Associate General Education Core
Competencies
Malcolm X College is strongly committed to a comprehensive
educational program that merges opportunities
for intellectual, cultural, and social growth
with specialized training. To provide a broad educational
base, Malcolm X College requires students
in all degree programs to take courses in communication,
mathematics, biological sciences, humanities,
the physical and social sciences. These courses
constitute the General Education Core (GEC) Malcolm X College is strongly committed to a comprehensive
educational program that merges opportunities
for intellectual, cultural, and social growth
with specialized training. To provide a broad educational
base, Malcolm X College requires students
in all degree programs to take courses in communication,
mathematics, biological sciences, humanities,
the physical and social sciences. These courses
constitute the General Education Core (GEC)
The faculty in these general education disciplines
has developed a list of abilities Malcolm X College
students should demonstrate upon successful completion
of their GEC courses. Some of these abilities
are cross-curricular, i.e., developed in varying
degrees by all general education courses. Others are
discipline-specific, i.e., produced by curricula particular
to one of the broad subject areas included in the
GEC. Completing the GEC as part of the Associate
of Arts or Associate of Sciences degree also fulfills
the general education requirements of all IAI-participating
institutions. Students who transfer after
completing an AA or AS degree containing the GEC
and a carefully selected curriculum of major and
open electives courses can have the entire associate
degree apply to their degree at the receiving college
or university.
Cross-Curricular, General
Education Abilities
By completing their general education core requirements,
associate degree candidates will be able to:
- Think and read critically so that they can solve
problems using appropriate information resources
and reasoning processes.
- Read, write, speak, and listen effectively so that
the expectations of appropriate audiences in the
academic, public, and private sectors are me.
- Demonstrate quantitative, scientific and technological
knowledge and skills, especially computer
literacy, for interpreting data, reasoning, and
problem-solving.
- Appreciate global diversity in gender, race,
age, class, and culture as well as differences in
physical abilities.
- Develop ethical values, life goals, and interpersonal
skills that will prepare them for lifelong learning,
employability, and effective citizenship.
Discipline-Specific, General Education Abilities
- Apply theoretical communication principles and
the conventions of formal American English for
reading, writing, speaking, and listening tasks
required of community college graduates.
- Apply mathematical concepts leading to competence
in reasoning and critical thinking and
problem-solving.
- Cause and effect explanation of human origins,
developments, and dynamics.
- Understand historical and structural development
of western and non-western values from the
ancient world to the present.
- Analyze, synthesize, and evaluate the visual arts,
music, literature, and philosophy.
- Gain insight into scientific principles to make
informed decisions on scientific impacting their
daily lives and the world.
- Demonstrate competence in performing laboratory
activities, analysis, interpreting data, andclearly communicating valid conclusions.
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