Calvin College - Registrar's Office

New CORE Curriculum
"Engaging God's World"

General CORE Requirements

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

**Note: Core requirements for some programs may vary from this list.
See Professional Program CORE 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, ENGL 102;
Foundations of InformationTechnology		one course	IDIS 110; CS 108; ENGR 101; *Exemption exam offered.*
Rhetoric In Culture		one course	ART 153; CAS 101, 140, 141, 214; IDIS 102; SCES 214;
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 202; DUTC 202; FREN 113, 123, 202; GERM 123, 202; GREE 202, 203, 206, 207; JAPN 202; LATN 202, 205; LCTL 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 (301); PHIL 211; POLS 110; PSYC 151; SOC/SOWK 250;
Societal Structures in N. America	one course (Not from same dept as Persons in Community course)	ECON 151, 241, 221, 232; GEOG 241; IDIS 205; POLS 101, 102, 212; SOC 151, 210; STHO 211
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	ARTH 232, 233, 241, 243, 245; BIOL 364; CAS 330; ECON 237, 337; ENGL 302, 318; ENST 210; GEOG 110, 210, 240, 242; HIST 231-233, 235, 236, 238, 241, 242, 245, 246, 261, 262, 263, 271; IDIS 242; IDS 201 (TWDS 201); MUSC 205; PE 310; PHIL 225, 226; POLS 207, 271, 276, 277, 278, 279; REL-255 (formerly REL 351), 352, 353, 354, 355; SOC 153; SPAN 308; STBR 372; STCH 203, 204; STHO 205; STHU 312
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, 204, 236, 238; PE 202, 330;
Mathematics	one course	MATH 100, 143, 160, 161, 221; PSYC 255; SOC/SOWK 255
Physical World	one course	ASTR 110-112, 211, 212; CHEM 101, 103, 104, 115; GEOG/GEOL 120, 251; GEOG/IDIS 191 (formerly 250); GEOL 151,152; IDIS 160; PHYS 110, 113, 133, 134, 212, 221, 223, 235; High School Exemption from Physical World -or- Living World requirement is possible. (Students must take 1 Science Core at Calvin)
Living World	one course	BIOL 111, 112, 115, 141; High School Exemption from Physical World -or- Living World requirement is possible. (Students must take 1 Science Core at Calvin)
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	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 core.*


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