Rollins Foundations in the Liberal Arts

RFLA courses are developmental and integrated, which means each class builds on skills developed in prior courses. Progressing through your foundational courses in a meaningful order means you won’t be stuck trying to meet a requirement right before graduation. You’ll build essential skills before progressing onto your major, where you can put what you learned into action toward the thing that drives you.

As you move through RFLA, you’ll hone skills like critical thinking, problem-solving, and analysis. You’ll gain a broader perspective that will help you develop a global point of view. And you’ll develop vital soft skills, like how to work with a group of professional peers and how to be an effective communicator. All of these things will benefit you as you transition into your major courses, and later, into your career.

Rollins students go through their RFLA courses in a cohort group, so you’ll always have people you know in your classes. This makes for a highly engaged and social experience, the total opposite of an auditorium filled with anonymous co-eds.

The mission of the Rollins Foundations in the Liberal Arts program is to empower students to make connections across multiple perspectives and to anticipate an increasingly global future.

A liberal arts education comprises two equal pillars—focused study in a major and exploration through Foundations coursework. In our integrative, developmental Foundations program, students will acquire content knowledge and learn how multiple disciplinary perspectives come together to examine and solve complex, real-world problems.