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 (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
Course Descriptions: Elective and Supporting Courses
Descriptions for elective and supporting courses can be found in the various program sections of this catalog.