Calvin College - Registrar's Office

New CORE Curriculum
"Engaging God's World"

Elementary / Special Education
CORE Requirements

CORE Requirements listed below do NOT include:
1.) Major Course Requirements
2.) Major Cognate Course Requirements

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Gateway & Prelude

Category	Number of Courses Needed	Core Courses Available (Click on links for descriptions)
Developing a Christian Mind	one course	IDIS W50/150; Must be taken during the 1st yr. Interim or Spring Semester. Transfer credit not accepted for Developing a Christian Mind core.
First-Year Prelude	one course	IDIS 149;

Core Competencies

Category		Number of Courses Needed	Core Courses Available (Click on links for descriptions)
Written Rhetoric		one course with a grade of "C" or better	ENGL 101;
Foundations of InformationTechnology		one course	IDIS 110; ENGR 101; *Transfer Credit not accepted for Information Technolgy core; Exemption exam offered.*
Rhetoric In Culture		one course	ART 153; CAS 101, 140, 141, 214; SCES 214;
Health and Fitness		-
-	Health Fitness	one course	PE 222;
-	Leisure and Lifetime	one course	PE 221;
-	Skill Enhancement	one course	PER 101 - 189; 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:	FREN 113, 123, 202; GERM 123, 202; GREE 202, 203, 206, 207; LATN 202, 205; CHIN 202, JAPN 202; DUTC 202; SPAN 202, 203 High School Exemption from Foreign Language requirement is possible.

Core Studies

Category		Number of Courses Needed	Core Courses Available (Click on links for descriptions)
History of the West and the World		one course	HIST 151 OR 152;
Philosophical Foundations		one course	PHIL 153;
Biblical Foundations I ----------------- OR --------------------------- Theological Foundations I		one course ----	REL 121; *Students must take one religion core course at Calvin.*
			REL 131; *Students must take one religion core course at Calvin.*
Biblical Foundations II (Must be taken if completed REL 131) *----------------- OR ---------------------------* Theological Foundations II (Must be taken if completed REL 121)		one course ----	REL 211-214, 221-224;
			REL 230-235, 237, 243, 244, 251;
Persons in Community		one course (Not from same dept as Societal Structures course)	EDUC 202;
Societal Structures in N. America		one course (Not from same dept as Persons in Community course)	IDIS 205;
Literature		one course	CLAS 211; ENGL 205, 210, 211, 215-219,283, 285, 290,295; FREN 217, 311-314; GERM 217, 218; LATN 206; SPAN 309;
Global and Historical Studies		one course	GEOG 110;
The Arts	Elementary Education Majors	one course	Elementary Ed: 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; MUSC 103, 105, 106, 107, 203, 236, 238; PE 202, 330;
	Special Education Majors	one course	Special Ed:ARTE 210;
Mathematics		two courses	MATH 221 & Math222;
Physical World		two courses	PHYS 112 & PHYS 113 OR 212; High School Exemption from Physical World requirement is possible. (Students must take 1 Science Core at Calvin)
Living World	Elementary Education Majors	one course	Elementary Ed: BIOL 112; High School Exemption from Living World requirement is possible. (Students must take 1 Science Core at Calvin)
	Special Education Majors	one course	Special Ed: BIOL 115;
Cross Cultural Engagement		one course	Cross Cultural Engagement (CCE) Requirements

Core Capstone

Category	Number of Courses Needed	Core Courses Available (Click on Links for Descriptions)
Integrative Studies	one course	EDUC 398; *Transfer Credit not accepted for Integrative Studies core.*


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