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ConcentrationsFor the baccalaureate degree, a concentration is a restricted minor that provides a field of in-depth studyin conjunction with a designated major field. The majors listed below have the following concentrationsavailable:Accounting, Business Administration, Financial Economics, or Marketing: Business Health CareAdministration, Business PGA Golf Management, Business Professional Tennis Management,Business Resort and Club Management, Business Sport ManagementArt: Ceramic Sculpture, Painting, PrintmakingBiology: Conservation Biology, Ecology and Natural History of Plants, Health Occupations Science,Microbiology/Cell Biology, ZoologyChemistry: Forensic ScienceComputer Science: Business Information Systems; Interactive Multimedia Application DevelopmentEnglish: WritingJustice Studies: Applied Forensic Science, Human ServicesMiddle Grades Education: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social StudiesMusic (B.A.): Arts ManagementMass Communications: Journalism, TV/Video/Multimedia, and RadioEnvironmental and Occupational Management: Regulatory CompliancePolitical Science: International RelationsPsychology: Counseling/Clinical, Human PerformanceRequired Courses and Curriculum PatternsTo avoid serious course scheduling difficulties, all entering freshmen must enroll in available andappropriate core/general education courses. Students should complete as many of their core/generaleducation requirements as possible during their freshman and sophomore years and must continue in thesequential English courses until the English requirement has been fulfilled. Curriculum checksheets foreach major are available at www.methodist.edu/academicservices and from the student’s academic advisor.Writing Across the CurriculumTo enhance the writing skills of our students, the following guidelines are established:1. Core/general education requirements described in the Department of English and Writing section of thisAcademic Catalogue must be followed.2. Each student, day or evening, must take at least one writing-enrichment course in his/her major field.3. Faculty teaching courses designated by their departments as writing-enrichment courses will informtheir classes of this requirement.4. ENG 320 will not be considered a writing-enrichment course for Accounting and Business majors.General Education/Core CompetenciesThe faculty has identified and approved three goals for the General Education/Core Curriculum (core):students will demonstrate (1) the skills needed for advanced studies in written and oral communication,mathematical reasoning, and the use of computers; (2) basic knowledge of the fine arts, fitness andwellness, humanities, mathematics, natural science, and social science; and (3) the ability to think criticallyabout complex subjects. Within these overarching goals are ten more specific competencies, as listedbelow.Humanities: The human condition is influenced by multiple cultures, belief systems, andtraditions. Courses in the humanities provide students with a rich variety of ways to interpret andunderstand the world.Wellness: Wellness courses provide students with opportunities and knowledge to increase theirpresent level of physical fitness and well being.Mathematics: To be engaged as a responsible citizen requires mathematical reasoning skills and abasic knowledge of mathematics. Courses in mathematics enable students to use, interpret, anddraw sound conclusions from quantitative information.42