How does the University of Richmond’s liberal arts curriculum prepare globally competent graduates?
President Ayers: While we hope that all students will have an experience abroad, equipping our students to embrace learning opportunities is a process that begins with their first days on campus and is integrated into each of the years that follow. Having more than 30 countries represented in our incoming class of 750 means that students have a remarkable opportunity to meet, live with, and learn from young people from around the world. Our curriculum integrates an international perspective into everything from language requirements to a major in International Studies, in which students can concentrate in Africa, Asia, International Economics, Latin America, Modern Europe, or World Politics and Diplomacy. In addition, all first-year undergraduates take a yearlong course called “Exploring Human Experience,” which investigates fundamental issues in human experience, such as the claims that culture makes on our lives and the varying roles that a sense of self plays in making sense of the
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