GENERAL EDUCATION CORE  

The General Education Core is the foundation of Martin Methodist College’s academically challenging curriculum. The Core includes introductory courses from a wide variety of academic disciplines. Taken together, the courses of the General Education Core challenge students:

All students in the Baccalaureate and Associate degree programs must fulfill these General Education Core requirements to provide breadth and depth of learning experiences across the main fields of knowledge in preparation for advanced study.

Courses in the General Education Core curriculum address each of the goals listed above. In the required composition, literature, history, music, art, and religion classes, research papers and oral presentations are assigned that require the student to organize and interpret ideas and to communicate those ideas in written and spoken formats. Students must exhibit proficiency in all communication skills in order to fulfill the minimum requirements for the core curriculum.

In addition to the academic growth achieved by Martin Methodist students, classes in physical education require improvement in physical conditioning.

Required classes in literature, history, religion, art and music offer Martin students the opportunity to broaden their perspectives so that they may appreciate the richness of our Western heritage and the heritage of other cultures. Math, science, and technology courses provide students the opportunity to develop problem solving, logical reasoning, and technological skills. Faculty members in each discipline expect students to exhibit intellectual and cultural growth. This growth is evaluated as a routine aspect of course assessment. Each faculty member evaluates students in accordance with specific criteria included in course syllabi.

Every student at Martin Methodist College has the opportunity to recognize the complexities of human interaction and realize the importance of ethical judgment viewed from a Judeo-Christian perspective. While these concepts are present in all academic disciplines, their understanding is required in the religion and philosophy classes. Students who do not understand these concepts and ideas may not successfully complete the general education requirement in religion and philosophy.

To further aid in the achievement of these core curriculum goals, each student is required to attend a number of campus events each year, called Martin Moment events. While no credit hours are awarded for Martin Moments, completion of the requirement is noted on the transccript on a pass/fail basis, and satisfactory completion is a requirement for graduation.

In addition to successful completion of the required General Education Core courses, assessment of outcomes in the General Education Core are made by using a nationally normed test before entrance into the college and another during the sophomore year. The college is presently requiring all entering students to take the American College Testing Program’s Assessment Test (ACT) or the Educational Testing Service’s Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) prior to admission to the college. All sophomores complete an appropriate assessment instrument.