SPS Core Curriculum and Elective/Supporting Courses
Description
The School of Professional Studies (SPS) offers students a breadth of coursework to prepare them for productive citizenship. After completion of a degree program within SPS, students will be able to:
- Apply effective oral and written communication skills, and present images and information using appropriate media.
- Reason abstractly and think critically.
- Synthesize quantitative information and formulate evidenced-based conclusion.
- Discuss social justice and its impact in a diverse world.
- Utilize skills for living as responsible, ethical and contributing citizens.
- Identify, locate, and effectively and ethically use information from various print and digital sources.
- Analyze and evaluate information from a scientific perspective to develop reasoned solutions to real world problems.
Course Descriptions: Core Curriculum
Area I: Skills for Life and Work
Writing (3 credits)
- ENGL 107
Communication (6 credits)
- COM 201
- COM 225
- COM 290
Quantitative Literacy (3 credits, course determined by major; check appropriate catalog page)
- MATH 108
Information Literacy (3 credits)
- INT 109
Area II: Understanding the Self and Society
Arts and Humanities (6 credits)
- ENGL 150
- ENGL 267
- FNAR 101
- FNAR 102
- HIS 130
- HIS 132
- HIS 155
- PHIL 103
- RST 101
- RST 102
Social Sciences (6 credits, courses determined by major; check appropriate Catalog page)
- ECON 100
- ECON 101
- ECON 102
- POLS 103
- PSYC 101
- SOCY 100
Scientific Understanding (4 credits)
- BIOL 101
- ENVS 101
Area III: Ethics and Moral Reasoning
Ethics (3 credits—course determined by major; check appropriate Catalog page)
- PHIL 245
- PHIL 251
- PHIL 253
Course Descriptions: Elective and Supporting Courses
Descriptions for elective and supporting courses not listed below can be found in the various program sections of this catalog.
BIOL 121
BIOL 122
BIOL 130
BIOL 242
CHEM 113
HPNU 110
HPNU 200
HPNU 210
ISYS 103
ISYS 141
ISYS 201
ISYS 211
ISYS 213
ISYS 221
ISYS 222
ISYS 231
ISYS 241
ISYS 243