At the core of your undergraduate education is a general education curriculum, called the “Dominican Curriculum.”
The Dominican Curriculum is designed to serve students in the 21st century while building on heritage. The curriculum is 13 courses (39 – 40 credits) composed of three components:
- Component-1, Foundations of Inquiry, focuses on the development of skills and practice in understanding through reasoned study and discourse while encouraging students to develop the habit ethical reasoning. (15-16 credits, depending on English placement)
- Component-2, Roots of Our Contemporary Society, builds on and further develops the skills at the heart of component-1, while engaging our heritage and intellectual history such that students are brought to reflectively understand their own identities, origins, heritage, and values in relation to our collective past. (12 credits)
- Component-3, Issues in Contemporary Life and Culture, brings together much of what is required to accomplish the third and fourth educational goals by guiding and preparing students to engage as civically minded, compassionate leaders, making a positive impact in the community; promote a just, ethical, and sustainable world informed by respect for the diversity and interdependence of its inhabitants. (12 credits)
In the course of completing the Dominican Curriculum requirements, students will earn a minor in an interdisciplinary field.
