2001-2003 Academic Catalog
2003-2005 Academic Catalog
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Required Proficiencies - Baccalaureate Programs
The ability to communicate and use information effectively is critical to both professional achievement and the fulfillment of public responsibilities and personal relationships. The faculty at the College of St. Catherine support and encourage the development of oral and written communication and information and technology skills. Throughout the curriculum, whether core requirements or courses directly associated with a student's major, students will learn to communicate to a variety of audiences and access and manipulate information in myriad ways. That is why, in addition to course work, the College provides a Writing/Reading Center with professional and student staff ready to assist students to improve their communication skills and a Computing Services Center that offers training and help desk support for students' academic computing needs.
BACCALAUREATE WRITING REQUIREMENT
Clear, eloquent writing opens doors to worlds students aspire to enter. At the College of St. Catherine, writing competency is required of all students as part of the basic process of earning a degree. To this end, each student must take four writing-intensive courses. This College writing requirement is fulfilled in the following ways:
CORE WRITING REQUIREMENT
Both CORE 100W The Reflective Woman and CORE 399W Global Search for Justice are writing-intensive courses. Successful completion of the two courses fulfills two writing-intensive course requirements.
WRITING REQUIREMENT FOR MAJORS
Each student must take one writing-intensive course, or the equivalent of one writing-intensive course, in her major. In those disciplines where the writing requirement has been integrated throughout the departmental curriculum, students fulfill the major's writing requirement through drafting and redrafting a sequence of writing assignments in several courses, following plans specially devised for majors. Students completing a major through another Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities (ACTC) school should consult with the director of writing programs to determine the St. Catherine's writing-intensive course(s) related to their major that can satisfy this component of the writing requirement.
FOURTH COURSE REQUIREMENT
A fourth and final writing-intensive course may be taken in the form of any other writing-intensive course, whether elective or required for a major or minor course of study. ENGL 200W Writing for Life: Developing Skill and Confidence, a composition course with emphases upon the writing process, drafting techniques and concerns with audience, is recommended for students wanting a course focusing exclusively upon writing. Writing-intensive courses are indicated by a "W" after the course number (also see list of writing-intensive courses for the 2005-06 academic year below). Majors that have elected to integrate writing across the curriculum will describe their plans in separate departmental materials. Students should consult their major advisor for information on their major's writing requirement. An expository writing course transferred from another college or university may be credited as one writing-intensive course, depending upon approval from the director of writing programs and the registrar.
WRITING INTENSIVE COURSE FOR 2005-06
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ART 265W | Art History: Modern |
| BADM 312W | Intermediate Accounting II |
| BADM 449W | Business Policy Formulation |
| BADM 463W | Sales Force Leadership |
| BIOL 485W | Senior Seminar |
| CDC 445W | Group Therapy and Counselor Self-care |
| COMM 307W | Gender & Rhetoric |
| COMM 485W | Senior Seminar |
| CORE 100W | The Reflective Woman |
| CORE 399W | Global Search for Justice |
| CRST 205W | Foundations of Critical Studies |
| CRST 221W | Perspectives on Health and Aging |
| CRST 290W | Women and Literature |
| CRST 310W | Language as Power |
| CRST 485W | Senior Seminar |
| ECON 346W | Global Financial Issues |
| ECON 348W | International Economics |
| ECON 361W | Microeconomic Theory |
| ECON 485W | Seminar in International Business and Economics |
| EDUC 207W | Teachers as Leaders for a Changing Society |
| ENGL 200W | Writing for Life: Developing Skill and Confidence |
| ENGL 204W | Introduction to Professional Writing |
| ENGL 213W | Written Communication for College (when taken after ENGL 212) |
| ENGL 230W | Literature in Translation |
| ENGL 245W | Language in Society |
| ENGL 260W | English for Cross-cultural Nursing |
| ENGL 275W | Shakespeare |
| ENGL 290W | Women and Literature |
| ENGL 303W | Literary Nonfiction |
| ENGL 304W | Journalistic Writing |
| ENGL 306W | Intermediate Writing: Strengthening Critical and Persuasive Voice |
| ENGL 310W | Language as Power |
| ENGL 400W | Advanced Writing: Cultivating Your Style |
| ENGL 402W | The Editorial Process |
| ENGL 486W | Seminar |
| FCNS 215W | Sociocultural Aspects of Clothing |
| FCNS 400W | Management Approach to Family Systems |
| FCNS 421W | Experimental Foods |
| FCNS 430W | Advanced Nutrition |
| FREN 305W | French Composition I |
| FREN 306W | French Composition II |
| HIST 130W | Introduction to U.S. History |
| INDI 209W | Promotional Communication |
| INFM 320W | Research and Needs Analysis |
| INT 421W | Senior Seminar |
| ISYS 415W | Management of Information Systems and Projects |
| MATH 485W | Senior Seminar |
| MUS 311W | History and Literature of Music I |
| MUS 312W | History and Literature of Music II |
| OSOT 310W/510 | Life Occupations |
| OSOT 455W/655 | Seminar |
| PHIL 220W | Ethics |
| PHIL 230W | Social and Political Philosophy |
| PHIL 420W | Contemporary Ethical Theory |
| PHIL 485W | Senior Seminar |
| POSC 171W | Introduction to Political Science |
| POSC 220W | Introduction to Comparative Government |
| RESP 320W | Advanced Therapeutics |
| RESP 420W | Senior Seminar |
| SOCI 370W | Social Theory |
| SPAN 486W | Senior Seminar |
| THEO 320W | Suffering, Compassion & Healing: Theology & Spirituality in Healthcare |
| THEO 336W | War, Peace and the Apocalypse |
| THEO 338W | Women and the Bible |
| THEO 345W | Women in American Christianity |
| THEO 367W | Quest for God in Contemporary Experience |
| THEO 375W | Studies in World Religions |
| THEO 385W | Spirituality and Sexuality |
| THEO 393W | Christian Women Mystics |
| THR 412W | Drama: Theory and Criticism |
| WOST 205W | Foundations in Women's Studies |
| WOST 230W | Literature in Translation |
| WOST 290W | Women and Literature |
| WOST 307W | Gender & Rhetoric |
| WOST 310W | Language as Power |
| WOST 338W | Women and the Bible |
| WOST 345W | Women in American Christianity |
| WOST 393W | Christian Women Mystics |
| WOST 485W | Senior Seminar (when offered at St. Catherine's) |
INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY PROFICIENCY
The information and technology proficiency requirement is integrated into the course work for majors of most departments. Students will be expected to use discipline-appropriate computer applications (e.g., word processing, graphing, database searching, statistical analysis, spreadsheet construction) in courses within their major and in the required mathematics or statistics course. Information technology is also addressed in CORE 100W The Reflective Woman.
In the event that the major does not fulfill the requirement, the department will advise students on an alternative method for its completion (e.g., successful completion of INFM 250, PHYS 111, CSCI 106 or any other St. Catherine's computer science course).
Students who are pursuing a major through the ACTC should consult with the Office of Academic Affairs on an acceptable way to demonstrate satisfaction of this requirement.
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