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Advising: Core Curriculum

Pre-occupational therapy core requirements

The list below does not include pre-occupational therapy 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 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.
Biblical or Theological Foundations II one course If REL 121 (above), then REL 211-214, 221-224. - or - If REL 131 (above), then REL 230-235, 237, 243, 244, 251.
Persons in Community one course EDUC 202 (301); PHIL 211; POLS 110; PSYC 151; SOC/SOWK 250. Cannot be from the same department as Societal Structures in N. America course
Societal Structures in N. America one course ECON 151, 241, 221, 232; GEOG 241; IDIS 205; POLS 101, 102, 212; SOC 151, 210; STHO 211. Cannot be from the same department as Persons in Community course
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 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; GEOL 151,152; IDIS 160; PHYS 110, 113, 133, 134, 212, 221, 223, 235; Two course sequence and/or High school exemption possible.
Natural World (Living) one course BIOL 111, 115, 141;Two course sequence and/or High school exemption possible.
Cross Cultural Engagement one course Cross Cultural Engagement (CCE) Requirements

 

Core Capstone

Category Number Available Core Courses
Integrative Studies one course ARCT 397; ARTS 395; ARTH 395, 397; BUS 360; BIOL 394-396; CAS 352, 399;CS 384; ECON 395; EDUC 398; ENGL 395; ENGR 339, 340; ENST 395; GEOG 380, GEOL 386; GERM 395; HIST 395; IDIS 310; IDS 395 (TWDS 395) MATH 380; MUSC 308; NURS 380;PE 332; POLS 399; PSYC 399; PHIL 201-205, 207-209, 212, 215; RECR 310; REL 295; SOC 395; SOWK 381; SPAN 395. Transfer Credit not accepted for Integrative Studies.