Advising: Core Curriculum
Elementary and Special Education Core Requirements
The list below does not include elementary/special education 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 |
CAS 214. |
| Health & Fitness (Personal Fitness) |
one
course |
PER
101-112. |
| Health & Fitness (Leisure & Lifetime) |
one
course |
PER 150. |
| Health & Fitness (Sport, Dance & Society) |
one
course |
PE 223. |
| Foreign
Language |
Completion
of one of the following: |
CHIN 202; DUTC 202; FREN
113, 123, 202; GERM 123, 202; GREE 202, 203, 206, 207; JAPN 202; KOR 202; LATN 202, 205; LCTL 202; SPAN 202, 203. 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 |
EDUC
202. |
| Societal
Structures in N. America |
one course |
IDIS 205. |
| The
Arts |
one
course |
EDUC 210. |
| Mathematics |
two
courses |
MATH 221 & 222. |
| Natural World |
two courses |
SCES 121 & 122.
|
| Cross
Cultural Engagement |
one
course |
Cross
Cultural Engagement (CCE) Requirements |
Core Capstone
| Category |
Number |
Available Core Courses |
| Integrative
Studies |
one
course |
EDUC 398. Transfer Credit not accepted for Integrative Studies. |
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