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2019-2020 Academic Catalog | Core, Elective, and Supporting Courses – SPS

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:

  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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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 (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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Course Descriptions: Elective and Supporting Courses

Descriptions for elective and supporting courses can be found in the various program sections of this catalog.


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