Liberal Arts Major (SCI Phoenix)

The requirement is met by taking a course that focuses either on the creative processes that go into making a work of art, or on analysis and interpretation of the products of that artistic creativity. All courses designated with the Fine Arts Requirement attribute fulfill the Core Curriculum requirement.

This requirement is met by taking any course with the HIS subject code or any course with the CHIS attribute. 

All students take a thematic literature and writing seminar course. ENG 1975 or any course with the CLWS attribute fulfill the requirement.

Students must take one course in either Mathematics or Statistics. Any course offered by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics fulfills the Core Curriculum requirement. Certain courses offered by other departments (e.g., Computer Science and Philosophy) also fulfill the requirement. These courses are designated by the Mathematics A & S Core attribute.

This requirement is met by taking two courses in AST, BIO, CHM, GEV, MSE, or PHY.

This requirement is met by taking PHI 1000 or any course with the PHI subject code.

Students satisfy the requirement by taking two courses with the CSSC attribute or any two courses with the CRM, ECO, PA, PSC, PSY, or SOC subject code. 

This requirement is met by taking two courses with the THL subject code or the CTHL attribute .

This requirement is met by taking one course with the LWC attribute.

Diversity Courses

Courses that fulfill Core Diversity requirements may be used to fulfill other requirements (i.e., primary major, core curriculum, minors, concentrations, or free electives).

Overview

Consistent with the University’s Mission Statement and its implementation of the new Core Curriculum in the College of Arts and Sciences, students will take at least two courses designated as “diversity.” Learning to see through the eyes of other peoples and cultures is essential to becoming a citizen of the world. Beyond introducing students to the contextual study of diverse groups, diversity education must foster understanding of how individuals are affected within systems of power, oppression, deprivation, marginalization, and privilege.

Students are required to select two courses, covering two out of the three areas below:

Diversity 1: Courses that focus on populations (often named as non-dominant, minority, or impoverished groups) in the U.S. or Western Europe, and the systems or mechanisms that give rise to the experiences of power, privilege, and marginalization.

Diversity 2: Courses that focus on women’s experiences and/or highlight the relationship between gender, culture, and power.

Diversity 3: Courses that focus on the culture, economics, politics or ecology of societies and nations other than those of Western Europe and the United States and that emphasize power, privilege, and marginalization or a critical analysis of how these cultures define and express themselves. 

NOTES: 

• Service-learning courses, internships, and other experiential or community-based learning courses may be applied toward the Diversity requirement, provided they include a significant reflective component and have been pre-approved for diversity course credit. 
• Study abroad courses may be applied toward this requirement; such courses will be assessed the same way as Villanova courses. 
• Although some courses have more than one Diversity attribute, all students must take two different courses; a single course with multiple attributes may not be used to fulfill both Diversity course requirements.
• The Diversity Requirement cannot be fulfilled by independent study or a senior thesis. 
• Language courses cannot fulfill the requirement, although literature courses in another language may fulfill the requirement if they are designated with a Diversity attribute.  
• A student may fulfill one Diversity course requirement (DIV 1) by taking three 1-credit IGR workshops.