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Current Catalog Year: 2025-2026

Course Blurbs and Essential Objectives

HUM-2010   Seminar in Educational Inquiry   3 Credits
 
Inquiry is the foundation for this interdisciplinary capstone course. It provides a forum for critical thinking about substantive issues, problems, and themes that affect the world, our society, our communities, and ourselves. Throughout the semester, students are challenged to ask critical questions, evaluate evidence, create connections, and present ideas in discussions and writing. This process prepares students for developing and presenting a culminating portfolio through which they demonstrate proficiency in writing and information literacy, as well as make connections to prior learning. Because the final portfolio is essential in demonstrating these proficiencies, students must complete the portfolio with a grade of C- or better to pass the course. This course is required for students planning to graduate and should be taken within the year prior to graduation once all competency area requirements have been satisfied. Prerequisite: English Composition and a Research & Writing Intensive course or equivalent skills.
 
    1. Explain your educational experience and what it has taught you about how questions are framed and knowledge is gained.
    2. Investigate the philosophical and ethical questions arising from issues pertaining to identity, community, knowledge, truth, change, and responsibility.
    3. Demonstrate advanced reading, writing, and critical thinking skills in both group and individual work.
    4. Locate, evaluate, and incorporate appropriate scholarly and professional sources, including primary and secondary evidence as needed, to address an academic research question.
    5. Complete a culminating portfolio that includes:
    a. A research paper with an arguable thesis that integrates five or more scholarly and professional sources to address an academic research question and demonstrates proficiency in writing and information literacy according to the SEI research paper rubric.
    b. A reflective essay that articulates how the student’s educational experience has influenced their understanding of themselves, personally and professionally, and the world.
    c. A presentation related to the content of the paper.


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