Academics: The Core
(General Education Curriculum)

The Intent of Our Curriculum

The core curriculum for baccalaureate degrees at Milligan College is designed to provide students with a broad foundation for life-long learning and for further study in specific disciplines. As a Christian liberal arts college which seeks to honor God by educating men and women to be servant leaders, Milligan College requires the following outcomes:

Intellectual and Practical Skills

Students will have:

1. exhibited fundamental critical and creative thinking skills, having posed and investigated a question, assessed and/or evaluated information, and formulated conclusions.
2. synthesized and integrated a variety of information into a coherent whole.
3. demonstrated the capacity to learn for a lifetime by locating, accessing, evaluating, and utilizing information.
4. demonstrated effective communication skills.
5. demonstrated mathematical literacy: the ability to think logically and reason effectively utilizing mathematical methodologies to solve problems.
6. demonstrated scientific literacy.
7. evaluated Christian responses to the challenges of living in contemporary culture according to the Scripture.
8. demonstrated a fundamental understanding of their own and other cultures and how they affect human interaction.

Students will have:

1. significantly engaged another culture either academically or experientially.
2. participated in an experience that requires creative expression.
3. actively engaged in their own spiritual formation through corporate worship and service experiences.

Students will have demonstrated knowledge of:

1. significant persons, ideas, and movements in history that have shaped the present world.
2. literary forms and of literature as an expression of culture and individual human experience and creativity.
3. contributions of significant individuals and movements in the arts and music.
4. concepts, methods, and theories that explain human social behavior.
5. the Bible: its content, context, and impact on faith and life.
6. major concepts, principles, and theories of a natural science.
7. the importance of lifelong health and wellness.

The Framework of our Curriculum

The General Education Requirements (GER) for Milligan are divided into three categories. In order for students to meet the desired general education outcomes, the following courses and/or experiences are required for all Milligan students:

Called to Relationship with God

Building a Biblical Foundation
BIBL 123 Old Testament Survey 3 hrs
BIBL 124 New Testament Survey 3 hrs

Experiencing Spiritual Formation
BIBL 471 Christ and Culture 3 hrs
SFP (Spiritual Formation Program) 150 programs
(see spiritual formation program section of the catalog
for details)

Developing a Life of Wellness and Service
MLGN 100 Introduction to College and Service 0.5 hrs
MLGN 200 Introduction to Calling and Career 0.5 hrs
HPXS 101 Fitness for Life 1 hour
OR acceptable alternative

Called to Relationship with Others

Encountering Human Culture
HUMN 101 Ancient and Medieval Cultures 4 hrs
HUMN 102 Renaissance & Early Modern Cultures 4 hrs
HUMN 201 18th and 19th Century Cultures 4 hrs
HUMN 202 Cultures of the 20th & Early 21st Centuries 4 hrs

Understanding Human Society
Three credit hours of social learning (see below), not to overlap with required Ethnic Studies course 3 hrs
For bachelor of arts students, foreign language competency through the intermediate level 6-12 hrs

Engaging Diverse Cultures
Ethnic Studies course (see below) 3 hrs
OR
Experiential Learning
(see diversity experiences section of catalog for details)

Developing Communication Skills
COMP 111 Rhetorical Composition 3 hrs
COMP 211 Inquiring Minds: Foundational Analytical Composition 3 hrs
COMM 102 Speech Communication 3 hrs
OR
COMM 103 Speech Communication 2 hrs
OR acceptable substitute

Called to Relationship with Creation

Investigating the Natural World
GNSC 101 Science in Your World 2 hrs
AND
Lab Science in Biology, Chemistry, or Physics 4 hrs
OR
2 Lab Sciences in Biology, Chemistry, or Physics 8 hrs

Developing Mathematical Literacy
Three credit hours of mathematics 3 hrs

Other Information About the
General Education Requirements

1. Students must earn a C- or better in COMP 111 in order to advance to COMP 211 and to meet the writing requirements for graduation. At the writing professor’s discretion, students with more severe writing difficulties may be required also to complete successfully (i.e., pass with a C- or better) COMP 093 when repeating COMP 111. Students must also pass COMP 211 (D- or better) in order to complete the writing requirements for graduation.
2. OT 531 may count as a four-hour undergraduate laboratory science course toward the 6-8 hrs required in the GER.
3. The three-hour ethnic studies requirement may be filled by any one of the following courses: History of Fiction Film (COMM 371); African-American Narrative Literature (ENGL 362); Post-Colonial Literature (ENGL 375); Immigrant Literature (ENGL 495); Cultural and Ethnic Geography (GEOG 202); History of Islam (HIST 206); History of the Jews Since 70 A.D. (HIST 208); Seminar on Vietnam (HIST 480); Medieval Chinese History (HIST 495); Japanese Literature in Translation (HUMN 285); Law and Globalization (LS 304); Survey of Jazz (MUSC 166); World Music (MUSC 250); Cross-Cultural Psychology (PSYC 356); Religions of the World (PHIL 350); Latin American Politics (POLS 495); Religion, Culture and Peoples of Africa (SOCL 440); Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (SOCL 210); Latin American Cultures (SOCL 221); Race and Ethnic Relations (SOCL 314); Aspects of Intercultural Studies (SOCL 360); Civilization and Culture of Latin America (SPAN 402) (3hrs total). Additional courses are included in this list as approved by the College. Students may also satisfy the ethnic studies requirement by successfully completing a semester abroad in one of the following programs: China Studies Program; Latin American Studies Program; Middle East Studies Program; Russian Studies Program; Uganda Studies Program.
4. The three-hour social learning requirement may be filled by any one of the following courses: Macroeconomic Principles (ECON 201); Microeconomic Principles (ECON 202); Cultural and Ethnic Geography (GEOG 202); Law and Globalization (LS 304); American National Government (POLS 120); State and Local Government (POLS 203); General Psychology (PSYC 150); Developmental Psychology (PSYC 252); Introduction to Sociology (SOCL 201); Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (SOCL 210); Social Problems (SOCL 211).  Additional courses are included in this list as approved by the
   College.
5. In general, courses within the general education curriculum may be used to satisfy more than one general education requirement; however, the social learning requirement and the ethnic studies requirement may not be filled by the same course.