| About
the College of Arts and Sciences
Well, it's not business or education, engineering or agriculture.
Yet it's not "everything else" either. At Tennessee Tech,
the College of Arts & Sciences is a collection of programs sharing
three commitments:
- to provide a broad, liberal arts education, the kind of education
that poises the mind for lifelong learning and critical decision-making
across a broad spectrum of careers. Our faculty members and programs
are especially strong in studies of the environment, science and
society, and world cultures.
- to promote guided, independent learning. Every arts and sciences
student will become a professional in the general sense of the
term. He or she will attend graduate or professional school, or
will enter a career and begin "professing" something.
While here, therefore, the student needs to learn how to go beyond
merely absorbing knowledge. He or she needs practice in creating
and applying knowledge. Thus, each of our major programs has an
"applied" dimension, which might range from certain
job-related, general skills (e.g., computer skills or simulations
of team-based problem-solving) to a focused set of courses or
experiences (e.g., pre-health sciences, pre-law, a minor in Business,
or an internship).
- to develop proficiency with technology. Every student majoring
in the College of Arts and Sciences should be at ease with the
technology appropriate to his or her discipline or career area.
Every major program has a course or other experience to ensure
up-to-date analytical, computational and/or multi-media skills
using current technology in the discipline. For students in programs
that do not emphasize technology, we offer an Internship
in Technology and Community Development.
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