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The LTU Core Curriculum
Still going strong after ten years!
As a Lawrence Tech student, you will experience our distinctive Core Curriculum—a comprehensive, interactive engagement with writing, speaking, literature, history, philosophy, mathematics, science, and the arts. The Core is structured to give you an intellectual experience in common with your fellow students through shared reading, directed discussion, group presentations, and problem-solving teamwork.
Your Core learning community, shared with students from all majors, is built on:
Humanities
Four courses based on reading the great books and experiencing the great art of world civilization:
Communication
Two courses in written, oral, and visual communication:
- English Composition
- Technical and Professional Communication
Mathematics
Two courses, where what you study depends on your major
Science
Two courses in the natural sciences, including laboratory experience
Plus...
One upper-division elective in the humanities or social sciences, to add depth to your education
Lawrence Tech’s Core Curriculum Education for Leadership Offers You:
- The ability to analyze challenging texts
- The poise to articulate your ideas orally and in writing
- The capacity to evaluate conflicting ideas
- The savvy to seek alternative solutions to problems in many fields
- The experience of working in, and leading, teams
- An understanding of the past and your role as a citizen in a free society
- The competency to solve complex mathematical problems
- The discipline to apply scientific principles
- The confidence to be creative
Designed for excellence, the Core Curriculum seeks to prepare you to take a leadership role in the diverse world where you will learn, build your career, and contribute to your community.
The development of the scientific method is one of the hallmarks of Western thought. The Natural Sciences Core exposes you to a full year of rigorous training in one or more of the natural sciences, including at least one laboratory course. The value of this exposure is not limited to the technical skills you acquire. No matter what your major, you will have the opportunity to understand more fully scientific thinking, its limitations, and its implication for other disciplines.
In the Humanities Core, you are expected to read many of the best books written in science, literature, philosophy, and politics. You will discuss those original texts, defend your interpretations of them, and analyze and evaluate the ideas under discussion. You will receive training for writing clear, well-reasoned papers about what you’ve read and discussed. You will learn the value of editing and perfecting what you write, of working in teams, and of presenting your ideas orally.
In the Mathematics Core, emphasis will be on developing both mastery of skills and an understanding of the impact of mathematics on Western culture. Beyond being able to perform basic arithmetical operations, your goal will be to understand the use of symbols to represent numbers, manipulate those symbols, and use those skills to solve complex problems. Further, you will examine relationships within data through equations, inequalities and graphs. You will be exposed to higher-level abstraction through the concept of functions and their manipulation, and to the calculus, including its impact on the development of science and Western thought.
Computers are so much an integral part of our lives that the ability to use them is essential. Lawrence Tech has been at the forefront of computer use in academic programs since the inception of the Core Curriculum in 1994. When laptops were provided to all freshmen in 2000, satisfying the computer component of the Core simply became a requirement for success in Lawrence Tech courses. No matter what your major, you will find that the computer is an integral part of your academic experience.
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