To help you begin thinking about the courses you will choose in the fall, Pitzer College's six educational objectives are listed below. We encourage you to keep these objectives in mind as you consider the courses you will choose throughout your Pitzer education.

Breadth of Knowledge
The human experience is at the center of a Pitzer education. By exploring broadly the programs in humanities and fine arts, natural sciences and mathematics, and social and behavioral sciences, you will develop an understanding of that experience—its complexity, its diversity of expression, its continuities and discontinuities over space and time and those conditions that limit and liberate it.

Understanding in Depth
By studying a particular subject matter in depth, you will experience the kind of mastery, which makes informed, independent judgment possible.

Critical Thinking, Formal Analysis and Effective Expression
By juxtaposing and evaluating the ideas of others and by participating in various styles of research, you will develop your capacity for critical judgment. By exploring mathematical and other formal systems, you will acquire the ability to think in abstract, symbolic ways. By writing and communicating orally, you will acquire the ability to express your ideas effectively.

Interdisciplinary Perspective
By bringing together the perspectives of several disciplines, you will gain an understanding of the powers and limits of each discipline and of the kinds of contributions each can make to an exploration of the significant issues.

Intercultural Understanding
By learning about your own culture and placing it in comparative perspective, you will come to appreciate other cultures and recognize the ways that your own thinking and actions are influenced by the culture in which you live.

Concern with Social Responsibility and the Ethical Implications of Knowledge and Action
By undertaking social responsibility and by examining the ethical implications of the issues you will explore, you will learn to evaluate the effects of actions and social policies and to take responsibility for making the world a better place.