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INT 200, Introduction to the Liberal Arts
A liberal arts education offers the best preparation for graduates to pursue meaningful lives and productive careers. Through interdisciplinary study and community engagement, this course will help new students to understand the critical thinking skills central to an applied liberal arts education. This requirement is fulfilled by completing INT 200 Introduction to the Liberal Arts, which is required during the first six courses at Rollins.
ENGW 280, Writing in the Liberal Arts
Reinforces skills in writing, rhetoric, and research through in-depth writing projects. Assignments will ask students to consider how they, as writers, can influence public debate and move readers. Students will better understand the complexities of the writing process and be able to reflect on how writing can enrich their academic, civic, and professional lives.
Math Competency (HMAT)
Quantitative methods have become increasingly important in the natural and social sciences, business, government, and in many other activities that directly affect our lives. Furthermore, with the advent of fast computers with huge storage capabilities, it has become possible to collect, process, and disseminate large amounts of data. Playing an active role in the decision-making that shapes our society requires us to be able to interpret, analyze, and draw sound conclusions from the standard representations of data.
Expressive Arts (HART)
Artistic creation is a central and enduring activity in all cultures. The arts attest to the fundamental human need for self-expression and for the transformation of human experience into lasting symbolic form. Furthermore, the great diversity of art forms across cultures is evidence of the degree to which human experience, while shared, is also culturally determined. Expressive arts classes provide students with an appreciation for aesthetic experience by teaching the skills necessary for individual aesthetic expression or by focusing on acquiring a critical vocabulary with which to articulate aesthetic experience, or both, depending on the discipline. The expressive arts thus encompass both primary aspects of artistic creation: its practice and its scholarly study.
Humanities (HHUM)
The humanities requirement seeks to develop lifelong students focused on the richness of literary texts, philosophy, ethics, religion, classics, art history, literature, language, and culture of exploring that richness. In support of this goal, the humanities requirement develops students’ ability to discover and articulate the ways in which these areas impact and reflects the human condition.
Scientific Perspective (HSCI)
Humans live in and are part of the natural world. Our survival and success depends on our ability to understand, draw sustenance from, and sustain this world. These courses focus on understanding the nature of science: its discovery process, the scientific method, and the historical sequence leading to major discoveries. Where possible, these courses discuss the social context of the science courses, and give examples of the interplay between science and society. At minimum an integrated laboratory experience is required
Social Science (HSOC)
Social Science courses are designed to provide the student with an understanding and appreciation of the many differing social, political, economic, psychological and cultural experiences locally and globally. Using an inter-disciplinary approach, students will learn to study diverse topics from a variety of academic viewpoints. They will also understand that culture is not an arbitrary construct, but rather consists of systems of beliefs and institutions that typically serve some purpose.
Written Competency (HWRT)
The communication of ideas, information, poetry, stories, intent, and even culture itself has been dependent on the ability of humans to effectively store facts and convert thoughts to written language. The ability to communicate ideas and information in writing is at the core of a liberal arts education and is essential for active citizenship. In covering both academic and (to a lesser degree) familiar writing, the W course focuses on understanding rhetorical strategies. Students will read the texts of others and learn to shape their own meanings by writing and editing a variety of forms.
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