Core Curriculum
At Butler University, we think it's vital that our students gain
both depth and breadth of knowledge and experience on their way to
becoming a liberally-educated person. In our Core, we champion
pedagogies that reflect the ideals, goals and practices of liberal
education. We believe that how we engage students in Core courses
is, in the long run, as critical as what we teach our students. We
know that cultural diversity is a key component of our world, and
so in our Core, we ask our students to think about themselves as
members of both this community and the world. We hope that our
graduates, through their work in the Core and in their major fields
of study, develop the capacity for clear, effective, and critical
communication, and come to appreciate beauty. We believe, finally,
that one of the most valuable features of our Core education is to
instill in our students both the capacity and the desire to
continue learning, so that they can be at the core of our changing
world.
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the Butler Core Curriculum