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La Roche College Core Curriculum
The Core Curriculum is the liberal arts experience at the heart of a La Roche education. The Core challenges students to develop the habits of mind and spirit necessary for lifelong intellectual, spiritual, and cultural growth through a distinctive curriculum that anticipates the advancing levels of critical thinking and inquiry required by current and future graduates.
The La Roche College Core Curriculum includes three sections of study:
- Fundamental (12 credits) - These courses
provide a foundation for lifelong learning. Students may test out of
these requirements. Those who test out of a fundamental course can use
the credits for electives.
EN 111/A - College Writing: Exposition I
EN 112 - College Writing: Exposition II
One course beyond MT 106 - Analytic Thinking and Problem Solving
CIS 105W - Practical Computer Applications - Select - These courses use effective
instructional practices to provide an in-depth study of the fundamental
principles of one or two disciplines. A minimum of 12 credits
is required, including study within each of the following domains:
History
Science
Literature
Social and Cultural Systems
Religion or Philosophy
AestheticsStudents can fulfill six domains with four courses because: 1) some courses may investigate two domains and will thus carry more than one domain designation; 2) students may fulfill a domain requirement through courses taken in their major, e.g., a literature major would necessarily have "in-depth study of the principles" of literature.
- Integrative (9 credits) - This category
includes a sequence of three interdisciplinary courses that emphasize
progressive and integrated learning, organized around the concepts of
the Community, the Individual, and the Global perspectives. Students
should take the first course in their freshman year. The two final courses
may be completed at any time in the College career, but must be taken
in sequence.
100 level Course
200 level Course
300 level course