Writing Across the Curriculum Requirement
Speaking Across the Curriculum Requirement
Butler Cultural Community Requirement
Indianapolis Community Requirement
Requirement Structure: Students must take one 300 or 400 level course of at least three hours in any part of the University that provides opportunities for formal and informal writing, with opportunities for revision. The course must be taken in the junior year or after. Courses meeting Writing across the Curriculum requirements will be designated with a ‘W’ suffix.
Learning Objectives:
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Speaking Across the Curriculum Requirement
Requirement Structure: Students must take one 300 or 400 level course of at least three hours in any part of the University that provides opportunities for formal oral communications assignments. Courses meeting Speaking across the Curriculum requirements will be designated with a ‘S’ suffix.
Learning Objectives:
- To develop oral communications skills in the context of course and discipline-specific materials.
- To use oral communications assignments to aid students in mastery of course and discipline-specific content.
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Butler Cultural Requirement
Requirement Structure: Students must attend a total of eight cultural events in the Butler community. Ideally these will be spread out over their time at Butler, but this is not required.
Learning Objectives
- To discover that some of the most valuable and exciting learning opportunities at Butler take place outside the classroom.
- To develop habits of participation in artistic and cultural events that will lead to lifelong engagement within the creative arts and public intellectual life.
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Indianapolis Community Requirement
Requirement Structure: Students must take one course in any part of the University that involves active engagement with the Indianapolis community.
Learning Objectives:
- To have an active learning experience that integrates classroom knowledge with activities in the Indianapolis community.
- To use an experience in Indianapolis to further understanding of the nature of community and the relation to self.
- To assist the University in furthering its commitment expressed in its mission statement of “providing intellectual, cultural, and artistic opportunities and leadership to Indianapolis and the surrounding areas.”
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