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