New CORE Curriculum
"Engaging God's World"

Core Curriculum
 

Recreation 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 -
- 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.

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)		 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;
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; POLS 207, 271, 276, 277, 278, 279; REL-255 (formerly REL 351), 352, 353, 354, 355; SOC 153; SPAN 308; STHU 312, STCH 203, 204;

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 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 requirement is possible. (Students must take 1 Science Core at Calvin)
Living World one course 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 RECR 310; Transfer Credit not accepted for Integrative Studies core.
 
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