An Engagement with God’s World: the Core Curriculum of Calvin College

Chapter One: A Statement of Purpose for the Core Curriculum of Calvin College

Chapter Two: The Purpose of the Core Curriculum

Chapter Three: Core Knowledge

Chapter Four: Core Skills

Chapter Five: Core Virtues

Chapter Six: The Core Curriculum of Calvin College

• 6.2 The Core Curriculum
• 6.2.1 Core Gateway
  • 6.2.1.1 Prelude and Developing a Christian Mind
• 6.2.2 Core Competencies
  • 6.2.2.1 Foundations of Information Technology
  • 6.2.2.2 Written Rhetoric
  • 6.2.2.3 Rhetoric in Culture
  • 6.2.2.4 Foreign Language
  • 6.2.2.5 Health and Fitness
• 6.2.3 Core Studies
  • 6.2.3.1 Biblical Foundations, I or II
  • 6.2.3.2 Theological Foundations, I or II
  • 6.2.3.3 History of the West and the World, I or II
  • 6.2.3.4 Philosophical Foundations
  • 6.2.3.5 Mathematics
  • 6.2.3.6 The Natural World
  • 6.2.3.7 Literature
  • 6.2.3.8 Arts
  • 6.2.3.9 Persons in Community
  • 6.2.3.10 Societal Structures in North America
  • 6.2.3.12 Cross-Cultural Engagement
• 6.2.4 Core Capstone
  • 6.2.4.1 Integrative Studies

Chapter Seven: Core Governance

Chapter Eight: Professional Program Requirements and the Core Curriculum

Appendix A:

• Guidelines for Course Development
• Table of Core Categories with Corresponding Core Knowledge and Skills

Appendix B:

• Assessment Plan

Core Curriculum:

• Original Committee Rosters
• Original Committee Mandate
• Core Curriculum Document (pdf / Word)
• Original Implementation Deadline
• Document Revision History

Last updated Thursday, October 12, 2006