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Academic Life

Academic programs at Lambuth University are designed to assist students

  • in acquiring the ability to examine life critically, appreciatively, and comprehensively;
  • in preparing for lives of leadership and service to God and humanity;
  • in understanding the cultural heritage of peoples throughout the world that will broaden their
    perspectives, enrich their personalities, and enable them to think and act wisely amid the
    complexities of the present age;
  • in growing intellectually in the pursuit of meaningful employment, responsible and informed world citizenship, and Christian stewardship;
  • and in developing the desire to continue to search for truth and knowledge throughout life.

The intellectual energy apparent on the Lambuth campus results not just from distinctive curricular
programs, but also from an expert, caring faculty of scholars and professional educators working hand
in hand with an eager, motivated student body of tomorrow's thinkers and doers.

The Core Curriculum
Together faculty and student explore a special core curriculum built on a strong liberal arts foundation and arranged to enhance students' abilities in analytical thinking, creative decision-making, effective verbal and nonverbal communication, and empathic human relations:

  • Freshman Seminar (1 hour) - The seminar is designed to provide support for beginning students by offering help with study skills, by increasing awareness of personal strengths and interests, and by relating strengths to effective educational planning.
  • English Communication I and II (6 hours) - Following a semester of concentrating on paragraph and essay, the second semester introduces students to the study of literature and focuses on writing research papers.
  • An additional English course (3 hours) - Usually a literature course, the requirement exposes students to some of the best literary thought and develops higher thinking and writing skills.
  • Religion (6 hours) - Choices range from various studies in the Bible to Christian Ethics to Classics of Eastern Thought.
  • Natural Science (8 hours) - Selected from biology, chemistry, physics and physical science, the laboratory study exercises students in the comprehension, analysis, synthesis and evaluation of a scientific discipline.
  • Rhetoric (3 hours) - Based on a theoretical foundation of classical-to-contemporary rhetorical principles, the study provides considerable application opportunities for students to practice the art of informative and persuasive public address.
  • Mathematics (3 hours) - a selection may be made between the following (1) Mathematical Concepts - an exploration of mathematical tools applicable to problems encountered throughout the university curricula, including logic, truth tables, probability-statistics, exponential functions, and linear programming, with emphases placed on critical thinking and problem solving; (2) College Algebra and Trigonometry - an introduction to circular functions and their graphs, trigonometric functions and their inverses, and exponential and logarithmic functions.
  • Computer Information Systems (3 hours) - A selection may be made among courses offered in the Computer Information Systems program, with the objective of ensuring a competent basic use of computers.
  • Social Science (3 hours) - A selection may be made from ECO 2033, 2043, HIS 1013, 1023, 1313, or 1323, FCS 2513, POL 2013W, 2213, Psy 2013, 2023, Soc 2113, 2123, or 2513.
  • Fine or Performing Arts (2 or 3 hours) - A selection may be made from MUS 1113, 2002, 2023, THE 2013, 3123, 3242, VRT 1212 or 2002.
  • Interdisciplinary Junior Seminar (3 hours) - A study of the nineteenth century as a time in which major world issues in Western culture shifted from an assumption of constancy to one of change.
  • Interdisciplinary Senior Seminar (3 hours) - The seminar provides discussion of major ideas of the twentieth century from which students select the bases for their senior theses.
  • Writing course work (at least 3 hours) - In addition to taking the junior seminar, students select at least one course outside the major department which utilized writing as a major learning strategy.

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