DEGREE REQUIREMENTS AND ELECTIVES

Degree Requirements

Within each engineering discipline, studies include:

  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Chemistry and/or Biology
  • Engineering fundamentals
  • Engineering analysis and design

there are six requirements for all majors.

Six Required Courses for all Departments/Majors

  1. ACS 1000 - Ancients
  2. ACS 1001 - Moderns
  3. THL 1000: Catholic Studies, THL 1000: Faith, Reason, and Culture, and THL 1000: Global Religious Experience
  4. Theology (THL) course or course with CTHL attribute, at the 2000 level or above
  5. Department approved Ethics course
  6. One 3-credit course from:
    • Theology (THL) course or course with CTHL attribute, at the 2000 level or above
    • Philosophy (PHI)
    • Peace and Justice (PJ)
    • ETH 2050 - The Good Life: Ethics & Cont Prob
    • EGR 2930 - Catholic Social Teaching for EGRs
    • Any Humanities or Social Science course with a PJ attribute

Electives

All students select their remaining additional program humanities and social science electives from among the courses listed in the University catalog and offered by the specific departments/programs.

Humanities and Social Science Elective

All students select their remaining additional program humanities and social science electives from among the courses listed in the University catalog and offered by the specific departments/programs.

Humanities

  • Arab & Islamic Studies
  • Art History
  • Classical Studies
  • Communications
  • Ethics
  • English - ENG 1050, 1975, 2100-9999
  • Global Interdisciplinary Studies
  • History
  • Honors Program (eligible students only)
  • Humanities
  • Modern Languages (except speaking courses in native language)
  • Philosophy
  • Theatre
  • Theology (2000 and above or course section with core theology attribute)

Social Sciences

  • Criminology
  • Economics
  • Geography and the Environment - GEV 1002, 1500-3900, 4050-5300
  • Humanities: HUM designated PSC
  • Peace and Justice
  • Political Science
  • Public Administration
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Gender and Women's Studies


 

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