General Education

General education is central to Sewanee’s academic mission, developing students’ general capacities and their intellectual breadth.

Embedded Assessment Plans

Communicate effectively in writing

Read critically and interpret literary works in English

Use the methods of the physical or life sciences to examine the natural world

Understand the nature of mathematical inquiry

Create, perform, or analyze works of visual or performing art

Think analytically about the past using the sources and methods of historical inquiry

Understand concepts and methods of studying human behavior, culture, and society

Use a foreign or classical language to apprehend another cultural world

Examine philosophical texts or religious texts and practices