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Curriculum
Harrison Middleton University offers a program of liberal education that emphasizes cultural breadth and intellectual depth. A core program of General Education courses assures such a scope. These courses engage students in imaginative literature, natural science, philosophy and religion, and social sciences. After completing the General Education requirements, students seeking an Associate of Arts in Humanities will complete 30 credit hours of additional coursework, giving them the opportunity to focus on particular areas of inquiry. Through the interpretive process, which encourages an open and spontaneous search for understanding, active interaction between students and faculty provides intellectual depth to the program.

General Education Program Requirements
Harrison Middleton University General Education Program for the prescribed program of study is specially designed to ensure students acquire analytical, communicative, and quantitative skills through reading, writing, and oral communication in imaginative literature, natural science, philosophy and religion, and social science. The General Education program consists of 30 credit hours. The first two courses will be ENG 101 - Expository Writing and ENG 102 - Research Writing.

Associate of Arts Degree Program Requirements 60 Credit Hours

Imaginative Literature (including Oral and Written Communication) 6-12 credit hours
Natural Sciences (including Mathematics) 6-12 credit hours
Philosophy and Religion 6-12 credit hours
Social Sciences 6-12 credit hours
Total General Education Credits 30 credit hours
Additional Coursework 30 credit hours
Total Credit Hours 60 credit hours


Imaginative Literature (including Oral and Written Communication)
These courses are designed around several common themes, which give students access to examine the principle forms of human expression through the study of literature, philosophy, and social sciences. These courses are specifically designed to enhance careful reading, analysis, writing, and discussion. Improvement in student skills in writing and critical thinking constitutes the essential goal of these courses. To complete the General Education requirements of 6-12 credit hours in Imaginative Literature, students may choose from the following courses:

ENG 101 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours
ENG 102 - Research Writing 3 credit hours
ENG 104 - Critical Thinking and Analysis 3 credit hours
ENG 105 - Critical Analysis 3 credit hours
ENG 106 - Critical Analysis 3 credit hours

Natural Sciences (including Mathematics)
Students are presented with theories of quantitative reasoning, formulating, analyzing, solving problems, and evaluating proposed solutions in these courses. The natural science courses are designed to explore significant features of the natural universe and to examine the process of scientific inquiry. These courses consider the powers and limitations of diverse forms of scientific observation, scientific reasoning, and natural laws. To complete the General Education requirements of 6-12 credit hours in Natural Sciences, students may choose from the following courses: 

MTH 110 - Euclid Books 1-6 3 credit hours
MTH 111 - Euclid Books 7-13 3 credit hours
MTH 485 - The History of Mathematical Sciences  4 credit hours
NSC 131 - The Nature of Life: Readings in Biology 4 credit hours
NSC 132 - Keeping Things Whole: Readings in Environmental Science 4 credit hours
NSC 133 - What's the Matter? Readings in Physics 4 credit hours

Philosophy and Religion
These courses provide an overview of the history of philosophy and religion in western civilization. Courses address philosophical ideas and movements to their historical background and to the cultural history of their time, and trace the changing conception of the definition, the function, and the task of philosophy, as well as moral conduct and right belief in western culture.

PHLR 104 - How to Think about the Great Ideas: From the Great Books of Western Civilization 3 credit hours
PHLR 105 - The Soul of the Text: An Anthology of Jewish Literature  3 credit hours
PHLR 141 - The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program: Fourth Series - Book 1 3 credit hours
PHLR 142 - The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program: Fourth Series - Book 2 3 credit hours

Social Sciences
These courses examine human existence at a number of levels; from that of thinking and feeling individual; through those of economic, political, and cultural systems; to the level of large-scale societies and their relations. Students explore writings that exhibit central concepts, theories, and modes of inquiry, which form the foundation for work in the Social Sciences. To complete the General Education requirements of 6-12 credit hours in Social Sciences, students may choose from the following courses:

SSC 100 - Human Geography 3 credit hours
SSC 109 - The Will of the People: Readings in American Democracy 3 credit hours
SSC 201 - Citizens of the World: Readings in Human Rights 3 credit hours
SSC 221 - The Civically Engaged Reader 3 credit hours

Additional Coursework
In order to complete the additional coursework for an Associate of Arts in Humanities degree program, students will choose 30 credit hours from the following list of Imaginative Literature, Natural Science, Philosophy and Religion, and Social Science courses.

Introduction to Great Books: First Series - Book and Leader's Guide 3 credit hours
Introduction to Great Books: Second Series - Book and Leader's Guide 3 credit hours
Introduction to Great Books: Third Series - Book and Leader's Guide 3 credit hours
The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program: First Series Volume 1 and Reader Aid 3 credit hours
The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program: First Series Volume 2 and Reader Aid 3 credit hours
The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program: Second Series Volume 1 and Reader Aid 3 credit hours
The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program: Second Series Volume 2 and Reader Aid 3 credit hours
The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program: Second Series Volume 3 and Reader Aid 3 credit hours
The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program: Third Series Volume 1 and Reader Aid 3 credit hours
The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program: Third Series Volume 2 and Reader Aid 3 credit hours
The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program: Third Series Volume 3 and Reader Aid 3 credit hours
The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program: Fourth Series Volume 1 and Reader Aid 3 credit hours
The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program: Fourth Series Volume 2 and Reader Aid 3 credit hours
The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program: Fourth Series Volume 2 and Reader Aid 3 credit hours
The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program: Fourth Series Volume 2 and Reader Aid 3 credit hours
The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program: Fifth Series Volume 2 and Reader Aid 3 credit hours
The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program: Fifth Series Volume 3 and Reader Aid 3 credit hours
Great Conversations 1 3 credit hours
Great Conversations 2 3 credit hours
Great Conversations 3 3 credit hours
Great Conversations 4 3 credit hours
Great Conversations 5 3 credit hours
Talking Service: Readings for Civic Reflection 1 credit hour
The Civically Engaged Reader 3 credit hours
Citizens of the World: Readings in Human Rights 3 credit hours
The Will of the People: Readings in American Democracy 3 credit hours
The Seven Deadly Sins Sampler 3 credit hours
Even Deadlier 3 credit hours
The Evil and the Guilty 3 credit hours
Happiness and Discontent 3 credit hours
Identity and Self-Respect 3 credit hours
Living with the Past 3 credit hours
Love and Marriage 3 credit hours
Order and Chaos 3 credit hours
Parent and Child 3 credit hours
Politics, Leadership, and Justice 3 credit hours
Modern American Poetry 3 credit hours
How to Think About the Great Ideas: From the Great Books of Western Civilization 3 credit hours
The Nature of Life: Readings in Biology 4 credit hours
Keeping Things Whole: Readings in Environmental Science 4 credit hours
What's the Matter? Readings in Physics 4 credit hours

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