College for Women Core Curriculum Overview

LIFE Lead and Influence Foundational Education Core Curriculum

The LIFE core curriculum includes two signature courses unique to St. Kate’s:

The additional 24 core credits are fulfilled by taking or transferring in courses from each of the following categories, and one course must be cross-listed as Critical Studies of Race and Ethnicity (CRST) or Women’s Studies (WOST):

choose one BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

choose one MATHEMATICS OR LOGICAL REASONING

choose one NATURAL SCIENCES

choose two ARTS AND HUMANITIES

choose one THEOLOGY

communication studies, economics, political science, psychology, or sociology (except ECON 1080 or ECON 1090, or PSYC 1090)

choose one from DSCI 1000, ECON 1080, ECON 1090, HLTH 1090, PSYC 1090, PHIL 2150, STAT 1089, STAT 1090, or any four-credit MATH course numbered 1000 or higher (except MATH 2500 and MATH 2510)

any course with a laboratory and/or field component in biology, chemistry, or physics

choose two courses in this category from different disciplines: philosophy (except PHIL 2150), literature, linguistics, history, foreign language, studio art, art history, or creative writing.

THEO 1000 or any 2000-level Christian-based theology course (except THEO 2994)

Students seeking a B.A. or B.S. degree in the College for Women at St. Catherine University who have not completed a previous baccalaureate or A.A. or A.S. degree or the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC)* will complete 32 credits in the LIFE curriculum. St. Kate’s requires a minimum of 120 credits to graduate with a baccalaureate degree. This includes meeting the credit requirements for the LIFE core curriculum and your major. Students must complete at least 32 residency credits. For more information, please see the University’s Undergraduate Academic Catalog at catalog.stkate.edu/undergraduate.

*Students seeking a B.A. or B.S. degree who have completed an A.A. or A.S. degree from a regionally accredited institution or the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) satisfy the LIFE core curriculum requirement by taking one course: CORE 3990W Global Search for Justice.

St. Kate’s Learning Objectives

LIFE Lead and Influence Foundational Education Learning Objectives

The LIFE core curriculum at St. Catherine University reflects a commitment to our mission to educate women to lead and influence, and our vision to be respected globally for educating women who transform the world. This mission, rooted in the mission of the Sisters of St. Joseph, is based on three core principles: women, Catholic, and liberal arts.

The LIFE core curriculum provides students the opportunity to learn from a curriculum that recognizes women’s leadership and builds on this truth: when women do well, the world does well.

The LIFE core curriculum supports students’ development toward these four primary learning objectives—justice, knowledge, skills, and leadership.

JUSTICE

Dismantling systemic racism and intersecting oppressions to build a more just world.

KNOWLEDGE

Learning about self and a complex world.

SKILLS

Developing the skills to confront the issues of our time.

LEADERSHIP

Preparing to lead in a diverse complex world.

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