradition coupled with an understanding of the Great Books that have helped shape this tradition.
5. Demonstrate the powers of effective reasoning, critical thinking and problem solving.
6. Communicate at a collegiate level in spoken and written English.
7. Possess writing proficiency in Standard Spanish.
8. Be scientifically literate and know how to apply the scientific method.
9. Be computer and information literate.