| One of the fundamental purposes of a college
education is to foster critical analysis, and interpretation
in matters relating to the human condition. To this end,
a number of disciplines are especially helpful: for example,
science and mathematics, philosophy, the social sciences,
and languages and literatures. Languages and literatures,
being distinctively human, merit approximately one-third
of the hours of the core curriculum.
As its essential contribution, the English component
of the core curriculum is committed to developing the
characteristics of reading perceptively, thinking critically,
and writing effectively. Although emphasis on one or
the other of these abilities may vary from course to
course, all are a part of instruction at every point
in the freshman-sophomore sequence. Thus the first
part of the English program is concerned primarily
with the teaching of writing (often dependent on mature
reading), the second with perceptive reading (often
manifested in cogent writing); the habit of critical
thinking is essential to success in both areas.
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