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Plan Requirement
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Purpose
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Double Counting
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CNCT 101, 3 credits
LDR 201, 4 credits
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- Communication essential capability
- Engagement with Simmons Communities; academic skill-building
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CDA 201, 6 credits
CNCT 201, 1 credit
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- Interdisciplinary and integrative learning
- Post-graduation support/ planning; careers, graduate school
- Academic skill-building; 3D planning
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3D (Design Across Diverse Disciplines)
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- Interdisciplinary and integrative learning
- 3 courses that are topically connected; interdisciplinary and integrated learning
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• Each 3D course may count as a KCA.
• One 3D course may count in each major/minor course of study.
• 3D courses must be drawn from different disciplines.
• Two 3D courses may have been taken during first or second year.
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Capstone |
- Expertise in student’s field of study
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- The Capstone is in the major.
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Any year
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Key Content Areas (4 courses)
• Social/Historical
• Artistic, Literary Aesthetic
• Global/Cultural
• Scientific
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Exposure to content across disciplines |
• Each KCA may be fulfilled in a major/ minor course of study (if applicable). |
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Quantitative Literacy (1 course) |
Critical thinking and problem solving; literacy in numeric systems
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• The QL requirement may be fulfilled through a course in a student's major/minor course of study (if applicable).
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Language and Culture Requirement (2 additional GC KCA courses)
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Cultural skill development |
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