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Nov 23, 2024
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2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED PUBLICATION]
Core 39
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Core 39 Purpose
www.usi.edu/core39
Core 39 provides the foundation for all Bachelor degrees at the University of Southern Indiana. The Core 39 and each student’s major are designed to complement each other. The major provides knowledge that distinguishes us from one another in our diverse walks of life; the USI Core 39 provides knowledge and abilities that all educated people share. The two together help the University accomplish its primary mission of preparing our students to live wisely.
USI faculty have developed Core 39 to help students speak and write well, better understand the world and its cultures, think more clearly, and live according to consistent ideals. The program is based on the premise that students must know themselves and their world before they can become responsible leaders. Through Core 39, USI builds in all students the desire and ability to achieve personal growth and contribute meaningfully to society.
NOTES:
- Students completing a change of major or change of status will be required to satisfy the program requirements in effect at the time of the change, including Core 39. Students who discontinue enrollment for more than one calendar year must re-enroll under the program requirements in effect at the time of the readmission, including Core 39.
- Core 39 is satisfied for students entering USI with a bachelor’s degree.
Foundations
Minimum of 14 credit hours Communication
Select one course Mathematics & Quantitative Reasoning
Select one course Physical Activity & Wellness
Select one course First Year Experience
- All first-time, degree seeking students must enroll in a course satisfying the First Year Experience during their first semester at USI. This applies to both full-time and part-time students. This does not include CAP or AP credit.
- The First Year Experience requirement may be satisfied by participating in transfer orientation.
Bachelor’s Degree Requirements
Bachelor of Arts (13 hours)
World Languages (9 hours); an additional 3 hours may come from Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture or the Embedded Experiences.
- Natural Science with Lab (4 hours)
- No more than 9 hours of courses with the same prefix can satisfy the BA requirement
- Natural Science must be a lab course.
- If Natural Science 108 is selected, then two Natural Science 108 courses must be taken to satisfy the lab requirement. These courses are typically taken by education majors.
- Students can receive credit in either CHEM103 or CHEM107, but not both
- Students can receive credit in either GEOL151 or GEOL161, but not both
Students earning a BA degree must successfully complete a four-course sequence in the same language through Language 204 or higher.
Bachelor of Science
- Natural Science including 1 lab (7 hours)
- Social Science (3 hours)
- World Languages and Culture (3 hours)
- No more than 9 hours of courses with the same prefix can satisfy the BS requirement.
- If Natural Science 108 is selected, then two Natural Science 108 courses must be taken to satisfy the lab requirement. These courses are typically taken by education majors.
- Students can receive credit in either CHEM103 or CHEM107, but not both
- Students can receive credit in either GEOL151 or GEOL161, but not both
World Language and Culture
Ways of Knowing
12 credit hours
- One course required from four of the six Ways of Knowing (WOK) categories.
- No two of the courses selected may have the same prefix.
- If a course is selected from the Scientific and Mathematical Inquiry Ways of Knowing category, the prefix must be different from the prefix of the course selected to satisfy the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of Science requirements.
- If a course is selected from the Ways of Knowing-Social Inquiry category, the prefix must be different from the prefix of the course selected to satisfy the Bachelor of Science requirements.
- Courses satisfying the World Languages and Culture in the Ways of Knowing category may have the same prefix as the World Language/World Language and Culture requirements for the B.A./B.S.
- Students earning a B.A. degree must successfully complete a four-course sequence in the same language through 204 or higher.
- The two natural science courses for the B.S. degree may have the same prefix.
- Students earning a bachelor’s degree which is not designated as a B.A. or B.S (e.g. Bachelor of General Studies) must choose either the B.A. or B.S. track for the purposes of Core 39.
Creative and Aesthetic Expression
Moral and Ethical Reasoning
Scientific and Mathematical Inquiry
World Languages and Culture
Embedded Experience
- Embedded experiences may be courses found in other areas of Core 39, a major specific course, or an elective course.
- Foundational courses are strongly encouraged to be completed before the embedded experiences.
- There are two writing intensive experiences. One has to be a 200+ level and one has to be at 300+ level.
- ENG 201 is a prerequisite for all embedded writing intensive courses.
- Students may minimize the need for additional credit hours by selecting courses in the Ways of Knowing category or courses in their program of study that contain an embedded experience.
Diversity
Select one course Writing
Select two courses: One course must be 200 level or higher; one must be 300 level or higher. |
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