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Xavier University is committed to a broad-based liberal arts education in the Jesuit tradition. The foundation for the education of all undergraduate students lies with the core curriculum. There are four components of the core curriculum for baccalaureate students:
1.Ethics/Religion
and Society Focus (E/R&S) (12 credit hours)
By devoting special attention to ethical issues and values, the ethics/religion and society focus endeavors to realize and embody Xavier's mission and philosophy of education in its curriculum. Xavier believes that its students need to discern what is truly good for themselves and society. In keeping with the University's Catholic and Jesuit tradition, the E/R&S component of the core curriculum is directed toward the development of each student's moral character to create a sensitivity to the needs of our time and a sense of duty to be a contributing member of society.
The ethics/religion and society focus is comprised of four integrated courses:
Ethics as Introduction to Philosophy (PHILOSOPHY 100);
Theological Foundations (THEOLOGY 111);
Literature and the Moral Imagination (ENGLISH 205, CLASSICS 205, or SPANISH 205);
And an elective course integrally concerned with the effects of ethical and religious choices made by individuals, groups and societies. (The E/R&S elective course may be used to satisfy a distributional requirement.)
2. Cultural Diversity Course (1 credit hour)
This
course introduces students of sophomore classification and above to
the opportunities cultural diversity presents, and to the issues of
stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination and their relation to the
exercise of power in American society.
3. English Composition Course (3 credit hours)
In order to ensure that all students possess adequate writing skills, either ENGLISH 101, English Composition, or ENGLISH 115, Rhetoric, is required of every student.
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Distributional Requirements (51 credit hours)
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Literature |
3
credit hours |
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Fine
Arts
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3
credit hours
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Foreign/Second
Language
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6 credit hours
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History
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6 credit hours
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Mathematics
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6 credit hours
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Philosophy
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6 credit hours
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Sciences
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9 credit hours
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Social Sciences
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6 credit hours
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Theology |
6
credit hours |
Click here for distributional requirement descriptions.
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