The Coyote Core begins with the First-Year Experience and foundational skills. Students then make connections across seemingly different areas of study, develop their own voice while generously listening to others, and apply knowledge and skills to real-world problems.
First-Year Experience (6-8 credits)
The two-course sequence of the First-Year Experience helps students transition to college and engages with texts and ideas through writing and discussion.
Foundations
These courses help students to develop foundational skills in quantitative analysis, scientific reasoning, creative expression, and the theories and methods of the social sciences and humanities.
Quantitative Analysis (4 credits)
In mathematics and statistics courses designated QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS, students analyze, interpret, and visualize data as they develop mathematical and computational problem-solving skills.
Complete 4 credits (one course) designated QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS.
| - | Coursework designated QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS | 4 credits |
Scientific Reasoning (6-8 credits)
Through courses designated SCIENTIFIC REASONING, students learn how to understand the natural world through the scientific method by developing hypotheses and testing them through experimentation and observation.
Complete two courses (6-8 credits) designated SCIENTIFIC REASONING. At least one course must include a lab.
| - | Coursework designated SCIENTIFIC REASONING, with at least one course including a lab (SCIENTIFIC REASONING - LAB) | 6-8 credits |
Self & Society
Courses designated SELF & SOCIETY are grounded in the social sciences. Through these courses, students seek to understand and analyze human behavior by studying individuals, groups, cultures, polities, and economies that organize our social life and define human experience.
Complete 8 credits designated SELF & SOCIETY.
| - | Coursework designated SELF & SOCIETY | 8 credits |
Texts & Contexts (8 credits)
Courses designated TEXTS & CONTEXTS are grounded in the humanities and fine arts and invite students to explore how ideas and the human experience are expressed through literature, music, philosophy and religious studies, film, and the visual arts.
Complete 8 credits designated TEXTS & CONTEXTS.
| - | Coursework designated TEXTS & CONTEXTS | 8 credits |
Creative Expression (4 credits)
Through courses designated CREATIVE EXPRESSION students develop aesthetic and imaginative capacities as they learn to create through hands-on experiences in creative writing, theatre, music, and art.
Complete 4 credits designated CREATIVE EXPRESSION.
| - | Coursework designated CREATIVE EXPRESSION | 4 credits |
Connections
In Connections, students explore complex ideas, cross disciplinary boundaries, and go beyond the classroom to apply their skills to real-world contexts.
Science & Society (4 credits)
Through courses designated SCIENCE & SOCIETY, students explore the intersection of scientific and mathematical knowledge in society.
Complete 4 credits designated SCIENCE & SOCIETY.
| - | Coursework designated SCIENCE & SOCIETY | 4 credits |
Engaging Difference (4 credits)
ENGAGING DIFFERENCE challenges students to explore questions of power and privilege through the study of culture, literature, art, or music of marginalized or non-mainstream groups or individuals.
Complete 4 credits designated ENGAGING DIFFERENCE.
| - | Coursework designated ENGAGING DIFFERENCE | 4 credits |
Career, Calling, and Community
Courses in this category invite students to apply academic skills in real-world contexts through internships, study away, research, applied learning, and community engagement.
Complete 2-8 credits designated APPLIED LEARNING, COMMUNITY-ENGAGED LEARNING, INTERNSHIP (INTR-4997), RESEARCH, or STUDY AWAY.
| - | Coursework designated APPLIED LEARNING, COMMUNITY-ENGAGED LEARNING, INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH or STUDY AWAY | 2-8 credits |