New CORE Curriculum
"Engaging God's World"

Core Curriculum

 

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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 CAS 140;
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:

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)
PSYC 151;
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;
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 PHYS 223;
Living World one course BIOL 115;
Cross Cultural Engagement one course Cross Cultural Engagement (CCE)


Core Capstone

Category Number of Courses Needed Core Courses Available
(Click on Links for Descriptions)
Integrative Studies one course CAS 352, 399; Transfer Credit not accepted for Integrative Studies core.
 
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