Core Liberal Arts Requirements

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This is a brief introduction to the Liberal Arts requirements at St Kate's and a listing of good course selections for first-year students. Depending on your major, you can expect to take up to 3 courses from these 10 categories this fall. List 5 or 6 of these courses on your Course Selection form, more if you have no major classes you need to take.

At the bottom of the page is a link to the class schedule, where you can find descriptions and times for each course.
COREWe'll automatically schedule you for The Reflective Woman. As you approach graduation, you'll take Global Search for Justice, our capstone course.
  • CORE 1000 The Reflective Woman
Writing IntensiveOne designated writing intensive course (in addition to CORE 1000 and 3990 and the writing requirement for the major).
  • You'll be busy with CORE 1000 as a Writing Intensive course. We do not recommend taking two of these your first semester.
Foreign LanguageB.A.: Three semesters of the same language or 3 years from high school.
B.S.: Two semesters of the same language or 2 years from high school.
If you are continuing in a language other than French or Spanish, let us know. We'll help you contact the department to determine your level.
  • FREN 1110 Elementary French I (or take the placement exam >>)
  • SPAN 1110 Elementary Spanish I (or take the placement exam >>)
  • ASL 1110 Beginning American Sign Language I
  • CLAS 2994 Elementary New Testament Greek
  • CRST 2994 Elementary Hmong I
  • Elementary Latin I will be offered Fall 2010
The following languages are available through ACTC. If you are interested, write the language on your form.
  • Arabic: St. Thomas
  • Chinese: Macalester, Hamline
  • German: Macalester, Augsburg, Hamline, St. Thomas
  • Greek: St. Thomas
  • Japanese: Macalester or St. Thomas
  • Norwegian: Augsburg
  • Russian: Macalester or St. Thomas
  • Italian: Hamline

Fine ArtsOne course from either Art, Music, Theater or Classical Mythology or a combined total of 4 one-credit ensemble or lesson courses, with at least two credits of the same course. If you are interested in Choir, ask about auditions.
  • ART 1000 Two-Dimensional Design
  • ART 1010 Three-Dimensional Design
  • ART 1200 Drawing
  • ART 2250 Art and Technology
  • ART 2310 Painting, Acrylic
  • ART 2450 Clay Sculpture
  • ARTH 1150 Ways of Seeing
  • MUS 1130 Music Theory I (for Music Majors)
  • MUS 1150 The Art of Listening
  • MENS 1400 Women's Choir (more than one semester required, but great fun)
  • CRST/MUS 1180 World Music
  • THR 1050 Stagecraft
  • THR 1110 Introduction to Theater
  • THR 2140 Beginning Acting

HistoryOne History course
  • HIST 1050 Birth of Europe & European States
  • HIST 1060 Modern Europe
  • HIST 1160 East Asia Since 1600
  • CRST/HIST 1200 Survev US Political and Social History 1600-1900
  • HIST 2200 Twentieth Century America

LiteratureOne literature course from the English department
  • ENGL 1000 Human Experience in Literature
  • ENGL 2200 Lit Theory & Research (for English and Communication Majors)
  • ENGL 2220 Short Fiction: Modern Short Stories, The Bonds of Place
  • ENGL 2230 The Novel: Novels into Film
  • ENGL 2560 Intro to Literary Themes: Native American Stories, Poems and Songs

Lab ScienceOne course from either Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Geology with a lab component.
  • BIOL 1110 Environmental Biology with Lab
  • BIOL 1120 Biology of Women with Lab
  • BIOL 1210 General Biology I with Lab
  • CHEM 1010 General Chemistry for Health Sciences with Lab
  • CHEM 1110 General Chemistry I with Lab
  • PHYS 1040 Astronomy with Lab
  • PHYS 1080 Physics for Health Sciences I with Lab

MathOne approved math or statistics course or
Math 1110 and 1120.

Social ScienceOne course from either Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology or Sociology.
  • ECON 1120 Economics of Social Issues
  • ECON 2610 Principles of Microeconomics
  • GEOG 2994 Historical Geography of the American Southwest
  • POSC 1710 Intro to Political Science
  • POSC 2250 Introduction to World Politics
  • POSC 2994 Topics
  • PSYC 1001 General Psychology with Lab
  • SOCI 1000 Principals & Concept of Sociology

PhilosophyOne course from philosophy, excluding 2100 and 2150.
  • PHIL 1000 Philosophy and Human Life
  • PHIL 2900 Philosophy of the Arts

TheologyOne course from Theology which must include key elements of Christian theological tradition.
  • THEO 1000 Theological Questions
  • THEO 2050 Old Testament Studies
  • THEO 2100 New Testament Studies
  • THEO 2120 Faith
  • THEO 2200 Christian Ethics
  • THEO 2400 Identity & Mission of Jesus Christ
  • THEO 2700 The Catholic Tradition
  • THEO 2750 Christian Spirituality
  • THEO 2850 Social Justice-Christian Perspective

Women's Studies or
Critical Studies		One course cross-listed with WOST or CRST which may also be used to satisfy another Liberal Arts Core Requirement.
  • CRST 1180 World Music
  • WOST 2450 Language in Society
  • WOST 2900 Women and Literature
  • WOST 1120 Biology of Women with Lab
  • WOST 2051 Media, Culture and Society
  • WOST 2050 Foundations in Women's Studies
  • WOST 2910 The Anatomy of Violence
  • WOST/CRST 1121 Economics of Social Issues

Physical EducationTwo one-credit 1xxx level activity courses, or EXSS 1030.
  • You may choose any EXSS 1xxx activity course or EXSS 1030, but these courses typically fill before first-year students register. One credit may be earned through participation as a student athlete.
Additional RequrementsBachelor of Science: Two additional courses in Science, Math or Social Science
Bachelor of Arts: One additional semester of foreign language and one additional Philosophy or Theology.
  • You'll have plenty of time to take these later.

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You should have listed some courses that sound interesting, but you might like to know more. You can use the class schedule to find out when the class meets and what you will study.
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