Core

The core curriculum at Centenary College cultivates the liberal arts, those diverse skills and habits of mind that characterize a liberally educated person. Courses in the core emphasize fundamental communication skills and basic areas and techniques of intellectual inquiry. In our core program, Centenary students:

  • Develop written and oral skills in an interdisciplinary context
  • Critically analyze and evaluate human artistic and cultural accomplishments
  • Develop a facility in and appreciation for symbolic reasoning
  • Explore the nature of the material universe
  • Examine human behavior through the systematic collection and analysis of data

Specific Core Requirements

  • The First-Year Experience, a two-course sequence that introduces students to the liberal arts in an interdisciplinary context with an emphasis on rhetoric (written and oral communication). 2 four-hour courses.
    • FYE 101 – A course that introduces students to the liberal arts in an interdisciplinary context with an emphasis on rhetoric (written and oral communication).
    • ENGL 101 – A writing-intensive introduction to cultural inquiry and the art of persuasion.
  • The humanities requirement, where students critically analyze and evaluate human artistic and cultural accomplishments. Students may—and are encouraged to—take up to three hours in fulfillment of this requirement in courses that teach aesthetic appreciation through performance or production. 4 courses (at least 12 hours) in at least two departments or schools, with at least one course at or above the 300 level.
  • The mathematics requirement, in which students develop a facility in and appreciation for symbolic reasoning. 1 course (min. 3 hours).
  • The natural sciences requirement, through which students explore the nature of the material universe. 2 courses (8 hours) that include laboratory experience
  • The social sciences requirement, in which students examine human behavior through the systematic analysis of data. 3 courses, in at least two departments or schools, with at least one course at or above the 300 level (minimum of 9 hours).

Last updated March 5, 2007.