Advising: Core Curriculum
Nursing (BSN) Core Requirements
The list below does not include nursing major or cognate requirements. Other Professional program requirements will vary from this list.
Core Gateway
| Category |
Number |
Available Core Courses |
| Developing
a Christian Mind (DCM) |
one
course |
IDIS
W50/150. Transfer credit not accepted for DCM. |
| First-Year
Prelude |
one
course |
IDIS
149 |
Core Competencies
| Category |
Number |
Available Core Courses |
| Written
Rhetoric |
one course |
ENGL
101, ENGL 102. Must complete with a grade of "C" or better. |
| Foundations of Information Technology |
one course |
IDIS 110 (Exemption exam offered); CS 108; ENGR 101. |
| Rhetoric
In Culture |
one course |
ART
153; CAS 101, 140, 141, 214; GEOG 261; GERM 362; IDIS 102, 103; SCES 214. |
| Heath and Fitness |
two courses |
PER 101-189; PE 223. A
student participating in a varsity or junior varsity sport for
a full season is exempt one health and fitness course. |
| Foreign Language |
complete one of the following |
CHIN
102; DUTC 102; FREN 102; GERM 102;
GREE 102; JAPN 102; KOR 102; LATN 102; SPAN 102. High school exemption possible. |
Core Studies
| Category |
Number |
Available Core Courses |
| History
of the West and the World |
one
course |
HIST
151 OR 152. |
| Philosophical
Foundations |
one
course |
PHIL
153 |
| Biblical or Theological Foundations I |
one course |
REL 121 or 131. Students must take one religion course at Calvin. |
| Persons
in Community |
one course |
PSYC 151. |
| Societal
Structures in N. America |
one course |
SOC 151. |
| Literature |
one
course |
CLAS
211; ENGL 205, 210, 211, 215-219, 283, 285, 290, 295; FREN 351, 361;
GERM 303; LATN 206; SPAN 309. |
| The
Arts |
one
course |
ARTE
210; ARCT 201, 202; ARTH 101, 102, 234, 235, 237, 238, 239, 240; CAS 145, 203, 217, 254, 281, 282, 320, 321; CLAS 221, 231; EDUC 210; FREN 375; GERM 371; MUSC 103, 105, 106, 107, 203, 204, 236, 238; PE 202, 330. |
| Mathematics |
one
course |
MATH 143. |
| Natural World (Physical) |
one
course |
CHEM 115. |
| Natural World (Living) |
one
course |
BIOL 141. |
| Cross
Cultural Engagement |
one
course |
Cross
Cultural Engagement (CCE) Requirements |
Core Capstone
| Category |
Number |
Available Core Courses |
| Integrative
Studies |
one
course |
NURS 380. Transfer Credit not accepted for Integrative Studies. |
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