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During the course of
their education, students are encouraged to acquire facts,
information, ideas, and histories, and to develop an ability to
organize and transform what they receive into personal knowledge. At
AUP students are exposed to the methodologies of a variety of
disciplines in order to explore how different modes of inquiry
interpret the human condition. The following perspectives will
guide students toward the mature reflection and independent thinking
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The historical perspective
offers a critical approach to change over time in nature,
civilizations, cultures, disciplines, and individuals. |
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The textual perspective
studies the written word and other media, and the
determining influence they have had from antiquity to the
present in the Western and other traditions. |
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The social perspective,
through the study of various political, economic, and
management systems, explains how human groups organize and
sustain themselves. |
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The aesthetic perspective
develops sensitivity to beauty in its many forms. |
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The scientific perspective,
allows us to understand and apply various methods to
describe, predict, and intervene in the natural and social
worlds. |
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The ethical perspective,
through a comparison of diverse standards, highlights the
importance of moral responsibility and, fosters a sense of
inalienable human rights. |
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The philosophical perspective,
through questioning and discussion, develops our processes
of understanding and the way they relate to ourselves, the
world, and the limits of time and space. |
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The
four pillars of an AUP education —knowledge, intellectual
skills, contexts, and creativity— are designed to interweave
reception and production, past and future, personal and
interpersonal, tradition and invention, self and other.
Knowledge and Perspectives
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Skills
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Creativity and
Production |
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