Another imperative of a core curriculum is that it must contain courses that help students attain the following:
- Establish broad and multiple perspectives on the individual in relationship to the larger society and world in which he or she lives, and to understand the responsibilities of living in a culturally and ethnically diversified world;
- Stimulate a capacity to discuss and reflect upon individual, political, economic, and social aspects of life in order to understand ways in which to be a responsible member of society;
- Recognize the importance of maintaining health and wellness;
- Develop a capacity to use knowledge of how technology and science affect their lives;
- Develop personal values for ethical behavior;
- Develop the ability to make aesthetic judgments;
- Use logical reasoning in problem solving; and
- Integrate knowledge and understand the interrelationships of the scholarly disciplines.
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This list of perspectives is cited, verbatim, from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board web page, “Core Curriculum: Assumptions and Defining Characteristics.”
(http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/Ctc/ip/core11_00/assumption.htm)