My Colby-Sawyer Experience
“I know these students very well, and they know me…You know when and how to push them. I think that's what Colby-Sawyer does particularly well—helps students reach beyond where they've been to discover their own potential.” - Communication Studies Professor Donna Berghorn
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proficiencies
Students take three courses in order to develop proficiency in writing, quantitative literacy, and computing literacy. These tools are important for students to be able to undertake college-level work and to function effectively throughout life.
Writing
The writing proficiency initiates students into the rigors and rewards of academic writing. Through assignments which include the academic argument, the research paper, and the personal essay, the Writing 105 (WRT 105) course builds solid foundations in areas critical to written work at the college level and beyond.
Students recognize that learning to write well is a lifelong process requiring time, practice, and diligence. Skills acquired in the writing proficiency course are reinforced across the curriculum as students continue their education at the college.
Quantitative Literacy
The quantitative literacy proficiency teaches students the necessary skills--and provides them with the tools--to understand and use quantitative information to function effectively in their personal, public, and professional lives. In our increasingly information-centered world, educated citizens must efficiently gather, analyze, and use information to make well-reasoned decisions.
The ability to display quantitative information is also an effective communication skill. Skills acquired in the quantitative literacy proficiency course in mathematics are reinforced through our program to enhance quantitative literacy across the curriculum.
Computing Literacy
To be an informed citizen and an effective contributor to society increasingly requires the use of computer technology. The computing proficiency emphasizes students' developing experience with current uses of computing technology and with the ever-present need to embrace new technological tools.
Students also gain awareness of the impact of technology on themselves and on society as a whole. Across the curriculum experiences with computing reinforce the skills acquired in the computing literacy proficiency course as students continue their education.
