Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies Mission and Goals
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February 12, 2020
The mission for the Interdiscplinary Liberal Studies Department is
- To support the university’s mission to produce educated and enlightened citizens.
- To help students embrace wisdom, inspire learning, and enhance living.
- To meet Virginia teacher competencies by providing breadth and integration across the content areas of English and language arts, history, social sciences, mathematics, natural sciences, and technology.
- To work collaboratively with the Education Unit to reach its goals as articulated in its Conceptual Framework, particularly as they relate to developing a deep understanding of content.
Our goals for students
- IdLS students completing General Education will demonstrate knowledge central to the university’s mission and relevant to the Virginia teacher competencies.
- IdLS seniors will demonstrate content-area proficiency on teacher licensure exams.
- IdLS graduates will apply content-area proficiency in pre-K-8 classroom settings.
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