General Education Program

Department of Basic Science & Humanities

Introduction 

The department of Basic Science and Humanities is a multidisciplinary unit that serves freshman students from different faculties at AUM. The department fosters the General Education Program (GEP) at AUM, which is not a degree program. Students at AUM must complete a total of 40 credit hours from the university’s general education requirements courses to graduate from their academic programs. All students must take 23 credit hours from outside their major and the remaining 17 credit hours from either their major’s general education elective courses or other departments general elective courses. GEP broadens students’ knowledge, and technical skills, and promotes social awareness through general education and career- focused courses. It provides strong education and learning environment, which enables the students to enter all areas of their profession upon graduation and to adapt to changes that may occur during professional life. Students will be conversant with wide range of topics relating to the natural sciences, be able to communicate effectively, and appreciate the scientist's professional and social role. The faculty tries to foster a learning environment enhanced by faculty who encourage leadership, independence, self- respect, promotion of justice, and compassion in students. This is dependent on a sound scientific knowledge base, well-developed expertise, critical thinking capabilities, moral reasoning, and communication skills.

Vision

The General Educational Program (GEP) strives to provide a dynamic integration of the liberal arts & sciences and technology for personal and professional development consistent with the university’s vision. The faculty commits itself to utilize wisdom and science for a better world.

Mission

The General Educational Program (GEP) supplements students’ professional respective fields to enhance their inquiry and acquisition knowledge in multidisciplinary areas. GEP compliments university mission by helping students to move forward with a collaborative initiative to achieve excellence and promotes knowledge in rewarding and inspiring learning and research environment to develop leadership qualities relevant to the 21st century and beyond.

 

The American University of Madaba graduates will have the following Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs):

 

PLO1: Rational and Practical Skills

Intellectual and communicative skills are needed to succeed in the academic environment and to address globally complex challenges. This includes written and oral communication skills and quantitative and qualitative reasoning for complex and refined arguments.

 

PLO2: Civic and Global Leadership

Recognize the diversity of different societies, locally and internationally, in terms of gender, race, religion, ethnicity, and age, and demonstrate the skills and knowledge gained to lead, recognize, apply and establish effective and useful interactions in crisis.

 

PLO3: Knowledge of Human Cultures

Knowledge from humanities, environmental, social sciences, and arts to better understand of ecology.

 

PLO4: Understanding of the Physical and Natural World (STEM Skills)

Creativity, Knowledge, and skills learned from Natural Science (Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics) in order to develop an interdisciplinary, diverse, and applied approach to the natural environment and an understanding of scientific reasoning and integration latest technology.

 

General Education List of Competencies (LoC’s) which achieve General Education PLOs

 

Knowledge

A1. Understanding essential facts in related topics.

A2. Comprehend basic concepts in related fields and their applications.

A3. Introducing and relating principles and theories.

A4. Clarifying sciences and humanities terminology in related fields.

 

Practical Skills

B1. Enhance oral, written and communication skills.

B2. Applying creative and critical skills.

B3. Develop interpersonal skills.

B4. Use of a Learning Management System (LMS) in the learning process to create and deliver content and monitor student participation and assessment.

 

Thinking Skills

C1. Enhance computer skills to solve and apply theoretical concepts in real life.

C2. Recognize, analyze, and apply quantitative and qualitative concepts in real-life models.

C3. Understand scientific reasoning for different problems and concepts.

 

Other Skills

 

D1. Promote critical thinking in solving and applying problems and concepts.

D2. Intellectual and independent creativity in reasoning learning natural sciences topics.

D3. Recognize and apply effective and useful interaction in complex problems.