通过十大网赌平台通识教育项目(PLS), you’ll learn to underst和 the world in diverse ways 和 to make vital connections across subjects.
PLS 课程 fall into two broad categories: 批判性思维课程 和 Perspective 课程. You are required to take eight PLS 课程 over four years — one course from each of the eight areas below — 和 your adviser will work with you to choose 课程 that match your interests.
批判性思维课程 are designed to help you cultivate the essential critical-thinking skills that you’ll use in every course at Clark 和 throughout your life. You will take one course in each of the following areas:
方面的课程 introduce you to different ways of thinking, learning, 和 knowing in six disciplines. You will complete one course in each of the following areas, with each course taken in a different academic department:
获得一个视角
These featured 课程 are based on both past 和 现在 offerings. 学生 should consult with their adviser about the official PLS course offerings each semester.
Some people say that jazz is America’s only original art form. How did jazz develop from Scott Joplin’s ragtime to the 自由格式的 repertoire of Charles Mingus? 爵士历史, you’ll study the evolution of jazz from its beginnings among African-Americans in 19th-century New Orleans to the jazz-rock fusion we hear today. 你会明白的, 如果不感激, the roots 和 progression of a wide range of jazz styles like Dixiel和, 摇摆不定的, 防喷器, 进步, 很酷的, 自由格式的, 和third-stream. (审美视角)
Some people say that jazz is America’s only original art form. How did jazz develop from Scott Joplin’s ragtime to the 自由格式的 repertoire of Charles Mingus? 爵士历史, you’ll study the evolution of jazz from its beginnings among African-Americans in 19th-century New Orleans to the jazz-rock fusion we hear today. 你会明白的, 如果不感激, the roots 和 progression of a wide range of jazz styles like Dixiel和, 摇摆不定的, 防喷器, 进步, 很酷的, 自由格式的, 和third-stream. (审美视角)
Watching a movie is easy, but how do you critique a film 和 write for a particular audience? 电影写作:电影分析方法, watch weekly films with a professional filmmaker 和 writer, 然后学习如何运用主要的批评方法. Practice writing everything from journalistic film criticism to 分析 based on film theory. (语言表达)
Watching a movie is easy, but how do you critique a film 和 write for a particular audience? 电影写作:电影分析方法, watch weekly films with a professional filmmaker 和 writer, 然后学习如何运用主要的批评方法. Practice writing everything from journalistic film criticism to 分析 based on film theory. (语言表达)
How did life evolve into a wide range of species, from microorganisms to whales? How are other living things affected when species become extinct? 我们如何保存和保护物种? 在《十大网赌平台》中，探索这些问题以及更多. 即使你不是生物学专业的学生, 但是对进化和灭绝很感兴趣, 这门课是给你的. (自然科学视角)
How did life evolve into a wide range of species, from microorganisms to whales? How are other living things affected when species become extinct? 我们如何保存和保护物种? 在《十大网赌平台》中，探索这些问题以及更多. 即使你不是生物学专业的学生, 但是对进化和灭绝很感兴趣, 这门课是给你的. (自然科学视角)
食物正义和食物运动, you’ll explore the role of the industrial 食物 system in the United States 和 beyond, 并了解其生态, 文化, 社会, 经济, 道德影响. You’ll also work on the national student-led Real Food Challenge, through which Clark aims to serve 20 percent “real 食物” by 2020. (价值观视角)
食物正义和食物运动, you’ll explore the role of the industrial 食物 system in the United States 和 beyond, 并了解其生态, 文化, 社会, 经济, 道德影响. You’ll also work on the national student-led Real Food Challenge, through which Clark aims to serve 20 percent “real 食物” by 2020. (价值观视角)
Exercise your French while exploring the multiple manifestations 和 transformations of French popular culture, 从20世纪40年代到今天, 在电影中传播, 音乐, 媒体, 漫画, 邦德dessinee, 以及通俗文学. 在法国的流行文化, you’ll examine aspects of French culture such as youth culture, 俚语, 体育, 食物, 和幽默, 以及家庭等常见话题的写照, 爱, 外国人, 以及媒体上的其他社会问题. (语言文化视角)
Exercise your French while exploring the multiple manifestations 和 transformations of French popular culture, 从20世纪40年代到今天, 在电影中传播, 音乐, 媒体, 漫画, 邦德dessinee, 以及通俗文学. 在法国的流行文化, you’ll examine aspects of French culture such as youth culture, 俚语, 体育, 食物, 和幽默, 以及家庭等常见话题的写照, 爱, 外国人, 以及媒体上的其他社会问题. (语言文化视角)
自殖民时代以来, Americans have looked to free public education as the means by which its citizens access 经济 opportunity, 实现平等, 发展政治成熟. 在公立学校和民主, you’ll explore how free public education has evolved over four centuries, 和 assess the effectiveness of today’s schools in carrying out this mission. (历史的角度)
自殖民时代以来, Americans have looked to free public education as the means by which its citizens access 经济 opportunity, 实现平等, 发展政治成熟. 在公立学校和民主, you’ll explore how free public education has evolved over four centuries, 和 assess the effectiveness of today’s schools in carrying out this mission. (历史的角度)
In most cultures, war traditionally has been perceived as a strictly male domain. 但事实上, women have assumed both active 和 passive roles in violent conflict since the beginning of time: occasionally as combatants, 更多的是作为平民支持者, 和, 太频繁了, 作为“附带损害”.《十大网赌平台》, you’ll examine the impact of war on women as part of an attempt to gain a broader underst和ing of women’s role in society, 国内和国际. (全球比较视角)
In most cultures, war traditionally has been perceived as a strictly male domain. 但事实上, women have assumed both active 和 passive roles in violent conflict since the beginning of time: occasionally as combatants, 更多的是作为平民支持者, 和, 太频繁了, 作为“附带损害”.《十大网赌平台》, you’ll examine the impact of war on women as part of an attempt to gain a broader underst和ing of women’s role in society, 国内和国际. (全球比较视角)
探索金融艺术及其重要性. What do you need to know to assess an organization’s financial health — or your own? Do you know how to calculate the return on your investments? 最大化你的现金流的最好方法? 企业是如何在盈利的同时耗尽现金的? 在财商方面, 你将学习如何回答这类问题, 和 acquire the vocabulary 和 knowledge to better underst和 “what the numbers mean.(形式分析)
探索金融艺术及其重要性. What do you need to know to assess an organization’s financial health — or your own? Do you know how to calculate the return on your investments? 最大化你的现金流的最好方法? 企业是如何在盈利的同时耗尽现金的? 在财商方面, 你将学习如何回答这类问题, 和 acquire the vocabulary 和 knowledge to better underst和 “what the numbers mean.(形式分析)
