All students take the General Education Core. This curriculum will prepare you with the broad, foundational liberal arts education essential to any career. You’ll learn about the major elements of human existence and gain an appreciation of the different academic disciplines that study humanity, all while benefiting from the Christian University atmosphere.
The General Education Core will prepare you to:
- Communicate clearly and effectively
- Relate the present to the past through an understanding of the historical process
- Demonstrate expanded perceptions of life with refined aesthetic sensibilities
- Develop and maintain a practical wellness model for living
- Utilize a systematic approach to examine nature and solve quantitative problems
- Apply analytical and critical thinking skills to problem solving in a disciplined and imaginative way
- Observe and interpret human behavior within the milieu of social and cultural diversity
- Acquire foundational knowledge of Bible content and develop a basic research methodology for biblical research
- Integrate his or her faith in God with the information learned
- Understand that all truth is God’s truth
Courses
Here are some of the courses you can take in the General Education Core. Be sure to check the catalog for official course listings.
First Year Experience (FYE)
- FYE – Growing in Grit
- FYE – Growing in Cross-Culture Competency
- FYE – Growing in Personal Finance Management
- FYE – Growing in Self Awareness
- FYE – Online Student Seminar
Communications
- Public Speaking
- Communications for Business
- American Sign Language I
English
- Composition
- Any English Elective
Natural science & Mathematics
- Liberal Arts Math
- College Algebra I
- Pre-Calculus
- Biology
- Physical Science by Inquiry
Social Science
- General Psychology
- Cultural Anthropology
- Introduction to Sociology
arts & humanities
- Concert Chorale
- Young Adult Literature
- Christian Apologetics
- The Christian English Scholar
- Music Theory I