Core Curriculum - All Bachelor's Degree Programs
At the heart of MSPS's Bachelor’s degree programs is a robust core curriculum designed to provide a strong liberal arts education. The education core affords students a particularly broad and engaging educational experience. MSPS offers the following core curriculum:
| Requirement |
Courses |
Credits |
English Composition (6 credits)
|
| MHU 151 |
Rhetoric and Composition (required) |
3 |
(Select one)
|
| MHU 152 |
Composition and Research |
3 |
| MHU 131 |
Presiding, Presenting, Speaking |
3 |
Humanities (9 credits)
|
|
Explorations in Literature of Art (required) |
3 |
|
Humanities/Literature Elective |
3 |
|
Humanities/Literature Elective |
3 |
Mathematics (3 credits)*
(Select one according to degree requirement)
|
| MID 150 |
College Mathematics |
3 |
| (or) |
(or) |
|
| MBU 370 |
Statistics |
3 |
Philosophy (9 credits)
|
| MPH 200 |
Classical Mind (required) |
3 |
| MPH 201 |
Modern Philosophy (required) |
3 |
|
Philosophy Elective or required course* |
3 |
Theology and Religious Studies (9 credits)
|
| MRE 201 |
Foundation in Theology I (required) |
3 |
| MRE 202 |
Foundation in Theology 2 (required) |
3 |
|
(or) select from approved list of courses |
|
|
Theology Elective |
3 |
Social Science (9 credits)
|
| MSO 200 |
Human Cultural Diversity (required) |
3 |
|
Social Science electives or |
6 |
|
required Social Science courses* |
|
Technology (3 credits)
|
| MIS 105 |
Microcomputer Applications I |
3 |
Capstone/Synthesis (3 credits)
|
| MID 499 |
Senior Seminar |
3 |
| Total |
19 courses |
57 |
*Some degree programs may specify a particular course that must be taken to meet this requirement.