The Foundations Program

You will engage in thoughtful reflection about weighty human concerns in search of what is true, what is good, and what is beautiful by:

1. Reading, analyzing, and interpreting works of literature, philosophy, and theology
2. Understanding and practicing the forms of inquiry characteristic of literary, philosophical, and theological investigations of the human condition

 

You will engage in rational discourse and develop the arts of reading, writing, thinking, and conversing by:

1. Understanding others’ views and the reasons for them
2. Articulating your own views and giving reasons for them

English:

• ENG 130 English Composition
• LTE 140 Introduction to Literature, or LTE 204 Introduction to Literature in a Foreign Language

Philosophy:

• PHI 100 Socrates and the Search for Truth

Theology:

• THE 100 Introduction to Theology

Choose a second philosophy course from the options below:

• PHI 151 Ethics and the Good Life
• PHI 152 The Human Difference
• PHI 153 The Book of Nature
• PHI 154 God and the Philosophers

Choose a second theology course from the options below:

• THE 150 The Problem of God
• THE 151 Faith and Reason
• THE 153 Revelation Ancient and Modern
• THE 202 Moral Theology
• THE 203 The Early Church
• THE 204 Catholicism Today
• THE 207 Christ Yesterday & Today
• THE 265 Introduction to Peace Studies
• THE 285 St. Augustine’s City of God
• THE 286 Catholicism & World Religions
• THE 333 The Mystery of the Church
• THE 334 Sacraments: Encounters with Christ
• THE 343 Social Teachings of the Church
• THE 372 Religious Thinkers of the 20th Century
• THE 374 Theology and Literature

 

 

You will further your understanding of how and why human behavior is situated in its social, political, and historical contexts by:

1. Analyzing interactions between individuals and social and political forces over time
2. Examining how and why organizations, institutions, communities, and/or movements create and change practices, rules, policies, and/or laws
3. Evaluating practices, rules, policies, and/or laws that govern particular organizations, institutions, communities, and/or movements

Choose one social science course from the options below:

Criminology:

• • CRM 130 Intro to the Criminal Justice System
  • CRM 160 Criminology

Education:

• • EDU 101 Teachers and Teaching in American Schools

Economics:

• • ECO 110 Microeconomics

Health and Human Services:

• • HRS 119 Intro to Health, Human, and Rehabilitative Services
  • HRS 121 Human Development and Disability Across the Lifespan

Political Science:

• • POL 110 Political Issues: The Quest for Justice
  • POL 203 Modern States
  • POL 207 Peace and War
  • POL 312, 314, 315, 316, 317, or 318 American National Government area courses
  • POL 321 or 324 American Public Policy area courses
  • POL 337, 338, or 345 Major Foreign States area courses
  • POL 371, 372, 375, or 376 International Politics area courses

Psychology:

• • PSY 101 General Psychology
  • PSY 210 Social Psychology
  • PSY 240 Psychology of Personality
  • PSY 290 Psychology of Development
  • PSY 253 Psychology of Learning

Sociology:       

• • SOC 121 Principles of Sociology
  • SOC 122 Social Problems

Women’s Studies:

• • WMS 285 Women’s Studies I: Images
  • WMS 385 Women of the World

 

Choose one history course from the options below:

• • HIS 114 or 115 World History I or II
  • HIS 116 or 117 European History I or II
  • HIS 180 or 181 US History I or II
  • HIS 150R History of Rome, taught in Rome

You will further your understanding of mathematics and the natural sciences as valuable human activities by:

1. Applying mathematical methods, models, and strategies to solve problems
2. Utilizing methods and tools employed by the natural sciences
3. Describing and understanding processes at work in nature

Choose one science course:

Biology:

• • BIO 102 Human Biology in Health and Disease
  • BIO 105 Human Heredity
  • BIO 110 Nutrition
  • BIO 115 Matters and Mysteries of Your Brain
  • BIO 125 Backyard Biology
  • BIO 140 Inquiry Biology for Educators
  • BIO 160 Concepts in Biology

Chemistry:

• • CHE 105 Everyday Chemistry
  • CHE 131 General Chemistry I

 Environmental Science:

• • ENV 150 Introduction to Environmental Science

Physics:

• • PHY 112 Astronomy
  • PHY 201 General Physics I

One math course based:

• • MAT 114 Elementary Functions, or higher

You will further your understanding of the diversity and beauty of human expression by:

1. Identifying patterns of meaning in language and art
2. Creating meaning through art and/or in a language other than English
3. Exploring cultural dimensions of our complex world

Choose one language or culture course:

• • Any Foreign Language course numbered 101, 102, 201-204

French:

• • FRE 240 Techniques of Translation

Spanish:

• • SPA 200 (fall 2023 semester only)Spanish for Health Professionals
  • SPA 210 Spanish Grammar Review
  • SPA 220 Spanish Composition
  • SPA 225 Business Spanish
  • SPA 226 Business Spanish Marketing
  • SPA 255 Sports in the Hispanic World

American Sign Language:

• • ASL 101, 102 American Sign Language I or II

 

Choose one fine art course:

Art:

• • ARD 115 Graphic Design I
  • ARH 125 History of Western Art
  • ARH 126 Healthy Perspectives Reframing Art History
  • ARH 140R Art in Rome
  • ARH 160 Art Ancient and Modern
  • ARH 223R or 224R Renaissance or Baroque Art and Architecture in Rome
  • ART 101 Drawing I
  • ART 106 Sculpture I
  • ART 107 Collage and Assemblage
  • ART 111 Painting I

Music:

• • MUS 101 Fundamentals of Music and Musicianship
  • MUS 120, 122, 124, 125, 126, 140, 233, 193 (three times)
  • MUS 195 (three times); or MUS 196 (three times); or MUS 197 (three times)

You will further your understanding of one humanistic discipline and this discipline’s significance by:

1. Analyzing an enduring question and/or formative debate
2. Understanding how and why this question and/or debate develops over time
3. Exploring how this question and/or debate relates to your life and the contemporary world

 

You will further your understanding of how and why primary sources shape and illuminate enduring questions and/or formative debates in the humanities by:

1. Investigating how a particular humanistic discipline understands and uses primary sources
2. Analyzing one or more primary sources to explain how they shape the humanistic discipline you are studying

FORUM COURSES include course offerings from Art History, English, History, Modern and Classical Languages and Cultures, Philosophy, Political Science, and Theology.

Forum courses cannot double-count with your major but may double-count with your minor or second major.