UNE uses the first nested conception of liberal arts education that “embraces the ideal of the integrated curriculum, encompassing virtually all nonprofessional higher learning” (Scheuer). By doing this, they give a wider range of disciplinaries that are necessary for students to get involved in. It also allows students to have more options in their lifetime of things they might want to pursue. For example, a student may like a class they took but was completely different from their major; this may lead to a change in major. As society changes rapidly, UNE sets out the goal to enhance decision-making within students to live more thoughtful lives. They don’t want their students to get stuck if something bad may occur in the world. They use critical thinking as their edge to get students to be more creative. One of the four main objectives in UNE’s handbook describes the implementation of how they want students to be able to effectively communicate. This relates to when Ungar dismissed misconception #2 and says ” An astounding 89 percent said they were looking for more emphasis on “the ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing,” (Ungar).

When looking at Appendix A in the student handbook, english composition was nailed on the spot for goals to be achieved in the class. For myself so far, I feel like I have gained some sort of knowledge or my Professor has given the ability to gain the knowledge listed on the Learning Outcomes. More than I ever have, we focused on revising our drafts and using peer edits to further our writing. This was completely new to me, but something that I feel helped me a lot. Something I do not believe occurs is when the handbook specifies professors using “directed and engaged learning”. With my experience so far, I haven’t had the most directed learning towards myself. Students have to go out of their way to get directed learning which is something I think should be applicable, but putting that as one of the methodologies doesn’t make sense if it isn’t applied. I am still a freshman, so this could change as I get into more focused classes on my major but as of now, I don’t believe this has occurred for me.