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General Education Requirements for All Undergraduates
Entering The Rosemont College School of Professional Studies On or after Session AA (fall) 2009 Rosemont College has revised its General Education requirements, effective for all new students entering the School of Professional Studies on or after Session AA, in the fall of 2009. The new requirements are designed to provide all Rosemont College students with the knowledge, skills and attributes that will support their further learning, incorporate theCollege mission in their understanding, and prepare them to enact the mission in their professional, social and civic lives. The General Education requirements include:
Transfer credit, credit by examination, and credit for successful Prior Learning Assessment portfolios Rosemont eConnections All students must take Rosemont eConnections, a non-credit, online course, prior to their first three-credit course. The course is managed by the eConnections advisor, who is online daily to provide support and assistance. The course provides initial diagnostic assessments enabling advisors to determine placement Students are advised to complete the eConnections course prior to enrollment in their first credit-bearing College Writing Requirements To best prepare students to succeed in Rosemont's accelerated adult undergraduate tracks and programs, In some cases students who are given transfer credit for a writing course may still be required to take ENG 160 College Writing I at Rosemont based on diagnostics, or may be required to take a developmental tutorial first and then College Writing I. Student placement in either developmental tutorials or College Writing I or II will be determined by diagnostics. In cases where students have received transfer credit for a college-level writing course, but are still required to take the first course at Rosemont, the transfer credit will be noted as an elective. Students placed in writing tutorials or ENG 160 are required to complete these immediately to ensure success English 160: Composition and Critical Thought provides opportunities to practice the basic writing skills expected of students enrolled in all further courses at Rosemont. English 170: Writing and Research provides instruction in academic writing, research resources, and the construction of an academic argument. The School of Professional Studies requires all students to use APA style in all written assignments for all undergraduate courses, which is taught in English 170. Courses Fulfilling General Education Requirements The chart that follows lists all courses that are now available or under development as of September, 2009 that can be taken to satisfy General Education requirements. No one General Education listing may be used to fulfill more than one General Education requirement; however, a number of required and elective courses in the business and criminal justice programs may be used to fulfill both the program requirement and the General Education requirement. These are indicated with a + sign. The tracks in which they also fulfill a program requirement are indicated in parentheses. Most of the courses on the list below, but not all, will be offered in the 2009-10 Academic Year Courses Fulfilling General Education Requirements
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