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Core Requirements

Core Curriculum for All Majors (31-32 credits)

Category A: Theology, Philosophy, and Ethics (9 credits)

THL100: Religious Inquiry (3)
THL2XX: Scripture Course (3)

One of the following:
PHL250: Phl. Foundations for Ethical Understanding (3)
THL250: Thl. Foundations for Ethical Understanding (3)

Category B: Cultures, Ideas and Civilizations (9 credits)

HIS101: The Modern Western World (3)
PHL107: Critical and History Introduction to Philosophy (3)

One of the following:
ENG120: World Literature I (3)
ENG121: World Literature II (3)

Category C: Natural Sciences (4 credits)

One approved course with laboratory from the following areas:
ATS/BIO/CHM/EVS/PHY (4)

Category D: Social Sciences (3 credits)

One approved course from the following areas:
ANT/ECO/PLS/PSY/SOC (3)

Category E: Skills (6-7 credits)

Two courses from the following:
ENG150: Rhetoric and Composition (3)
Classical or Modern Languages (3)
Studio/Performing Arts OR COM152: Principles of Comm Competence (3)
MTH201: Applied Mathematics (3) OR MTH245: Calculus 1 (4)