Core Curriculum Traditional Students
FYE101-104, First-Year Experience, 4 credits per year
N.B.: First time, first year students transferring 30 or more college credit hours to Belmont Abbey College are not required to take First-Year Experience.
Foundational Skills in the Liberal Arts
Writing, 4 credits
| RH104 | Rhetoric and Writing | 4 |
Quantitative Thinking, 3 credits
One of the following, appropriate to the student’s major:
| MA135 | Math for Liberal Arts | 3 |
MA145
| Finite Mathematics | 3 |
| MA151 | College Algebra | 3 |
| MA152 | Trigonometry and Precalculus | 3 |
| Any 200-level Mathematics course | |
| Any Statistics course | |
| Any Calculus course | |
Further Explorations in the Liberal Arts
Theology, 6 credits
| TH105 | Introduction to Scripture | 3 |
| TH205 | Introduction to Theology | 3 |
Philosophy, 6 credits
| PO211 | Classic Texts I: Ancient and Medieval | 3 |
| And | |
| PO212 | Classic Texts II: Renaissance & Modern | 3 |
OR
| PH200 | Intro to Philosophy: Ancient & Medieval | 3 |
And
ONE from the following:
| PH202 | Logic | 3 |
| PH301 | Ethics | 3 |
| PH305 | Phil of Science and Nature | 3 |
| PH330 | Philo of Mind and Human Nature | 3 |
| PH314 | Faith & Reason Philo of Religion | 3 |
History, 6 credits
| HI101 | Western Civilization I | 3 |
| HI102 | Western Civilization II | 3 |
Literature, 6 credits
| EN211 | Literary Classics of the Western Trad I | 3 |
| EN212 | Literary Classics of the West Trad II | 3 |
Fine Arts, 3 credits
One (or more) of the following:
| Any 3 credit Art (AR) course | |
| Any 3 credit Dance (DA) course | |
| Any 3 credit Music (MU) course | |
| Any 3 credit Theatre (TA) course | |
Three credit hours in any one of the following:
| Chorus | 1 |
| Voice | 1 |
| Piano | 1 |
| Organ | 1 |
Natural Sciences, 8 credits
One of the following:
BI201 and BI231: Instructor’s permission required.
One of the following:
Social Sciences, 6 credits
| PO201 | The American Constitution | 3 |
One of the following:
| CJ201 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 |
| EC201 | Introduction Economics I | 3 |
| PC201 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| SO201 | Principles of Sociology | 3 |
Other Graduation Requirements
- Writing-Intensive Requirement, one flagged 3 credit course
Each student must complete at least one course designated as “Writing Intensive,” marked with the designation (W) in the course schedule. Students are strongly encouraged to choose one within their major or minor field of study.