2012 Catalog PDF - Feather River College
2012 Catalog PDF - Feather River College
2012 Catalog PDF - Feather River College
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Graduation and Transfer<br />
Philosophy and Rationale for General eDucation<br />
<strong>Feather</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>College</strong>, in its mission and goals statement, has made an institutional commitment to provide general<br />
education as an integral component of all degree curricula. The philosophy that underlies the provision of an<br />
undergraduate breadth requirement for students at <strong>Feather</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>College</strong> is that education should be based upon<br />
an essential or prescribed body of knowledge dealing with the heritage of humankind. FRC’s rationale for a general<br />
education component is based on the objectives set forth in the President’s Commission on Higher Education (1947).<br />
These are:<br />
1. To develop for the regulation of one’s personal and civic life a code of behavior based on ethical principles<br />
consistent with democratic ideals.<br />
2. To participate actively as an informed and responsible citizen in solving the social, economic, and political<br />
problems of one’s community, state and nation.<br />
3. To recognize the interdependence of the different peoples of the world and one’s personal responsibility for<br />
fostering international understanding and peace.<br />
4. To understand the common phenomena in one’s physical environment, to apply habits of scientific thought to<br />
both personal and civic problems, and to appreciate the implications of scientific discoveries for human welfare.<br />
5. To understand the ideas of others and to express one’s own effectively.<br />
6. To attain a satisfactory emotional and social adjustment.<br />
7. To maintain and improve one’s own health and to cooperate actively and intelligently in solving community<br />
health problems.<br />
8. To understand and enjoy literature, arts, music, and other cultural activities and expressions of personal and social<br />
experience, and to participate to some extent in some form of creative activity.<br />
9. To acquire the knowledge and attitudes basic to a satisfying family life.<br />
10. To choose a socially useful and personally satisfying vocation that will permit one to use to fulfill his/her particular<br />
interests and abilities.<br />
11. To acquire and use the skills and habits involved in critical and constructive thinking.<br />
Occupational eDucation Advisory Committees<br />
All occupational education programs at <strong>Feather</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>College</strong> are served by volunteer advisory committees who may<br />
be consulted in the development of appropriate curriculum and educational projects. The advisory committees study<br />
the educational needs of the community and make recommendations to the college administration relating to those<br />
needs; furnish specialized information and advice on technical requirements for the effective operation of the programs;<br />
provide channels of communication between the college and the various organizations and agencies in the community<br />
interested in the programs; and further a cooperative relationship between the college and appropriate community<br />
agencies. The following programs have advisory committees:<br />
• Administration of Justice<br />
• Administrative Office Management<br />
• Agriculture (University Studies, Equine Studies)<br />
• Business<br />
• Early Childhood Education<br />
• Environmental Studies<br />
• Nursing<br />
• Nutrition & Culinary Arts<br />
• Outdoor Recreation Leadership<br />
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