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Advising: Core Curriculum

Recreation (BSR) Core Requirements

The list below does not include recreation 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.
Health & Fitness (Personal Fitness) one course PER 101-112.
Health & Fitness (Leisure & Lifetime) one course PER 120-159.
Health & Fitness (Sport, Dance & Society) one course PER 160-189; PE 223. A student participating in a varsity or junior varsity sport for a full season is exempt from the one-hour skill enhancement category.
Foreign Language Completion of 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.
Biblical or Theological Foundations II one course If REL 131 (above), then REL 211-214, 221-224. - or - If REL 121 (above), then REL 230-235, 237, 243, 244, 251.
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.
Global and Historical Studies one course ARTH 232, 233, 241, 243, 245; BIOL 364; CAS 330; ECON 237, 337; ENGL 302, 318; ENST 210; GEOG 110, 210, 240, 242; HIST 231-233, 235, 236, 238, 241, 242, 245, 246, 261, 262, 263, 271;IDIS 242; IDS 201 (TWDS 201); MUSC 205; PE 310; PHIL 225, 226; POLS 207, 271, 276, 277, 278, 279; REL-255 (formerly REL 351), 352, 353, 354, 355; SOC 153; SPAN 308; STBR 372; STCH 203, 204; STHO 205; STHU 312.
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 100, 143, 160, 161, 221; PSYC 255; SOC/SOWK 255.
Natural World (Physical) one course ASTR 110-112, 211, 212; CHEM 101, 103, 104, 115; GEOG/GEOL 120, 251; GEOG/IDIS 191 (formerly 250); GEOL 151,152; IDIS 160; PHYS 110, 113, 133, 134, 212, 221, 223, 235; High school exemption possible.
Natural World (Living) one course BIOL 115.
Cross Cultural Engagement one course Cross Cultural Engagement (CCE) Requirements

 

Core Capstone

Category Number Available Core Courses
Integrative Studies one course RECR 310. Transfer Credit not accepted for Integrative Studies.

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