Common Curriculum

First-Year Students

Official Common Curriculum requirements are outlined in the .

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Common Curriculum at a Glance

  • 听promotes learning by engaging with听students in various content areas, each designed to create a听rigorous, inclusive, ethical, and liberating learning environment.
  • By enrolling in course work across diverse experiences, 快活app听students cultivate critical thought and creative thought, preparing听them for leadership and citizenship in our global society.
  • Undergraduate students typically take between 52 and 60听Common Curriculum credits, completed in the following categories:
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    Class Name/Category Credit Hours
    听First-Year Seminar 听4 credits
    听Writing and Rhetoric听(WRIT 1122 & WRIT 1133) 听8 credits
    听Language 听4-12 credits
    Ways of Knowing:
    • 听(AI: Natural)
    • 听(AI: Society)
    • 听(SI: Natural)
    • 听(SI: Society)
    		 听32 credits
    听Advanced Seminar 听4 credits
    听Total Credits 听52-60 credits

    听听Note: Classes offered for Ways of Knowing may not be offered every quarter.

  • Students in the听快活app Honors Program听should consult approved
    courses as some requirements vary slightly.
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Registration & Advising Contact Information

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