The PDP program is guided by a set of three basic principles:
- Preparation. The program prepares the student for the non-academic as well as the academic aspects of college life through PDP 150, Personal Development and the Liberal Arts. This stimulating course is the basic foundational experience of the liberal arts curriculum and the PDP program, and is taken during the first semester of the freshman year.
- Reflection. Reflection enhances the meaning of an experience, and therefore augments the personal growth that can ensue from that experience. Several elements of the program-PDP 150, the essay, the interaction with the advisor, the creation of the final portfolio itself-are intended to foster a greater consciousness of the personal development which takes place during the college years.
- Integration. The program -- on the front end, on the back end, and throughout the four years -- is the setting by which the student integrates the college experience. In the reflective essay, the student is asked to consider the linkages among the various elements of the curriculum, within the co-curriculum, and between the curriculum and the co-curriculum.
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