A liberal arts education prepares students to look at life and learning from diverse perspectives. The Ursuline Studies Program considers six perspectives to be of crucial importance for its core curriculum.
An Ursuline education is:Collaborative: learning is collegial, cooperative, connected; it takes into account issues of gender, race and class
Global: learning takes place in a wide variety of cultures
Historical: learning provides an understanding of ourselves and society in relation to the human condition over time
Philosophical: learning is built around values and meaning
Religious: learning respects the spiritual dimension of life
Scientific: learning involves inquiry, posing hypotheses, and systematically supporting them
These perspectives are woven into all of the courses that make up the Ursuline Studies Program. As students move through the program, they develop a facility for thinking from these perspectives. Their educational foundation is strong, solid and richly diversified as a result.
