New CORE Curriculum
"Engaging God's World"

Core Curriculum

 
Nursing 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 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 two courses

PER 101 - 189;
PE 221;

PE 222;

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.
Persons in Community one course
(Not from same dept as Societal Structures course)
PSYC 151;
Societal Structures in N. America one course
(Not from same dept as Persons in Community course)
SOC 151;
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 one course

MATH 143;

Physical World one course CHEM 115;
Living World one course BIOL 141;
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 Nurs 380; Transfer Credit not accepted for Integrative Studies core.
 
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