• Description
• Course Descriptions
  • Core Curriculum
  • Elective and Supporting Courses

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:

1. Apply effective oral and written communication skills, and present images and information using appropriate media.
2. Reason abstractly and think critically.
3. Synthesize quantitative information and formulate evidenced-based conclusion.
4. Discuss social justice and its impact in a diverse world.
5. Utilize skills for living as responsible, ethical and contributing citizens.
6. Identify, locate, and effectively and ethically use information from various print and digital sources.
7. Analyze and evaluate information from a scientific perspective to develop reasoned solutions to real world problems.

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Area I: Skills for Life and Work

Writing (3 credits)

• ENGL 107

Communication (6 credits)

• COM 201
• COM 225
• COM 290

Quantitative Literacy (4 credits, course determined by major; check appropriate catalog page)

• MATH 108
• MATH 109

Information Literacy (3 credits)

• INT 109

Critical Thinking (3 credits)

• PHIL 103

Area II:  Understanding the Self and Society

Arts and Humanities (6 credits)

• ENGL 150
• ENGL 267
• ENGL 342
• FNAR 101
• FNAR 102
• HIS 130
• HIS 132
• HIS 155
• 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

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