先锋核心

We’ll deliver the world to you with the 先锋核心 program—an opportunity for you to discover your unique passions, and to seek out your future, wherever it may be. Every school has a general education requirement. But ours is different. Carroll University’s general education requirement, or the 先锋核心, is more than a checklist of required courses. It’s the centerpiece of our undergraduate experience and an opportunity to explore your interests across the arts, 人文学科, social sciences and natural sciences with a cross-cultural thread running throughout. This broad body of knowledge complements your major area of study and helps build real-world skills like communication, problem solving and innovative thinking. No matter what you plan to major in, Carroll University’s innovative 先锋核心 will better prepare you for a successful career in today’s diverse and global society.

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The 先锋核心 has two main focuses—the four-course cross-cultural component and the distribution component. From freshman to senior year, 你就会探索, experience and reflect upon other cultures through a cultural seminar, a cross-cultural development course, the immersive learning Cross-Cultural Experience (CCE) and an integrative global perspectives colloquium. 同时, distribution component classes outside of your major will challenge you to think critically about the social and natural world, including your own beliefs, worldviews and preconceptions.

第一步 
FOUNDATIONAL EXPERIENCES

两门课程, cultural seminar and writing seminar, are taken during your first year at Carroll and set you up for success throughout college by developing critical thinking and writing skills. Consider them your jumping off point.

第二步 
DISTRIBUTION COURSES

Over your next three years, 你就会探索 topics of interest outside of your major through four, general education I courses and one, general education II class. At least one class will be a cross-cultural development course, designed to broaden your cultural literacy.

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第三步 
CROSS-CULTURAL EXPERIENCE (CCE)

就是这个. The part of the 先锋核心 that many students say “changed their life.” The cross-cultural experience is generally taken as you approach graduation and involves immersion in a different culture. Near or far, you decide where you want to go.

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第三步 
CROSS-CULTURAL EXPERIENCE (CCE)

就是这个. The part of the 先锋核心 that many students say “changed their life.” The cross-cultural experience is generally taken as you approach graduation and involves immersion in a different culture. Near or far, you decide where you want to go.

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第三步 
CROSS-CULTURAL EXPERIENCE (CCE)

就是这个. The part of the 先锋核心 that many students say, “changed their life.”  The cross-cultural experience is generally taken as you approach graduation, and involves immersion in a different culture. Near of far, you decide where you want to go.

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第三步 
CROSS-CULTURAL EXPERIENCE (CCE)

就是这个. The part of the 先锋核心 that many students say “changed their life.” The cross-cultural experience is generally taken as you approach graduation and involves immersion in a different culture. Near or far, you decide where you want to go.

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第三步 
CROSS-CULTURAL EXPERIENCE (CCE)

就是这个. The part of the 先锋核心 that many students say “changed their life.” The cross-cultural experience is generally taken as you approach graduation and involves immersion in a different culture. Near or far, you decide where you want to go.

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第四步 
高级集成

In one, senior-level class, global perspectives colloquium, your cross-cultural thread will conclude. By now you’ve examined your own culture and discovered others different than your own, and this is the class that pulls everything together. You’ll leave forever changed. 

Contact Information

For more information about Carroll's 先锋核心 program, contact the Office of General Education at gened@swrxj.com or 262.524.7655.

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