| 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. |
| 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 |