2009-2010 Undergraduate Bulletin (pdf) - LaGrange College

CORE PROGRAM IN THE LIBERAL ARTS
As a Methodist related institution, LaGrange College offers an
educational experience which emphasizes the inter-relatedness of
knowledge and the importance of understanding and evaluating human
experience. The Core Program in the Liberal Arts (also known as the
Common Core Program) uses an interdisciplinary approach to develop
the students’ creative, critical and communicative abilities. The specific
objectives of the Core Program are also noted elsewhere in this Bulletin
(see “Core Program Integrative Curriculum”).
The Core Program is designed to be integrated with other courses during
the first three years of the student’s experience at LaGrange College.
The forty-six semester hours included in the Core Program are dispersed
in three areas: foundation studies, integrative studies, and exploratory
studies. The thirteen hours of integrative studies, which bring an
interdisciplinary focus to the humanities, the social sciences, and
problem solving, are central to the entire Core Program. The
interdisciplinary courses First-Year Cornerstone and First-Year
Orientation provide the introduction and foundation for the Core
Program. No transient credit will be allowed for any Rhetoric and
Composition course (ENGL 1101 or 1102) or for the Integrative Studies
courses (Problem Solving, Computer Applications, Humanities I and II,
The American Experience).
Course Taken
Foundation Studies 27 Hours
95
Min. Credit Year
First-Year Cornerstone (CORE 1101) * 3 First-year
First-Year Orientation (CORE 1102) * 1 First-year
Rhetoric and Composition 6 First-year
(ENGL 1101, 1102)
Mathematics
(MATH 1101, 2105, 2221, or 2222) 3 First-year
(Entry level by placement)
World Languages and Culture 6 as best scheduled
(2 sequential courses in languages:
FREN, GERM, SPAN)
Laboratory Science I and II 8 as best scheduled
(BIOL 1101-1102, 1148-1149; CHEM 1101-1102;
PHYS 1101-1102; PHYS 2121-2122)
(BIOL 1148 & 1149 are mandatory for BSN students)