Global Village Curriculum

EMU's shared general education program

The Global Village Curriculum is a good description of our learning community and interdependent world. The mission of the curriculum is to nurture passionate Christian faith and compassionate engagement with the world through scholarly inquiry and creative process.

Micah 6:8 centers and links the curriculum with other curricular strands as we, a learning community, examine what it means to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.

Interconnected Learning Goals

Our Global Village Curriculum focuses on a distinct EMU education combining the following areas and goals:

• Interdisciplinary Inquiry
  apply various modes of inquiry in an interdisciplinary context to empower them for life-long learning

• Faith
  understand the Anabaptist faith tradition and develop a biblical-theological worldview founded in Christ

• Cross-cultural Learning
  respect cultural diversity and develop a critical awareness of themselves and others

• Communication
  develop effective communication skills enhancing successful interpersonal collaboration

Each of these curricular cornerstones informs the other in creating interconnected learning goals. For example, our interdisciplinary inquiry is informed by our faith; we open ourselves to cross-cultural learning through Christian discipleship; and we effectively express ourselves by respecting others.

The interdisciplinary core engages students in our central values of Christian faith, peace and justice, environmental stewardship, and reconciliatory arts. These values, in turn, relate broadly to the social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences and mathematics, and humanities and fine arts.

Students are active participants in constructing knowledge, evaluating difference, and seeking answers to "big" questions. These EMU distinctives are required of all students and cannot be replaced by other courses.