Union's vision for the academic experience states that "Union College helps students make learning connections, with a well-qualified faculty that collaborate and cooperate across traditionally separate disciplinary lines. Intellectual and ethical development, plus the ability to make meaningful choices and informed decisions, is nurtured through a variety of on- and off-campus learning experiences."
This vision guided the careful crafting of Union's core curriculum - a curriculum that challenges each student to develop a life philosophy, that enables members of the faculty to significantly improve student learning, and that intentionally seeks to produce graduates who see being educated as a quality of mind, not simply an accumulation of facts.
Union's core contributes toward the nurturing of a graduate whose personal integrity, intellectual aptitude and responsible citizenship mark him or her as a Union graduate.
Liberal Education Core
(43-45 hours)
Humanities
(21 hours)
Western Cultures in a World Context I |
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ENGL 100 or 101 Introduction to Freshman Composition and Literature | 3 |
HIST 110 Civilization and Religions of the Ancient World | 3 |
Western Cultures in a World Context II |
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ENGL 102 Freshman Composition and Literature | 3 |
HUMN 112 Religion & Empire (14CE-1648CE) | 3 |
Western Cultures in a World Context III |
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HUMN 211 Roots of Modernity: Revolutions in Literature, Arts and Society | 3 |
HUMN 213 Roots of Modernity: Revolutions in Politics, Society and Thought (1648-1890) | 3 |
Western Cultures in a World Context IV |
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HUMN 214 The Modern World in Crisis (or) HUMN 215 Philosophy and the Crisis of Modernity | 3 |
Cultural Studies
(3 hours)
| Choose three hours from the following: | |
ANTH 251 North American Indian Cultures ENGL 262 African American Literature |
Social & Behavioral Sciences
(6 hours)
| The Power of Paradigms | 3 |
INSS 101 Introduction to the Social Sciences | |
| Paradigms and Individual Disciplines | 3 |
| Choose one 3-hour course from the following: | |
| ANTH 221 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology APST 104 Introduction to Appalachian Studies CRJU 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice ECON 203 Principles of Macroeconomics ECON 204 Principles of Microeconomics INSS 103 Cultural Geography PSYH 200 Introduction to Psychology SOCI 131 Introduction to Sociology SWRK 120 Social Work and Human Services |
Wellness, Human Performance & Recreation
(3 hours)
| RECM 111 Introduction to Recreation and Leisure | 3 |
| WELL 131 First Aid and Safety | 3 |
| WELL 178 Life Choices I | 3 |
General Sciences Sequence
(7-8 hours)
| Students must take two science courses from different areas, one of which must include a lab. | |
| Biology: | |
| BIOL 109 Elements of Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 111 General Biology (includes lab) | 4 |
| Environmental Science: | |
| ENVS 101 People and the Environment | 3 |
| ENVS 110 Physical Systems of the Environment (includes lab) | 4 |
| Physical Science: | |
| GNSC 105 Physical Science | 3 |
| PHYS 111 College Physics | 3 |
| PHYS 211 General Physics | 4 |
| Chemistry: | |
| CHEM 121 General Chemistry (includes lab) | 4 |
| Lab Experience: | |
| BIOL 110 Elements of Biology Lab | 1 |
| GNSC 106 Physical Science Lab | 1 |
| PHYS 113 College Physics Lab | 1 |
| PHYS 213 General Physics Lab | 1 |
Mathematics Competency
(3-4 hours)
General College Mathematics: A revised MATH 110 course, which includes some basic statistics and probability. Or, MATH 131 (College Algebra) or MATH 241 (Calculus I).
Humanities Sequence
(21 hours)
| The Humanities Sequence is a series of seven three-hour courses that chronologically and thematically examine the literature, history, philosophy, religion, and fine arts of western culture in their world context. Six of the courses are "conjoined"; that is, students will take two closely related courses during each of three semesters. Upon completing the sequence or designated portions of the sequence, students will: | |
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**All course information can be found in the Course Catalog
