Center for Teaching & Learning

University Studies

University Studies serves SOU's vision as a public liberal university by expanding students’ intellectual horizons and helping them comprehend a diverse and changing world. Working alongside the majors, University Studies stresses cognitive skills and humane perspectives that prepare students to lead productive, ethical, globally conscious, and socially responsible lives.

• Foundational strands, incorporated throughout the University’s curriculum, stress effective communication, critical thinking, information literacy, and quantitative reasoning.
• Exploration strands incorporate breadth of knowledge of the aesthetic, social, and scientific world.
• Integration strands help students deepen, apply, and transfer knowledge. 

Follow this link to review the goals and proficiency levels set for each strand of the University Studies program approved Fall term 2008.

Templates for applying to have a course qualify for an Exploration or Integration strand may be downloaded from the links below. For more information, contact Mada Morgan at 552-8405.

• Humanities: Exploration Strand E 
• Social Science: Exploration Strand F 
• Science: Exploration Strand G 
• Science, Technology & Society: Integration Strand H 
• Citizenship & Social Responsibility: Integration Strand I 
• Diversity & Global Awareness: Strand J