LIFE
Lead and Influence Foundational Education Core Curriculum The LIFE core curriculum includes two signature courses unique to St. Kate’s: CORE 1000W: The Reflective Woman (4 credits)
CORE 3990W: Global Search for Justice (4 credits)
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):
BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
communication studies, economics, political science, psychology, or sociology (except ECON 1080 or ECON 1090, or PSYC 1090)
choose one
MATHEMATICS OR LOGICAL REASONING
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)
choose one
NATURAL SCIENCES
choose two
ARTS AND HUMANITIES
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.
choose one
THEOLOGY
THEO 1000 or any 2000-level Christian-based theology course (except THEO 2994)
choose one
any course with a laboratory and/or field component in biology, chemistry, or physics
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