The Core Program at Le Moyne College   In addition to major and minor programs of study, Le Moyne offers its students a 14 course, 42 credit hour liberal arts and sciences core curriculum.  With the approval of the Director of the Core Program, Dr. Kathleen S. Nash, nash@lemoyne.edu, students may fulfill a limited number of core requirements by completing liberal arts courses at other accredited colleges and universities.  If you have questions about the Core Program or about core requirements, please contact Dr. Nash.

The Core Program is made up of the following clusters of 3 credit hour courses:

The First Year (Freshman) Cluster:

ENG 100       College Writing

PHL 101       Philosophical Foundations of Western Thought

HST 101       Western Civilization to the French Revolution

HST 102       Western Civilization French Revolution to Present

         or

HST 103       World Civilization I

HST 104       World Civilization II

 

The Second Year (Sophomore) Cluster

ENG 200      Perspectives in Literature

PHL 201       Philosophical Perspectives on the Human Situation

REL 200       Religious Perspectives on the Human Situation

 

The Third Year (Junior) Cluster

ENG 300      The Plays of Shakespeare

PHL 301-303 Ethics

REL 300       Religious Dimensions of Reality

 

The Fourth Year (Senior) Cluster

         ENG 400-440 Seminars in Literature, Media, and Rhetoric or

         HST 400-420  Seminars in History

 

         PHL 400-419 Seminars in Philosophy or

         REL 400-419  Seminars in Religious Studies 

        

         PHL/REL 400