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The Hutchins School is an
interdisciplinary school within Sonoma State University offering lower-division
students an alternative General Education program that integrates material
from the humanities, the social sciences and the natural sciences; and upper
division students a similarly integrated major in Liberal Studies leading
to a B.A. degree. A minor
in integrative studies is also offered.
The Hutchins School has several distinctive features:
- An emphasis on active participation in one's own education,
on self motivation and on learning to learn.
- Small, seminar-type classes.
- Close cooperation and a feeling of community among
students and professors.
- A diverse faculty,
each member trained in more than one field of study, to help students
learn how to approach a problem from several points of view.
- Courses organized around themes or questions, rather
than according to the traditional division of subject matter into disciplines.
- Encouragement to engage in independent study projects.
Internship/field study to bridge
academic studies with career placements and community service.
- An opportunity for student-instructed courses.
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