New CORE Curriculum
"Engaging God's World"

Core Curriculum

 

Engineering CORE Requirements

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

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 ENGR 101;
Rhetoric in Culture one course CAS 101;IDIS 102;
Health and Fitness -
- Health Fitness one course

PER 101 - 129;
PE 222;

- Leisure and Lifetime one course

PER 130 - 159;
PE 221;

- Skill Enhancement one course PER 160 - 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:

CHIN 102; DUTC 102; FREN 102; GERM 102;
GREE 102; JAPN 102; LATN 102; SPAN 102

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.
Societal Structures in N. America one course ECON 151; 221;
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;
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;
MUSC 103, 105, 106, 107, 203, 236, 238; PE 202, 330;

Mathematics two course sequence

MATH 161 & MATH 162;

Physical World one course CHEM 103;
two course sequence PHYS 133 & 235;
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 two course sequence ENGR 339 & 340;
Both ENGR 339 -and- 340 are required for Engineering. Transfer Credit not accepted for Integrative Studies core.
 
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