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THE CORE CURRICULUM

A.   Distributive Core:  
  Division I:  First-Year Seminar
3 credits
    English Composition 
6 credits
    Speech Communication
2 credits
    Foreign Language
6 credits
  Division II:   AH, CO, CMLC, EN, HS    
9 credits
    Three courses:  one literature course, one either HS or AH, and one additional course.
  Division III: EC, PO, SC
6 credits
    Two courses from two disciplines.
  Division IV: BL, CH, MT/CS, PH, PS
10 credits
    Three courses:  one MT course, one laboratory science course in BL, CH, PH, or a laboratory science course which integrates these three disciplines, and one additional course.
  Division V: PL, RL 
15 credits
    Three PL courses and two RL courses.
     
   
Total
57 credits

B.    Additional Requirements:
The following content and methodology requirements may be satisfied through the above Core requirements or through other approved courses.  The University Core Committee (UCC) will determine which courses may satisfy these requirements.

·   one writing intensive course beyond English Composition

·   two international courses (An upper-division course in a foreign language may be used to satisfy one of these courses.)  One of these courses must include the study of one or more societies of Asia, Africa or Latin America.

·   one course which focuses on issues of diversity

TABLE OF CONTENTS

RATIONALE

THE CORE CURRICULUM

UNIVERSITY CORE COMMITTEE

GUIDELINES FOR THE UNIVERSITY CORE COMMITTEE (UCC)

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

APPENDIX C

APPENDIX D

 
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