1.

Completion of appropriate courses from the Core Program list with a passing grade

2.

Proficiency credit by examination for courses on the following Core Program list

3.

Proficiency credit via General Examinations of the Advanced Placement Program (AP), International Baccalaureate Program (IB) or College Level Examination Program (CLEP)

4.

Transfer credit for courses evaluated as equivalent to courses on the Core Program list or approved alternate courses

5.

Completion of courses specified as approved substitutes for Core Program courses with a passing grade

Foundational Skills (C-1FOQ)

10-11

10-11

First Year Seminar in Critical Thinking (C-1F)

4

4

FYS First Year Seminar
FYE First Year Experience

 3
1

3 
1

Oral Communication (C-1O)

3

3

COMM 110 Foundations of Human Communication

Quantitative Reasoning (C-1Q)

3

3

MATH 113 Quantitative Reasoning (BA only)

MATH 115 Elementary Probability and Statistics

MATH 121 Calculus I

MATH 210 Statistical Analysis

PSYC 241 Statistics and Research Design I

Physical Activity and Wellness (C-2)

2

1

 PE 106 - Fitness Decisions for a Healthy Lifestyle. 

 1

1

Integration Into the World (C-3)

9

6

Three courses (two courses for AA), at least one in each category.

Responsible Citizenship (C-3RC)

COMM 212 Small Group Communication

COMM 314 Language and Thought

COMM 415 Rhetoric of War

ENG 361 Women in Literature

FIN 204 Financial Responsibility

GNST 125 Intro to Gender Studies

GNST 201 Intro to Queer Studies

HIST 227 Race & Ethn in Amer Hist

HIST 236 Aspects of American Social History

HIST 250 Hist of Holocaust

IDIV 221 Race, Power, and Marginalization in Schools

PEAC 110 Intro to Peace Studies

PEAC 112 Concerning Poverty

POSC 131 Introduction to International Studies

POSC 201 Political Concepts

PSYC 201 Social Psychology

SOC/SOWK 220 Social Gerontology

SOSC 102 Human Conflict

SOWK 110 Intro to Social Work

SOC/SOWK 228 Race, Ethnic, and Gender Inequality

Global Connections (C-3GC)

ART 348 History of World Art

BUS 202 Exploring International Business

BUS 371 International Sport Governance

ENG 250 Literary Passport

ESAT 313 International Sports Medicine

FREN 110 Inside France

FREN 111 Food Cultures

FREN 112 Memory and Culture

FREN 201 Communication and Culture

FREN 202 Culture and Controversies

FREN 301 Oral Communication

FREN 301 Ideas and Culture

GER 111 Identity and Culture

GER 112 Community and Culture

GER 201 Cultures in Contact

GER 202 Crises and Controversies

HIST 210 Modern China and East Asia: 1750 to the Present

HIST 242 South and Southeast Asia: Ancient to 1500

HIST 244 Topics in Chinese History

HIST 246 South and Southeast Asia: 1500 to Present

HIST 252 Comparative Civilization

HIST 263 The Making of India and Pakistan

IDIV 240 Making of the Modern Mind

IDIV 350 The India Story

MODL 231 Pre-Hispanic Mesoamer/Andean Cultures

MUS 119 World Musics

PEAC 250 Peacemaking in Practice Abroad

POSC 236 Comparative Foreign Policy

POSC 237 African Politics

PSYC 352 Culture & Psychology

REL 131 Jewish Faith, Culture and People

REL 222 Religions of East Asia

REL 223 Religions of India

SOC 311 Cultural Anthropology

SPAN 111 Food Cultures

SPAN 112 Memory and Culture

SPAN 201 Communication and Culture

SPAN 202 Cultures and Controversies

SPAN 203 Media and Culture

SPAN 230 Living the Spanish Lang

SPAN 301 Oral Communication

SPAN 302  Ideas and Culture

Ways of Knowing (C-4)

27

9

Philosophical, Religious and Creative Inquiry*

12

3

One course from each category.

Religion (C-4RL)

REL 101 The Hebrew Bible

REL 102 Introduction to New Testament

REL 111 Christian Traditions

REL 120 Intro to Religious Studies

REL 210 Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

REL 228 The Brethren Heritage

REL 241 Jesus and the Gospels

Philosophy (C-4PH)

ECON 234 Welfare, Freedom and Justice

PHIL 201 Intro to Philosophy

PHIL 215 Ethical Decision Making

PHIL 219 Business Ethics

PHIL 235 Bioethics

PHIL 330 Philosophy of Religion

Visual and Performing Arts (C-4AR)

ART 201 Art and Life

ART 230 Introduction to Visual Art

ART 251 Art in Context

ART 253 Women in the Visual Arts

ART 342 Hist of Anc & Med Art

ART 344 Hist of Renaiss & Baroque Art

ART 346 Hist of Mod & Contemp Art

HUM 130 Experiencing the Arts

MUS 123 American Music

MUS 120 Introduction to Music

MUS 122 Jazz History

MUS 220 Music for Stage and Film

MUS 232 Music Hist & Analysis II

THTR 201 Theatre and Society

Literature (C-4LT)

ENG 214 Classical & Medieval Lit

ENG 238 World Literature

ENG 242 African Amer Lit

ENG 309 Contemporary Literature

ENG 338 Culture Through Literature

FREN 315 Intro to French Literature

LIB 210 Banned Children's Literature

MODL 201 European Literature

MODL 225 Legends Revisited

MODL 241 US Latino Literature and Culture

REL 266 Religious Classics

SPAN 315 Intro to Literary Analysis

Human Behavior and Institutions

9

3

Three courses, each in a different discipline*

Economics (C-4HE)

ECON 115 Economic Concepts

ECON 221 Princ of Microecon

ECON 222 Princ of Macroecon

Education (C-4HD)

EDUC 237 Educational Psychology

History (C-4HH)

HIST 104 Intro European Hist Anc to 1500

HIST 105 Intro European Hist 1500 to Present

HIST 113 American History: Colonial-1865

HIST 114 American History: 1865-present

HIST 121 World History to 1500

HIST 123 World History from 1500

HIST 201 Medieval Europe

HIST 202 Renaissance and Reformation Europe

HIST 203 Early Modern Europe

HIST 204 Modern Europe

HIST 205 Ancient Europe

Political Science (C-4HP)

POSC 121 Amer Natl Politics

POSC 122 State & Local Politics

POSC 140 International Politics

POSC 233 Comparative Politics

Psychology (C-4HY)

PSYC 110 Intro to Psychology

Sociology (C-4HS)

SOC 101 Intro to Sociology

Natural World*

6

3

Two courses, each in a different discipline*

Biology (C-4NB)

BIOL 101 General Biology

BIOL 102 Human Biology: Stages of Life

BIOL 106 Princ of Biology I

BIOL 108 Princ of Biology II

BIOL 204 Fundamentals of Human Physiology

BIOL 214 Field Ecology

Chemistry (C-4NC)

CHEM 101 Chemical Science

CHEM 105 Intro to Inorganic Chem

CHEM 111 General Chemistry I

Earth/Space (C-4NE)

NASC 203 Descriptive Astronomy

NASC 209 Physical Geology

NASC 211 Weather, Climate, and Civilization

Environmental Science (C-4NN)

ENVS 130 Intro to Environmental Studies

Physics (C-4NP)

NASC 103 Physical Science

PHYS 111 College Physics I

PHYS 210 General Physics I

PHYS 220 General Physics II

*one course only required for the AA degree

Synthesis & Critical Connections (C-5)

Critical Connections (C-5CC)

3

0

INTD 320 Narrative Eye: Film & Story

INTD 324 Feminist Theory

INTD 330 Ethnobotany

INTD 341 Rethinking God: The Reality of the Virtual

INTD 345 Religion and Ideological Power

INTD 401 Arts and Ideas

INTD 403 Requiem: The Mass and its Music

INTD 405 Life and Death

INTD 407 Media and Religion

INTD 410 Cinema for Social Change

INTD 413 The Fashion Police

INTD 417 Dispelling the Myths of the Wild West

INTD 421 Queen Elizabeth I

INTD 423 Law and Philosophy

INTD 425 Environmental Philosophy

INTD 427 International Women's Rights

INTD 430 Evolution: Hist & Cltr Significance

INTD 435 Biology and Society

INTD 437 Science & Archaeology of Ancient Greece

INTD 441 Globalization

INTD 443 History of American Medicine

INTD 445 Development of Scientific Thought in Great Britain

INTD 447 Medieval Fntn of Western Society

INTD 450 Adv Studies in Gerontology

Values, Ideas and the Arts (C-5VIA)

1

0.5

Students are required to attend five VIA events for each semester of full-time enrollment. Credit accumulates at 0.25 semester hours for every ten VIA events attended. A maximum of 2.0 hours may be used toward graduation for BA/BS degrees; a maximum of 1.0 hours may be used toward graduation for the AA degree. Attendance requirements will be waived for any semester in which the student is enrolled full time but studying off campus (i.e. student teaching, internships, field instruction or study abroad).

Bachelor of Arts

Students who seek the BA degree will demonstrate language proficiency, other than in their native language, at the intermediate level. Students can demonstrate intermediate language level by

a. Completing the intermediate (201/202) sequence at Manchester University,

b. Placing into the advanced level (300) of a language and receiving a grade of C or higher in one course at this level,

c. Passing a proficiency examination with a grade of B or higher, in addition to completing the language placement test,

d. Completing the courses at another accredited institution with grades of C or higher, or

e. Earning a score of four or five on the Advanced Placement examination.

Bachelor of Science

Students who seek the BS degree will demonstrate mastery of quantitative thinking skills at the level of introductory statistics or applied calculus or higher. Courses listed in the Core Quantitative Reasoning section (C-1Q) fulfill this requirement.

Writing

Each academic major in the baccalaureate degree programs will designate (W) courses within the major requirements. Each student must successfully complete one (W) course in her/his major in addition to the writing requirement in foundations. These courses will be designated in the Catalog with a (W) in the course title.