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Illinois Institute of Art - Schaumburg | Inside ILIS
General Education
General education is an integral component of a student’s academic program at The Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumburg. The general education curriculum is designed to provide students with the broad knowledge base, competencies, and perspectives necessary for a productive personal and professional life.
The mission of general education at The Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumburg is to contribute to students’ personal and professional development by:
- Providing a foundation of skills and knowledge essential for educated individuals
- Educating students to use this foundation in their creative endeavors
- Fostering an appreciation of diverse cultures, ethics, science, and human discoveries
- Supporting the development of personal values, ethical practices, social awareness, and citizenship
- Encouraging critical thinking, intellectual inquiry, and lifelong learning.
We believe general education fosters the ability to think independently, use reasoned analysis, understand the methods of scientific inquiry, communicate effectively, explore human behavior and culture, develop an ethical value structure, respect diversity within a global society, and to appreciate and inspire creative endeavors. All areas of specialization require these general abilities. The breadth and rigor of the general education curriculum complements the major programs and fosters the integration of knowledge across disciplines. The academic categories comprising the General Education curriculum are communications, mathematics, physical and life sciences, humanities and fine arts, and social and behavioral sciences
Upon successful completion of the general education curriculum at The Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumburg, students should be able to:
- Communicate effectively in writing
- Communicate effectively in speaking
- Demonstrate mathematics literacy
- Demonstrate scientific literacy
- Demonstrate knowledge in the liberal arts
- Research appropriately